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Luke Harding in Kyiv

Russians are realising Crimea is ‘not a place for them’, says Zelenskiy

Smoke rising after an alleged explosion in the village of Mayskoye in Dzhankoi, Crimea.
Smoke rising after an alleged explosion in the village of Mayskoye in Dzhankoi, Crimea. Photograph: Reuters

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said that panicking Russians have realised that Crimea is “not a place for them” after three mysterious and devastating strikes on the peninsula over the past week, thought to have been carried out by Ukrainian operatives.

In his latest video address Zelenskiy said long queues of cars streaming across the Crimea Bridge leading to the Russian mainland proved that the “absolute majority” of Russian citizens had got the message. At least 38,000 cars crossed on Tuesday – a record.

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