Some observers speculated that the strike was a move to destroy equipment that Russia had abandoned on the island and to complicate any future Ukrainian presence there.
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Some observers speculated that the strike was a move to destroy equipment that Russia had abandoned on the island and to complicate any future Ukrainian presence there.