Ukraine's strikes on Crimean air defenses could end its role as a Russian military staging ground: experts

• Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russia's air defenses in Crimea, per reports.
• The attacks could make Crimea untenable as a military staging ground, one US think tank said.
• But they're not a silver bullet to end Russia's occupation of the region, experts said.

Ukraine's sustained attacks against Russia's air defenses could make occupied Crimea untenable as a military staging ground, war analysts said.

In an assessment on Thursday, the Institute for the Study of War think tank said that Ukraine's repeated strikes on military targets in the region were forcing Russia to commit new air defenses.