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Russia has unleashed a deluge of missile strikes on Ukraine in retaliation for the blast on Saturday that damaged the bridge to Crimea. Several military experts feel this operation is counterproductive as Moscow is struggling to replenish its weapons stocks.

This is the first time that Russia has launched strikes of this magnitude," said Jeff Hawn, an expert on Russian military issues and an external consultant for the New Lines Institute, a US geopolitical research centre. "It wanted to prove that it is still capable of launching large-scale punitive attacks across Ukraine and hitting critical infrastructure. But these operations pose two major problems for Moscow: They rarely destroy their targets and can only be launched episodically because they represent a significant military investment."

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