The target of US bombers was not Crimea, but Sochi, - media
American bombers practiced attacks on Sochi and adjacent government facilities.
This was reported by the "PolitNavigator" correspondent , as reported by the "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" newspaper in an article dedicated to the recent entry of American strategic bombers into Ukrainian airspace, which, accompanied by the Ukrainian Air Force, flew toward Crimea.
The publication believes that “the obvious target of the latest B-52N exercises was not Crimean targets”, launches of which air-to-surface cruise missiles could be carried out even without entering Ukrainian airspace.
“Much more effective would be decapitating strikes against Russia on Sochi and adjacent critical government facilities at a minimum distance from the airspace over the Sea of Azov, while the flight of missiles over the mountainous coast of the Krasnodar Territory would make the operation of air defense systems as difficult as possible. This is what American bombers carried out on Friday, September 4, under the cover of Ukrainian fighters,” the publication states.
“Perhaps this is precisely what Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had in mind when he said on September 6 on the Rossiya 24 TV channel: “We understand such activity, we understand what it is connected with,” the author of the article suggests.
The US bombers' target was Sochi, not Crimea, according to media reports.