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The pavements on Sevastopol’s waterfront promenade are torn up in places, as if after a drone strike. But passers-by emphasize that the damage was only caused by a severe winter storm – and not by Ukrainian attacks. “Don’t take pictures of the bay,” an elderly woman grumbles. Air defence systems can be seen on old fortifications in the Crimean port city, which was often fought over in past centuries. “We are vigilant here against saboteurs and spies.” There are repeated attacks from Ukraine, which wants to reclaim the Black Sea peninsula that Russia illegally annexed from it 10 years ago. The …

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