{"id":359001,"date":"2026-07-07T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-ukraines-crimea-strategy-is-making-putins-war-futile\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:00:10","slug":"how-ukraines-crimea-strategy-is-making-putins-war-futile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-ukraines-crimea-strategy-is-making-putins-war-futile\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ukraine&#8217;s Crimea strategy is making Putin&#8217;s war &#8216;futile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sge6SbGrXfA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How Ukraine's Crimea strategy is making Putin's war 'futile'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sge6SbGrXfA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Taken from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, Crimea is now being hit by drones and rockets in a Ukrainian attempt to overwhelm Russian forces. CNN\u2019s chief international security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh explains the strategy. <\/p>\n<p>Also, CNN\u2019s Bianna Golodryga speaks with military analyst Michael Kofman about Ukraine\u2019s use of Crimea as a pressure point against Putin, and CNN\u2019s Paula Newton discusses the latest Ukraine news with Ukrainian parliament member Kira Rudik. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Ukraine&#8217;s increased strikes in Crimea lead to chaos<br \/>\n2:18 What is Ukraine\u2019s goal in attacking Crimea?<br \/>\n2:57 Military analyst explains how Crimea attacks fit into Ukraine\u2019s larger strategy against Russia<br \/>\n6:10 Ukraine parliament member on NATO summit &amp; Russia\u2019s attempts to fool Trump <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Ukraine #Crimea #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, Crimea is now being hit by drones and rockets in a Ukrainian attempt to overwhelm Russian forces. 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Also, CNN\u2019s Bianna Golodryga speaks with military analyst Michael Kofman about Ukraine\u2019s use of Crimea as a pressure point against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-359001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Ukraine&#039;s Crimea strategy is making Putin&#039;s war &#039;futile&#039; | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How Ukraine&#039;s Crimea strategy is making Putin&#039;s war &#039;futile&#039; for free, here on News ISC. 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