Ukraine has intensified drone and missile strikes against Russian vessels and logistics infrastructure in the Sea of Azov, hitting over 100 ships in less than two weeks and sinking a Russian border guard vessel. Russia responded by calling the campaign terrorism, while Ukraine framed the strikes as retaliation for Russia's 2018 Kerch Strait attack and a way to isolate Crimea by disrupting Moscow's supply lines. The campaign appears strategically significant—it's forcing Russia to reroute exports and reducing its ability to sustain operations in occupied territory, though calling it a 'new front' overstates the novelty; it's a major expansion of existing Sea of Azov operations.