Vacationing Russians are jamming the roads to the peninsula, which has been a target for Ukrainian attacks.
has ordered regional officials to reroute Russian tourists causing traffic jams in Crimea through annexed Ukrainian territories, it has been reported.
Crimea is in an important location for the war in Ukraine Putin started. The southern front could see Kyiv's troops push south from the neighboring Kherson region where they are trying to cross to the Moscow-controlled left bank of the Dnieper River. If successful, Crimea, which Kyiv has vowed to take back, could be next in their sights.
Kondratyev told Putin that it would"be a source of pride for the tourists to drive through the new Russian territories," with motorists being advised to bypass the bridge and take the"land corridor" to Crimea, independent Russian news outlet Agentsvo reported.
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