The Crimean Peninsula is a geostrategically important location surrounded by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.Everything changed on the peninsula, especially with the annexation by the Russian army in 2014.In 2018, Russia completed the construction of a road and railroad bridge between the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea and the Taman Peninsula in Krasnodar Krai.The Kerch Bridge provided Kremlin leader Vladimr Putin with the logistical basis for his invasion of Ukraine.However, on October 8, 2022, just one day after Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday, the 19-kilometer-long bridge was partially destroyed and rendered unusable by a bomb attack carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.On July 17, 2023, the bridge was once again hit by Ukraine.Today, there are again discussions that Crimea will be taken back from the Russians and the Kerch Bridge will be completely destroyed.These discussions were fueled by the latest Ukrainian offensive operation against Crimea.On November 27, 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Belbek military airfield in Sevastopol using 40 UAVs, Neptune anti-ship missiles and Storm Shadow cruise missiles.After this surprise attack, huge plumes of smoke rose over the Nakhimov Black Sea Naval Academy in the Naval Academy area in Streletska Bay.There were also four explosions in the area of Saky airfield in Novofedorivka.These critical airstrikes were a reminder of the Ukrainian military’s potential to retake Crimea using powerful missiles such as Neptune, ATACMS and Storm Shadow, and the dream of completely destroying the Kerch Bridge.This has seriously alarmed the Russian military and political authorities in Crimea and the people of the peninsula.But is this possible?Could the Ukrainians retake Crimea from the Russians and destroy the Kerch Bridge with Western long-range missiles?Does Russia have enough air defense capacity in Crimea to counter Ukrainian missiles like ATACMS and Storm Shadow?We will explore all these unknown questions together and take a closer look at what Crimea and the Kerch Bridge mean in this war.