Crimea is no longer a safe haven for Russians

The Crimean peninsula for eight years has been a safe haven for Russians, thanks to Vladimir Putin's military annexation in 2014. One of the most bizarre videos I watched recently was of Russians sunning themselves on the beaches in Crimea. Not that far from the war in Ukraine northwards but, for them, plenty of scope for swimming and having picnics on the beach. But no longer. After a series of huge explosions on Russian bases in Crimea, the peninsula is suddenly a danger zone. Ukrainian special forces and/or ground-attack aircraft/and rockets have been targeting the Russian military and arms depots with extraordinary accuracy and have put the fear of God into the Russian civilians who thought they had a nice life far away from the war. Now the war has come to them, along with a warning from President Zelensky that he wants Crimea back and intends to get on with it. Russians are fleeing Crimea by the thousands. Will this alarm Putin and make him see sense and stop the war? Well, no of course not. He doesn't care about Russian civilians enjoying life in Crimea but he does care about hanging onto Crimea. So the war will go on. But for the third time since the invasion began on February 24 Putin has been dealt a major blow to his plans: the failure to seize Kyiv in seven days, the loss of the Black Sea fleet flagship cruiser, Moskva, and now the attacks on Crimea. What the hell IS going to stop Putin in his tracks?