Peter the Great and Russian Troops Attacked the Ottoman Fortress

Peter the Great and Russian troops attacked the Ottoman fortress of Azov in 1695 ________.

A) as part of a strategy to gain access to warm-water ports
B) to stop Ottoman incursions into southern Russia
C) to counter the growing power of Murad IV
D) to force the Habsburgs to pay attention to Russia
E) to draw Ottoman forces away from Vienna