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Newsweek: Ukraine Could Free Crimea by End of Summer: Ex-U.S. General
Ukrainian troops—if sufficiently supported with expanded Western military aid—can break through Russian lines and reach the occupied Crimean Peninsula by the end of the summer, the former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe Ben Hodges has told Newsweek.
Amid concerns about the slow pace and mounting losses of Ukraine’s nascent counteroffensive in the south and east of the country launched early in June, Hodges called on President Joe Biden’s administration to underscore its commitment to Ukrainian victory by providing advanced weapons like the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System—colloquially known as the ATACMS—so far denied Kyiv for fear of provoking Russian retaliation.
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Update: A retired US general says Ukraine could recapture Crimea before the summer’s out, but only if the US gives it the ammunition it needs (Insider)
WNU Editor: The Russians in Crimea, who make up 80% of the population (if not more), will see the Ukrainian army not as liberators, but as invaders. It will be a carnage for both sides.
There is history that can be looked at to predict what will happen. It took the German 11th Army 8 months of heavy fighting to finally capture Crimea in 1942 (link here). The casualty numbers and destruction of that campaign was astronomical. and I predict the same will happen if Ukraine’s military forces enter Crimea in the coming months.