The Armed Forces of Ukraine may return the temporarily occupied Crimea in the summer of 2023. This requires a lot of effort.
This was stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov. According to him, now Russia will focus on the occupation of the entire territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Crimea may be returned in 2023
Budanov stressed that Ukraine must do everything to ensure that Crimea returns home by this summer. When asked by journalists whether the de-occupation of the peninsula would encourage Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate said no.
It is not true. And Crimea will be returned to us. I’ll tell you more: it all started in Crimea in 2014, and it will all end there,” he said.
Budanov added that Russia is a country from which you can expect a lot, but not “outright idiocy “. He believes that a nuclear strike will lead not only to the military defeat of the aggressor country, but to its disintegration.
De-occupation of Crimea: what is known
- Valery Zaluzhny said that Ukraine would return Crimea if it advanced several kilometers deep into the front.
- Former commander of US troops in Europe, General Ben Hodges, believes that the struggle for Crimea will be key in Russia's war against Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine will not be safe until the Russian military is on the Crimean peninsula.
- In addition, General Ben Hodges is convinced that Ukraine will be able to return Crimea by autumn. Under certain conditions, the Russians may find themselves in a hopeless situation on the peninsula.
- Recently, Kirill Budanov said that Crimea would be returned in a combined way: both by force and diplomacy. According to him, without power nothing will happen. Our units will go there with weapons in their hands.
- The Russians are preparing for the defense of the Crimea and throwing military equipment there. Relevant photos and videos have been published online.
- By the way, SBU Major General Viktor Yagun said that the temporarily occupied peninsula would become a natural boiler for the Russian army. All the troops that entered there were unable to leave the Crimea normally.
