Ukraine will return Crimea faster under one condition – Hodges
The timing of the liberation of Crimea directly depends on the supply of long-range precision weapons to Ukraine by Western partners and the maintenance of sanctions against Russia.
This opinion was expressed by the former commander of the US Army in Europe, retired General Ben Hodges on his Twitter page.
– Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August if we continue to provide what we promised and if we maintain sanctions. Sooner if we provide long-range precision weapons,” the US military officer said.
After 8 years and with all the advantages, this is all that Russia controls! @berlin_bridge Ukraine will liberate Crimea by end of August if we continue to provide what we said we’d provide and if we keep Sanctions in place. Sooner if we provided longer range precision weapons. https://t.co/J5V3wNHBNa
— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) January 2, 2023
Ben Hodges recently said that by August 2023 Ukraine will regain Crimea.
In his opinion, the main reasons are the material and technical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and at the same time very shaky logistics of the Russian Federation, for whose troops the peninsula has turned into a trap.
