Farsala said:
This is why I was saying Ukraine needed to counterattack. The war will end much faster with useful counterattacks. IIRC, the US pulled out of Vietnam after a massive offensive was responded in kind. First annihilate the Kyiv convoy, then retake Kherson. Next they can hit Donbas or Crimea. Before the end of that... Russia will give up, but if not start moving towards Moscow. |
Not sure about Donbas because many there should hate Russia now after the destruction (but it's still many Russians living there) but I guess Crimea is too much pro Russia to just take it back. The people there will be mostly pro Russia, the police will be pro Russia and after 8 years the Russian military will know how to defend Crimea.
I sadly believe Crimea is just lost for Ukraine.