The Ukrainian Armed Forces will try to reach Crimea through Kherson and Mariupol - ex-commander of the US Army in Europe
Ukrainian troops will continue their offensive on Kherson and Mariupol in order to close the “pincers” and reach Crimea.
Former US Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges stated this on Channel 24, reports PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Hodges, a prerequisite for this is maintaining the position of the United States and the entire West on providing weapons to Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian counter-offensive began in September. It is necessary to consider all these events within the boundaries of one picture. The right wing of the counteroffensive is in Kherson, and the left is moving towards Mariupol. And both of these lines, in the end, go to Crimea. Crimea is a prize, and I believe that Crimea will be liberated by the end of next summer.
And all this time until that moment, the Ukrainians will push back Russian forces, they will destroy Russian logistics, the Russian fleet will hide around Crimea, because they are very afraid of the approach of Ukrainian drones or Ukrainian anti-ship missiles... Of course, critical in all this are further supplies from the Americans, British and the Germans of everything that Ukraine needs,” Hodges said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces will attempt to reach Crimea through Kherson and Mariupol – former commander of the US Army in Europe