The United States is betting not on a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but on ousting Russia from Crimea
The Ukrainian army is unlikely to be able to capture Crimea with a frontal attack.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor stated this on the Dom TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Taylor emphasized that entering Crimea through the narrow isthmus is too difficult a task for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“I think it will be difficult to liberate Crimea only by military force. We see how the Ukrainian military knows how to put pressure on the Russians around Kyiv and around Kharkov and Kherson. The ground forces that the Ukrainian military has used with such skill and efficiency are the way to push out the Russians. Ground forces are displacing Russian artillery, weakening the Russians,” the diplomat said.
“It is more difficult to send troops into Crimea than to send troops to Kharkov or Kherson, or Donetsk and Lugansk. Deploying ground troops into Crimea means crossing a narrow isthmus; it is difficult to get there. So, I think it will be difficult, but in the end the Russians will have to leave Crimea,” Taylor said.
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