The US is ready to help Ukraine strike in occupied Crimea - the media
The White House concluded that if the Ukrainian military is able to show Russia that its control over Crimea may be under threat, it will strengthen Kyiv's position in any future negotiations. Moreover, the US is no longer sure that Moscow will decide to use tactical nuclear weapons. According to Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher in Rand Corporation, Crimea has already shot many times without massive escalation by the Kremlin.
"There was more clarity about their tolerance of losses and attacks," she said. It is noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian public consider Crimea part of Russia. Strikes on the peninsula can strengthen the confidence of the Russians that the war should be overcome. In addition, US officials do not know how Putin will react if Ukraine attacks Crimea using weapons supplied by Americans.
The publication writes that despite this, Baiden administration considers one of its boldest steps - helping Ukraine in the attack on the peninsula occupied in 2014. There is already a discussion of the use of weapons supplied by Americans, including HIMARS and BBM Bradley. However, as stated in the material, Biden President is not yet ready to provide Ukraine with long -range missile systems that will need Kiev to strikes Russian facilities on the peninsula.
According to journalists, Ukrainian officials have long insisted on the fact that Crimea is an important purpose of the Armed Forces attacks. Yes, we are talking about military bases and a rear military echelon, which are impressed. According to the Lieutenant General of the US Army in the next months, Ukrainian troops can use Bradley to cut Russia's land corridor to Crimea.
According to him, it was the military bases in the Crimea that helped the Russian Federation so quickly capture the southern regions of Ukraine at the beginning of the war. The publication also writes that if Ukraine focuses on the de -occupation of Zaporizhzhya region, then previous blows may include the defeat of the goals in the Crimea. Earlier, Focus wrote that, according to the US Politico statement, they are preparing to transfer long -range missiles to Ukraine.
Journalists write that it can be about "small -scale diameter bombs". It is assumed that it can be Boeing missiles. We will also remind that journalists named the conditions under which Scholt will agree to provide Ukraine with LEOPARD tanks 2. So Germany will put the main combat tanks in Ukraine if the United States hand over to Kiev. It was also reported that it became known that Putin was preparing 700,000 soldiers for the new offensive.