Crimea is ours. All other end variants promise Ukraine eternal instability

"Crimea is crucial in this war, and not only because its de-occupation may probably lead to the internal collapse of the Putin regime. The side that controls the Crimea receives control over the entire North Black Sea region. " Opinion. It is clear that Ukraine can liberate Crimea - a territory that is crucial in this war. It is also clear that Ukraine's victory over Russia is in line with our strategic interests . . .

It is stability in Europe, the protection of international law and our message of China . . . Three phases: # 1 isolate (this is the purpose Weapons of long range), # 3 to clean/liberate Crimea, reset the Kerch Bridge. All this will be done by the end of the summer, if the event provides high -precision weapons (ATCMS, Grey Eagle Drone (Glsdb), wrote today in his Twitter Ben Gorse.

I think Goodges is right that Crimea is "crucial" in this war, and not only because his de -occupation may probably lead to the internal collapse of the Putin regime. Different regions have different weights from the point of view of threats, both during current combat and in the future, including transport and logistics chains. This applies to any territories in all corners of the planet. And Crimea in this sense is of strategic importance.

The side that controls the Crimean peninsula is controlled by all Azov and all the North Black Sea region. The essence of the question is that Ukraine will never be stable and safe with Russia's occupied Crimea, and Russia's occupied Crimea will never be resourceless without Ukraine. Therefore, any "peaceful settlement" proposed, which secures the de facto occupation of Crimea in exchange for the termination of hostilities is a bomb of a slow action that will necessarily explode then.