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“Frankly, from a military point of view, absolutely it does not make sense, because if you are a Ukrainian military commander you would much rather fight, let’s say, the seven Russian battalion tactical groups that were in northern Kherson a month ago, not the 15 or 20 there now,” Muzyka added, while noting that Russian losses have weakened the fighting strength of some of these battalions. “Why the public messaging around Kherson? I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know, but this is something that is driving me crazy,” said KONRAD MUZYKA, a military analyst and director of Rochan Consulting, which tracks the war. Was all the talk about a counteroffensive a feint, or is Ukraine struggling to arm up for the fight?
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Meanwhile, the Russians are reinforcing and digging in,” our own CHRISTOPHER MILLER and PAUL McLEARY reported. and allies have smashed bridges and Russian ammunition depots close to the city, but the larger movement of infantry has yet to happen. “Ukrainian artillery and rockets provided by the U.S. Where is the Ukrainian counteroffensive?: Kyiv has been saying for months that it’s launching a counteroffensive to take back control of Kherson - so where is it? The world may witness more explosions in Crimea over the “next two or three months,” MYKHAILO PODOLYAK, a top adviser to Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, told The Guardian Tuesday. Even though they have been exceedingly clear Ukraine shouldn’t use American-made weapons to attack inside Russia - which President JOE BIDEN fears would spark World War III - Washington doesn’t recognize Moscow’s control over the forcibly seized peninsula.Īs a result, it’s open season on Russian targets inside Crimea - and it sure seems like more attacks are coming. The Biden administration’s position isn’t a shift so much as an affirmation of long-standing policy. ambassador to NATO and special representative for Ukraine during the Trump administration. “Russian forces have no business being there, and attacking Russian forces in Crimea is no different than attacking them around Kyiv or in Kherson or eastern Ukraine,” said KURT VOLKER, a former U.S. That’s the right stance to take, experts told NatSec Daily. Any target they choose to pursue on sovereign Ukrainian soil is by definition self defense,” this person said.Īfter your host checked to see if the administration considered the peninsula sovereign Ukrainian territory, the official replied: “Crimea is Ukraine.”Ī Ukrainian official said that message of support has made its way to Kyiv. “We don't select targets, of course, and everything we've provided is for self-defense purposes.
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supports strikes on Crimea if Kyiv deems them necessary. “If we are talking today about the de-occupation of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine where the enemy is, then, correspondingly, we have no such restrictions,” he said, emphasizing that there still would be no attacks inside the legally recognized boundaries of Russia (though there have been some, umm, mysterious blasts on Russian border cities).Ī senior administration official told NatSec Daily the U.S.
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But Defense Minister OLEKSII REZNIKOV told Voice of America Wednesday that Ukraine hasn’t ruled out striking the occupied territory with U.S.-provided weapons. No Ukrainian official has yet publicly admitted to Kyiv’s involvement in the Crimea campaign. Kyiv was behind the three explosions this past week on the Russian-annexed peninsula, per a CNN-obtained Ukrainian government document, including a large blast at Saki airbase that destroyed several of Moscow’s warplanes. With help from Lawrence Ukenye, Christopher Miller and Daniel LippmanĪttacking Crimea is fair game for Ukraine - and it has America’s support to hit the Russians there. Smoke rises over the site of explosion at an ammunition storage of Russian army near the village of Mayskoye, Crimea, Tuesday, Aug.
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