Western backers fear that an operation to retake Crimea or the Donbas might drive Russia into escalation, perhaps even past the nuclear threshold
holding on to the slice of territory he did manage to seize. Momentum is on Ukraine’s side following two counter-offensives, around Kharkiv in the north-east, and Kherson in the south, that were conducted with a minimum of loss and a maximum of triumph.
Sources in the armed forces say that “nothing” is off the table, including operations against territory seized by Russia before February 24th. Roads leading to Crimea are now within the range of Ukrainian firepower, including therocket systems that have so dramatically impeded Russian logistics since they were first introduced in the summer.
The many battles for Crimea over the centuries provide Ukrainian planners with plenty of insights. The largely bloodless Russian annexation in 2014, during which only two Ukrainian soldiers lost their lives, is not a typical example.
Lieutenant-General Zabrodsky insists that Ukraine’s military planners have devised tactics that might work. Ukraine does not intend to enter into a senseless frontal assault on Crimea, he says. There are other “interesting” possibilities for combined arms manoeuvre, using land troops, sea landings and air attacks. Russian naval and air dominance could be thwarted with “asymmetric tricks”.
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