Does Ukraine still hope to re-take Crimea, or is that seen as not possible?

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Does Ukraine still hope to re-take Crimea, or is that seen as not possible?

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The reason is geography: once the Crimean bridge is destroyed (and it will be destroyed), it becomes cut off from the mainland and supplies can get in only via the narrow land bridge.

Every time in history, Crimea was unable to resist the troops attacking from the mainland.

The strategic plan of the Ukrainian troops is to cut the road to Crimea by land, destroy the Crimean bridge, connecting it to the mainland Russia, and take over the peninsula.

Russians know the history and this is why they built the bridge to the mainland.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands sent to Kyiv the “Scythian gold”, putting the end to the legal case between Russia and Ukraine that took almost 10 years.

The Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam transferred the exhibits of the collection “Crimea - Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea” to the National Museum of Ukraine.

  • In 2013, four Crimean museums sent an exhibition first to Bonn and then to Amsterdam.
  • In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, and it became unclear to whom the collection of “Scythian gold” should be returned.
  • The rights to the exhibits were claimed by both Crimean museums and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
  • In June 2023, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands finally decided to transfer the exhibits to Ukraine.
  • Now, the “Scythian gold” is in Kyiv.

It’s a symbolic victory, but it’s a victory, nevertheless.

According to the poll by the International Republican Institute, 94% of Ukrainians believe in Ukraine’s victory in the war against the Russian aggressor.

  • 68% of respondents believe in the restoration of the sovereign integrity of the state within the 1991 borders.
  • Further 5% believe that Ukraine will be able to return Crimea but not Donbas.
  • In total, 3 out of 4 Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will be able to return Crimea.

Since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022 when Russian troops invaded the territory of Ukraine from 9 directions, Ukrainians’ faith in their ability to return Crimea has risen sharply.

Before that, many Ukrainians had doubts it was possible. Russia’s inability to break Ukraine’s resistance reinvigorated their faith.

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