Kyiv’s strategy is more likely to be to make its retention untenable
Crimea matters to Russians — whether they adore or abhor Vladimir Putin — in a way none of the other claimed or occupied Ukrainian territories do, and as such the peninsula’s fate will probably be central to any eventual resolution of the current war. That some Ukrainian sources are now talking about a military reconquest in the summer campaign season and others of diplomatic solutions suggests the possibility of movement.
#Ukraine: A low-flying Russian aircraft, apparently a Su-25 attack jet, was shot down by Ukrainian forces near Marinka, #Donetsk Oblast.
From the footage, it appears that the pilot managed to eject. pic.twitter.com/49b0bmixyP
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 7, 2023
