Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov is sure that Crimea will definitely be de-occupied in the way that the military-political leadership of Ukraine chooses for this. So the trenches that the occupiers are now digging on the territory of the peninsula "

" ) will definitely not help them. Crimea will be returned and returned necessarily - in the way that our military-political leadership decides, - said Danilov. - If it is necessary to fight for the Crimea, we will fight for the Crimea, and we will not ask anyone. This is our land and it must be returned home."

As for the Russians who settled on the peninsula after it was annexed by the Russian Federation, they, according to Danilov, "

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We will remind, the former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges believes that Ukraine will be able to regain control over the occupied Crimea until August 2023. In his opinion, there will be no stoppage of fighting due to winter, and the Defense Forces use the cold months to prepare.