Russian occupiers in Crimea are preparing to repel the attacks of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. It is reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

According to intelligence, the invaders are trying to further strengthen the coastline, fearing a Ukrainian landing.

In particular, along the coast near the village of Molochnoye, Saki district, the invaders are equipping a network of minefields, trenches and trenches..

The GUR also said that the Russians are additionally installing the so-called "

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Earlier, the former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges, said that Ukraine would be able to regain control over the occupied Crimea until August 2023..

WP writes that the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine may drag on for a decade because of the issue of Crimea.

In turn, in an article for Foreign Affairs, Lina Fix, an employee of the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, and Michael Kimmage, a professor of history at the Catholic University of America, who also previously worked at the US State Department, wrote that Ukraine has reasons not to rush to liberate Crimea.. They admit that the battle for the peninsula is quite possible. However, there are at least three challenges that should make Kyiv postpone this operation..