The head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said that in 2014 the war against Ukraine began with the occupation of Crimea, so this year it will all end with the peninsula.. During an interview with The Washington Post, he noted that the UAF is able to de-occupy him by the summer..

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He does not believe that the liberation of the peninsula will be an impetus for Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons..

" And Crimea will be returned to us. I'll tell you more: it all started in Crimea in 2014, and it will all end there,"

He believes that during the new offensive, the Russian Federation will disperse its forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

As for the Belarusian threat, the situation has not changed - an offensive from the north is still unlikely. And the troops concentrated there are just an attempt to divert and divide the Ukrainian forces..

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We will remind, the former commander of US troops in Europe, General Ben Hodges believes that the battle for the Crimea will be key in the war. According to him, Ukraine will not be safe while the Russian troops are on the peninsula..