Ukraine has resources to liberate Crimea, says former US Army Europe commander

Former US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges says Ukraine has the resources to make Russian presence in Crimea unsustainable through isolation and strikes on key infrastructure

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Ben Hodges. Stock photo: Wikipedia.org

Former US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges has said that to liberate occupied Crimea, Ukraine would need to isolate the peninsula and make it impossible for Russian forces to remain there.

Source: Hodges in an interview with Ukrinform

Quote: "It sounds a bit simplistic, but the first phase … leading up to the liberation of Crimea is to isolate it, cut off the road to Dzhankoy, and destroy the bridge. The second is to render it unusable, impossible for the Russians to use."