/ 11 August 2022

Zelensky wants Crimea back

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

“Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it up.” That’s what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his people in his regular video update yesterday, setting the country’s endgame as it continues to battle Russian forces. Crimea is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine but it was annexed by Russia in 2014 after a referendum that was widely seen as illegitimate. Many see Russia’s moves to take control of the Black Sea peninsula in Ukraine’s south as the real start of the war. “Today it is impossible to say when this will happen. But we are constantly adding the necessary components to the formula of liberation of Crimea,” Zelensky said. Meanwhile, it’s emerged that a series of explosions rocked a key Russian air base on the Crimean Peninsula, causing confusion about what had occurred. A Ukrainian attack on Russian forces there would be a significant upping of Ukraine’s counterattack, but it’s denied responsibility.

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