{"id":1930407,"date":"2023-05-13T13:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-ukraine-retake-crimea\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T18:02:37","slug":"could-ukraine-retake-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-ukraine-retake-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Ukraine reclaim Crimea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcould-ukraine-retake-crimea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Could Ukraine Take Back Crimea?<\/h2>\n<p>The continued progress of the Ukrainian military effort is unlikely to surprise many observers now more than one year into the war. Yet, many are also likely to highlight its setbacks, challenges, or limitations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the many challenges associated with attacking a much larger Russian Army, some might be inclined to wonder if Ukraine could ultimately take back Crimea. This would be a monumental development, yet seemingly not beyond the realm of the possible.<\/p>\n<h3>Ukraine\u2019s Forces<\/h3>\n<p>Overall, Ukraine\u2019s somewhat unanticipated warzone success has led to some effective counterattacks and an ability to \u201ctake back\u201d certain key areas occupied by Russian invaders, however, Ukraine\u2019s military may face some limitations when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-ukraine-retake-crimea\/\" title=\"Can Ukraine reclaim Crimea?\">fully \u201cholding\u201d newly gained territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Along with critical weapons, the Pentagon and other allies have been sending tactical trucks and other logistical and transportation assets to Ukraine, perhaps with a mind to better enable forward progress or the ability to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-islamists-mercilessly-killing-christians-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo\/\" title=\"Report: Islamists \u2018Mercilessly Killing Christians\u2019 in Democratic Republic of the Congo\">forward operating bases<\/a> and \u201chold\u201d new territory with an established logistical supply line.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to this, however, the Ukrainian forces will likely need more heavy armor to break through and \u201chold\u201d territory, something which the Pentagon is attempting to accomplish.<\/li>\n<li>After sending a small number of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and highly effective anti-armor weapons, the Pentagon has decided to set up a specific production line to build export variant Abrams main battle tanks for Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Ukrainian fighters have already proven quite capable of destroying Russian tanks from dispersed or varied positions of attack, taking Crimea requires more heavy armor combined arms maneuver.<\/p>\n<p>A single group of armored vehicles, such as Bradleys, Abrams, or German Leopards, for instance, might be able to break through a Russian perimeter, but would likely be challenged to maintain a hold on the territory without more mechanized or heavier armored vehicles. Larger mechanized formations would likely be needed to seize and hold Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>This heavy armor is on the way to Ukraine, the question is simply one of how long it will take for tanks to arrive in impactful numbers. Will it take several years? Can the Ukrainians hold up their defenses and make enough gains to stay successful and operational long enough to eventually field a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-u-s-advanced-air-defenses-destroy-russian-ground-fired-rockets\/\" title=\"Could U.S. Advanced Air Defenses Destroy Russian Ground-fired Rockets?\">large mechanized force<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>It seems entirely possible, given their success thus far, that Ukrainian forces could operate sufficiently for quite some time, and that may be necessary as it may indeed take several years before enough Abrams arrive. The poor morale and lack of combined arms maneuver shown by Russian forces only seem to increase Ukraine\u2019s prospects for longer-term success.<\/p>\n<p>Should Ukraine estimate that it could retake Crimea, it likely would attempt it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joe Biden Won\u2019t Send F-16 Fighters to Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Why Putin Should Fear the F-16 Fighter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kris Osborn is the Military Editor of 19 FortyFive and President of Warrior Maven &#8211; Center for Military Modernization. Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army\u2014Acquisition, Logistics &#038; Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-army-is-preparing-for-cyber-armageddon\/\" title=\"The U.S. Army Is Preparing for Cyber Armageddon\">-air military specialist<\/a> at national TV networks. He has appeared as a guest military expert on Fox News, MSNBC, The Military Channel, and The History Channel. He also has a Masters Degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimea: Could Ukraine Take It Back? The continued progress of the Ukrainian military effort is unlikely to surprise many observers now more than one year into the war. Yet, many are also likely to highlight its setbacks, challenges, or limitations.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite the many challenges associated with attacking a much larger Russian Army, some might be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1930408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17076,13392,6991],"class_list":["post-1930407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crimea","tag-reclaim","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}