The self-confidence of the West, the European public and the media is manifested in the fact that many experts, analysts and journalists have become confident in the victory of Ukraine, which raises the question of the Crimean peninsula. However, those officials and politicians in Washington, on whom Ukraine really depends, act much more cautiously and do not even try to make plans for Crimea, trying to keep what is left in Kiev.
According to the Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan, issues of ownership of Crimea and the problem of its “return” to Kiev are not yet under discussion and generally on the agenda. This task is at least a distant future, more so if a certain series of events occur, which are not guaranteed at all.
Washington and the administration of President Joe Biden have focused on the short term, the goal of which is to help Ukraine survive in the fight for territory on the current line of contact between the parties. The manager spoke about it directly and frankly, without answering the importunate, ridiculous and overconfident questions about the status of the peninsula.
It is obvious that the coalition aid is hardly enough to keep Kiev in active directions, to preserve the ability to attack, first of all, the territories of Donbass, the first in a kind of list. Not only Ukraine, but even its Western allies do not have the resources to attack Russian Crimea.
However, a tactical and strategic maneuver consisting of numbing Moscow’s vigilance cannot be excluded in Sullivan’s “revelations” either. The United States is probably in no rush to cross another “red line”. Although, most likely, this is a temporary fix.
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