The communication breakdown between the U.S. and China raises the risk of an unintended crisis
NBCJUL 2023
After Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, the move was rightly not recognized by the international community. Crimea remains a part of Ukraine, and the country should be given the weapons it needs, such as long-range precision missiles, in order to achieve its objective of reclaiming its territory.
After nearly a decade in Russian hands, Crimea is heavily fortified and any campaign to retake the territory would be fraught with difficulty. The only options are an amphibious assault — that requires air and naval superiority, which Ukraine doesn't have — or via a thin strip of land that's easy to defend. Ukraine should give up on such unrealistic ambitions.