“This is probably why Ukraine is making this concerted offensive to retake eastern Ukraine. I don’t think they’ll be able to retake Crimea, though.”
Go read the US-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership.
Its exact language is the United States and our Ukrainian ally will never accept a Russian Crimea.
Which means we are in this stupid war till Ukraine gets their territory back.
“Go read the US-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership.”
I’ve read it. But accepting a Russian Crimea and fighting to dislodge Russia from Crimea are two different things. In the real world, such a dichotomy usually ends up being compromised. But, we’ll see.