Former U.S. lieutenant general Ben Hodges said Ukraine should attack Russia's navy and air bases before taking on land forces in the Crimean peninsula.
, former U.S. Army Europe commander, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges argued that Kyiv's forces needed to"isolate" Crimea using long-range precision strikes.back in 2014, and Russia's Black Sea fleet is based in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.
"Drive Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol with daily precision strikes. Ditto for Russian Air Force at Saky, etc," Hodges wrote. Russian paramilitaries stand guard outside a military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 11, 2014. Ukraine should look to use long-range precision strikes to isolate the Russian-occupirf Crimean peninsula, former U.S. lieutenant general Ben Hodges said on Monday.Saky air base on Crimea's west coast, to the north of Sevastopol, was the target of attacks that destroyed 10 Russian aircraft in August 2022.
Ukraine should aim to ensure there would be"no sanctuary" for Russian forces to launch attacks, including drone strikes, on Ukrainian territory from the peninsula, Hodges said.Russia's control over Crimea in the past nine years has not been recognized by the international community. A senior U.S. administration official confirmed on January 25 that Washington's view was that"Crimea is Ukraine.
Priority: use long-range precision strike to isolate Crimea, then make it untenable for Russian forces. Drive Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol with daily precision strikes. Ditto for Russian Air Force at Saky, etc. Allow no sanctuary for Drone lunches. Land forces can come later.
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