{"id":134730,"date":"2022-12-13T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134730"},"modified":"2022-12-12T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:14:45","slug":"retired-lieutenant-general-predicts-crimea-liberation-by-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134730","title":{"rendered":"Retired Lieutenant General predicts Crimea liberation by August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Commanding General for U.S. Army Europe, Ben Hodges, predicted that Russia will end up losing Crimea by August 2023. Hodges has followed events in Ukraine, and is seeing what Ukraine generals are thinking, planning, and are carrying out. Ukraine has been striking command and control as well as lines of communication. The Ukraine counter offensive appears to be on a pause, though they are striking targets in Russian held territory. Once the ground freezes strong enough to carry armored vehicles, we may see resumption of movement for their counteroffensive.<\/p>\n

From Newsweek:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges predicted on Monday that Ukraine’s army will be able to seize control of the occupied Crimea peninsula by August 2023 as the war-torn country continues to counter Russia’s ongoing invasion.<\/p>\n

Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, said Sunday that Ukrainian forces attacked a purported hotel base for members of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group and killed many of its members.<\/p>\n

In light of the report, which Newsweek was not able to independently verify, Hodges wrote on Twitter that Ukraine will “continue to pound” Russian headquarters and lines of communication over the next few weeks through February. This is so that Ukraine can set the conditions for freeing Crimea from Russian control, which Hodges described as the “decisive phase of the campaign.”<\/p>\n

“I expect them to liberate Crimea by August,” tweeted Hodges, who is also the former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe.<\/p>\n

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Ukr General Staff will continue to pound Russian hq’s and lines of communication (logistics) for the next few weeks, thru February, in order to set the conditions for the decisive phase of the campaign, the liberation of Crimea. I expect them to liberate Crimea by August. https:\/\/t.co\/S1ZV5HH3vV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Hodges (@general_ben) December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n