A Ukrainian attempt to retake Crimea would be bloody and difficult
And Western support can hardly be relied on
VLADIMIR PUTIN hoped to take over Ukraine in ten days. Nine months later, he faces serious problems holding on to the slice of territory he did manage to seize. Momentum is on Ukraine’s side following two counter-offensives, around Kharkiv in the north-east, and Kherson in the south, that were conducted with a minimum of loss and a maximum of triumph.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Crimean War”
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