by February

.

And already in the summer they will manage to de-occupy the peninsula.

This opinion was expressed by the former commander of US forces in Europe, retired general Ben Godges on Twitter.

"The Ukrainian General Staff will continue strikes on the headquarters of the Russian Federation and lines of communication (rear support) over the next few weeks, until February, in order to create conditions for the decisive phase of the campaign - the liberation of Crimea," he wrote.

According to Godges, in the summer the Armed Forces will de-occupy the peninsula.

"I expect that they will liberate Crimea by August," he concluded.

Deoccupation of Crimea

Earlier, the commander of the US Ground Forces in Europe, Ben Godges, noted that the Defense Forces of Ukraine, which are advancing in the south and east, can isolate Crimea and redeploy HIMARS and other high-precision, long-range weapons in such a way as to inflict devastating blows on the logistics system of the Russian Armed Forces.

In his opinion, the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should isolate the temporarily occupied Crimea and

However, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the USA, General Mark Milley, believes that 

 is unlikely and it can happen during peace negotiations.

The chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, is of the same opinion, who

that Crimea can be liberated without bloody battles, namely during negotiations with Russia.

At the same time, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov expressed the opinion that the return of Crimea will take place

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