Russians have begun to leave Crimea: expert sees signs of occupiers fleeing
Date: 2024-07-31 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR, CRIMEA
After successful strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian military facilities in occupied Crimea, the invaders are moving some forces and assets deep into the peninsula. In this way, the enemy is preparing for Ukraine to gain an advantage in the air, military expert, reserve colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and pilot instructor Roman Svitan told Channel 24.
According to him, Crimea is a geographic operational cauldron and it is impossible to hold it against troops advancing from the mainland. It is only a matter of time before the occupiers are defeated and destroyed.
"The only global way out for the Russians is to leave Crimea, as the Black Sea Fleet has already done. It is the Black Sea Fleet's withdrawal from Crimea that is a harbinger of the actions that will occur with the Russian army and Russian citizens who are now in Crimea," Svitan is convinced.
According to him, first the Russian aviation will leave the peninsula, then the air defense, ground forces and civilian occupiers. He is convinced that the second wave of withdrawal is currently taking place, which includes the air defense.
"This is not a strengthening of the Kerch direction, they are simply trying to get away from the attack. They are practically liberating the territory, realizing that all the radars on the western coast will be destroyed," the expert explained.
He added that this will open up the military facilities of the invaders, which the Ukrainian Defense Forces can then work on. According to Svitan, these waves of withdrawal will last from several months to a year.
He also commented on the explosions in Kursk. There, the Ukrainians attacked an airfield that the Russians used as a tactical one. In particular, air defense systems and anti-aircraft missile systems were deployed there.
"Probably, after the reconnaissance activities, a decision was made to launch a missile strike, because it is better to cover the airfield with missiles. We have our own missiles - the same "Neptunes" with a range of up to 300 kilometers. This is also the range of the "Olkha", - added the retired colonel.
