The head of Ukraines military intelligence, Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, thinks Ukrainian forces will be able to take Crimea from Russia, and he hopes it will happen by this summer. But Ukraines backers in Washington as well as other Ukrainian officials, dont hold the same view. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote in a January 24 article that there is a widespread view in Washington and Kyiv that regaining Crimea by military force may be impossible.
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