Honestly Crimea might be the thing he can get back.
Black Sea is no longer viable as a Russian navy base, and with that its value to Russia is zero.
The Ukrainians have also cut water since 2014, meaning there has been no irrigation for agriculture for a good decade.
If Ukraine was going to get anything back, it's Crimea. The Russians are more likely to insist on a buffer zone of some sort in the Eastern parts.
You are wildly misinformed both historically and on the latest situation.
Look at the map. The whole point of the other four regions that Russia has taken is to protect and re-connect Crimea. Crimea is the whole reason for this war, ultimately, just as it has been for hundreds of years.
As for the whole drone warfare in the sea -- eh, same thing as always during war. New technology temporarily changes the balance which then shifts again a few years later. It's already shifting.
Submarines and airplanes and magnetic mines did not make naval bases irrelevant. They made large dreadnoughts irrelevant.
Honestly Crimea might be the thing he can get back. Black Sea is no longer viable as a Russian navy base, and with that its value to Russia is zero. The Ukrainians have also cut water since 2014, meaning there has been no irrigation for agriculture for a good decade.
If Ukraine was going to get anything back, it's Crimea. The Russians are more likely to insist on a buffer zone of some sort in the Eastern parts.
You are wildly misinformed both historically and on the latest situation.
Look at the map. The whole point of the other four regions that Russia has taken is to protect and re-connect Crimea. Crimea is the whole reason for this war, ultimately, just as it has been for hundreds of years.
As for the whole drone warfare in the sea -- eh, same thing as always during war. New technology temporarily changes the balance which then shifts again a few years later. It's already shifting.
Submarines and airplanes and magnetic mines did not make naval bases irrelevant. They made large dreadnoughts irrelevant.
Naval bases are forever