Yo...
I may have been off by a couple of months but these fukkers are really gonna take Crimea. If they hit that bridge again it's a wriggity wrap for Russia in Crimea. I wouldn't be surprised if Ukraine is waiting for them to complete repairs to hit it again.
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Couple of years you meant lol.
Winter is coming, then the rasput*tsa so the southern front will be moving slow until like March or maybe April of next year.
Then, the Russian conscripts (after being trained this winter hopefully for them) will be sent for the very restart of the war on the Eastern and Southern frontlines just to fill it with fresh bodies.
Then Ukrainians will need to bridge and secure the area between the Dniepr and Crimea where Russian troops are currently retreating to and fortifying/holding.
Then Ukrainians will need to clear Russians from Crimea. It took a 2 month slow and steady advance for Ukr to be threat enough to Kherson (a territory 100 times smaller) for Russian to flee and Kherson is still not taken, will probably take several weeks to fully clear it.
Taking Crimea will be incredibly difficult and is not assured at all because Crimea is historically :
- the only autonomous region of Ukraine and the most Russian friendly
- host of the Sevastovol naval base which is a russian military asset
- most advanced access to the Black Sea for maritime trade.
Only way Ukraine take Crimea is if Russia allow it. Don't get me wrong, they may, considering how incompetent they have been this war but if we're being real, Crimea is a loooooooong shot as of now