‘It feels inevitable’: Ukraine starts to believe it can win back Crimea
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#649GF)
Even as Russia lays claim to more of the country, confidence is growing that the former territory can be retaken
From an elegant mansion in Kyiv's government quarter, Tamila Tasheva is planning what the Ukrainian takeover of Crimea might look like.
Tasheva, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy's top representative for Crimea, and her team spend their days discussing issues such as how many Ukrainian teachers or police should be sent to the peninsula if Kyiv regains control, and what else would be required to help reverse eight years of Russian rule.
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