Ukraine Has Decade-Long Roadmap To Liberate All Occupied Territories, Ukrainian General Says

2025-08-29 12:05:00

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) First Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk announced this during the Fourth International Forum of the Expert Network of the Crimea Platform, a Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We have directions, we have a vision of how to return all temporarily occupied territories back to Ukraine. Together with our partners - the British and the Americans - we conducted a series of 'war games' where different scenarios were modeled, and we now have a 10–15-year outlook on where to move and how to develop,” Havryliuk said.

He also commented on the situation in the Black Sea:

“Regarding superiority in the Black Sea - let's stay grounded and be realistic. Superiority in the Black Sea must be achieved and maintained.”

Havryliuk added that Crimea has now been turned into a powerful Russian military base with a high concentration of troops.

Read also: Ukraine preparing for 5th Crimea Platform summit – deputy foreign minister

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly emphasized that Ukraine cannot legally recognize any occupied territory as Russian and that Crimea should be returned through diplomatic means.

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