The Ukrainians don’t have the infrastructure, equipment or manpower to take Crimea from the Russians. Their equipment consists of Soviet Era Museum pieces, Soviet Equipment from the tale end of the Cold War in the 90s, A handful of domestic production variations of Soviet and Russian equipment, and a splash of Western Powers Equipment and Military supplies. And the vast majority of the forces they can call upon are essentially conscripts.

They’d struggle to replace the losses of quite a bit of their equipment. As they don’t have the domestic infrastructure there to produce new versions of it.

Which means there’s something else at work. Either they’ve been given assurances of outside support. Or something has been worked out behind the scenes.

The Ukrainians don’t have the infrastructure, equipment or manpower to take Crimea from the Russians. Their equipment consists of Soviet Era Museum pieces, Soviet Equipment from the tale end of the Cold War in the 90s, A handful of domestic production variations of Soviet and Russian equipment, and a splash of Western Powers Equipment and Military supplies.

They’d struggle to replace the losses of quite a bit of their equipment.

Which means there’s something else at work. Either they’ve been given assurances of outside support. Or something has been worked out.