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Crimea will decide the war in Ukraine

By Jon Sweet, Mark Toth
Published February 21, 2023 5:32pm ET
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Crimea will decide the war in Ukraine
President Joe Biden, left, walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at St. Michaels Golden-Domed Monastery. | (Evan Vucci/AP)


While President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are verbally dueling each other 800 miles apart in separate speeches on Tuesday, the reality remains that the war in Ukraine itself will likely be won or lost in Crimea.

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