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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Kyiv

‘It feels inevitable’: Ukraine starts to believe it can win back Crimea

Tamila Tasheva and her team are planning for life after the Russian occupation of Crimea.
Tamila Tasheva and her team are planning for life after the Russian occupation of Crimea. Photograph: Ukrinform/Getty Images

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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