 The Russians began to dig trenches in southern Crimea. Russian troops dug trenches around the radar station near the village of Lazerno, on the southern coast of occupied Crimea. Satellite images about this were shown on Twitter by Benjamin Pitt, an analysis of the Swiss OSINT group. The trenches of the Russian armed forces have been revealed with the latest high-quality satellite images. Pitt did not roll out that the Russians could expand the defense system after being observed by satellites. Digging trenches and improving parameter defense is common in war, even if there is no direct threat. It will be interesting to see how the Russians do this in other areas bordering Ukraine. The experts stressed, it should be recalled that the Western military experts believe that the Ukrainian Crimea will be liberated by the end of 2023. Ben Hodges, the former commander of US forces in Europe, announced on December 27 that he had authorized a deal to reduce the Russian Navy's presence in Sevastopol. On December 26, the head of the General Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Sero Budonov, said that the Ukrainian military will be in Crimea next summer. At the end of December, the Russians began to leave Crimea due to the successful counter-offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine in the south and the liberation of Kersen.