 Crimea and battle in Black Sea will become main center of war between Russia and Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that in 2024, Crimea and the related battle in the Black Sea will become the war's center of gravity. Zelensky said this in an interview with The Economist. Zelensky says little about what Ukraine might achieve in 2024, noting that leaks before last summer's counter-offensive helped Russia prepare its defenses. But if he has anything to say, it is that Crimea and the related battle in the Black Sea will be the war's center of gravity. As Zelensky noted, isolating occupied Crimea and weakening Russian military capabilities there is extremely important for us because it is the way for us to reduce the number of attacks from that region. The president is convinced that a successful operation would be an example to the world and would also have a major effect inside Russia. The loss of a central element of Kremlin propaganda would show that thousands of Russian officers died only because of Putin's ambitions. But Zelensky says the speed of any success will depend on the military assistance Ukraine receives from its Western partners. He has asked for the Taurus, a German-made long-range cruise missile, with the ability to explode deep inside a target. This could allow Ukraine to destroy the Kersh bridge, effectively isolating the Crimean Peninsula from Russia, the Economist writes. Russia has to know that for us, this is a military object, Zelensky stressed. As the president said, his immediate task in the Land War will be to defend the East to save these very important cities of Ukraine, East and South, Kharkiv, Nipro, Zaporizhia, Kersen, Mikoliv, as well as to protect Ukraine's critical infrastructure.