Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly stated twice already that Ukraine would not be able to return "some parts of the country that Russia has occupied, including Crimea, by force." It appears that Zelensky has been having some difficult times lately
Kyiv is trying to regain fire control of the highway from Sumy to Sudzha, which is about 65 kilometers long. The AFU deployed US-made Abrams tanks in the Kursk offensive