Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tartar, replaced Olexiy Reznikov as head of Ukraine's defence Ministry in early September. The fresh head of the ministry was born in the Tatar community in Samarkand, on russian exile. The past of his household and the views of Umerov himself are not a secret to Zelensky. There are many indications that Crimea will be 1 of the key directions of the Ukrainian offensive.