Rustem Umerov, Crimean Tatar, replaced Alexi Reznikov as head of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in early September. The fresh head of the ministry was born in the Tatar community in Samarkanda, on a russian exile. The past of his household and the views of Umerov himself are not a secret to Zelenski. Many indicate that Crimea will be 1 of the key directions of the Ukrainian offensive.