Putin's 40 Mile Long Convoy Of Death North of Kyviv?
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That's not going to happen, I'll be very surprised if it they do. The Kievans and the rest of Ukraine have one of two choices: die fighting or die with your back against the wall.
Do some peaceniks think it's still unwise to sink the Admiral Kuznetsov?
Surrender to save some lives and then immediately start a resistance movement where you kill every Russian in site and sabotage any Russian effort for control...you can also take your time and plan a Putin assassination.
Yeah, even though it didn't have any hot tubs and bouncy castles, the blubbering, bearded crybabies on both sides of the border definitely engaged in cross border inbreeding.
"Snake Island to Canadian Bouncy Castle Convoy. Go fuck yourselves!
Russia isn't flying their jets into Ukraine, the story is that they don't have the pilots or the missiles to be able to carry it out.
Their 40km convoy, all travelling on one road, hasn't been able to make it 75km from the border to Kyiv.
Instead Russia is resorting to trying to shell the cities and destroy them, like they did in Chechnya when they started losing there.
A massive, 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and vehicles appeared to bog down on its push toward the capital of Kyiv on Tuesday while residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, were being pounded by Russian shells.
The Russian military advance drew to within 15 miles of Kyiv’s center amid signs that troops are running out of gas and food, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said Tuesday. Russia has committed about 80% of the combat force President Vladimir Putin deployed to invade Ukraine, the official said.
Ukrainian resistance is continuing, and it has helped stymie the advance, according to the official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence findings. It is also possible the Russians are pausing to regroup and reassess their attack, the official said.
PeePee is just putting together the package of hot tubs and bouncy castles to send out to Ukraine.
Of course he's sending them to the Russian army there.
They have to be, unfortunately running low on supplies as well. Hopefully relief gets there so they can ramp up.
Apparently there is still a Russian reserve force of 1/3 on the border.
I think Putin way over estimated both Russian troops willingness to fight, and their abilites on a larger scale. Their logistics are (fortunately) aweful from several sources I've seen.
We'll probably know in a few days, sounds like the Russians have cut most cell access as well as the main tv station.
We're getting less information from the Ukrainian side in general.
That said, the convoy must be getting hit some or it would have been there yesterday.
Ukraine says they've taken out this much from Russia.
Taking out 60 fuel tankers could explain the reports that they are running out of supplies.
But who knows.
Hope they can hold on.
Any chance they can just bomb it from a very high distance? Or would they detect the aircraft by radar and shoot it down with a missile? I guess it's not as easy as it seems.
Both sides have missiles and have been hesitant to use their air force.
Russia is reportedly low on skilled pilots and missiles for their jets as well, so hasn't been using them much.
As night fell on Ukraine on Tuesday, Russia's large convoy was still about 18 miles north of Kyiv — representing little or no change from Monday, the official said. The official added that some elements within the military column are "literally out of gas" and having difficulty feeding their troops.
"The U.S. says about 80% of the estimated 190,000 Russian troops that rimmed Ukraine are now in the country," NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman reports. "About 400 missiles have been fired by the Russians since the invasion began last week."
The official told reporters it's possible that the Russians are now regrouping and their leaders are rethinking their invasion strategy. Since the war began last week, Ukraine's military — and its regular citizens — have repeatedly shown a willingness to engage with the Russian force.
Despite Russia's vastly larger armed forces, Ukraine's airspace remains contested, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's country currently mounting a viable defense, the senior defense official said.
Isn't that mainly what happened in the Russo-Finnish War?...
No surprises there Russia initially targeted Ukrianian airports and fuel depots. Not sure if they also targeted Ukriane's airforce but without runways and a fuel supply they are pretty much grounded. I am surprised though that they haven't targeted it with long range missles or artillery.
Seems like it's only slowed down due to sporadic fighting in front of it and the disabling of some bridges. But doesn't seem like any of the rivers leading to Kyiv are that large, its only a matter of time before they arrive.
They hit Ukraine's radar but then stopped after that. Apparently they haven't sent in the jets really since.
Bridges?
Could be, this one over the Teteriv was taken out by the Ukranians, its not a massive river.
