Regular wrote:https://twitter.com/i/status/1496849053824471041
Ukrainians will be throwing everything at them. Literally, everything.
Any prognosis?
A good tactic , that i will do , if was general , is to find a good airport in a strategic place ,that can be defended very well by russian army.. and in case of problems have the rear flank covered for quick retreat . So capturing kiev , even if symbolical in military terms , can be very useful ,as physological victory.. it can encourage ukrainians army to surrender if their capital captured.
This also will have a real impact in the morale of ukie army.. fighting elsewhere , if for example they understand russia captured kiev.. then this could trigger mass defections in ukraine army and change of loyalty , and a new temporary government .
So now that i see this.. looks worth of trying capturing of kiev.. albeit the military need to stay away of the tall residential buildings , they are dangerous ,can be snipers paradise . Russia will also need to block , the road from any weapons shipments that leads to poland.. so no weapons smuggled from there into ukraine.
mass surrenders could start ,once ukie army feel hungry and don't have have food .
also the surrender of the capital ,could encourage many regions to split from zelensky government.
nato mercenaries in the other hand might not surrender that easy .. there are reports of kosovo terrorist in ukraine , trainned by nato ,fighting in the side of kiev.
what will be a mistake is to stop the war too zoon.. or stay there for months . some major objectives are need , to make it impossible for nato , to send any weapons there or any government to operate
if they dont control the airports. or the naval ports.. Im sure the russian military command had to be planning this war,trainning for it, for many years , in case they forced to invade.. and nato too. but the advantage will be for the one that capture cities. all the cities close to the borders of ukraine should be the easier for the russian army to enter and retreat.. have belarus or russian territory in their rear. So this is why kiev should be taken.. is not far from belarus border.. also all naval ports in odessa too , so nato can park their warships there and re-arm ukraine. Airport where major cargo planes land taken too ,for same reasons.