Also sending any hostile aircraft near to Kyiv now means hello Patriots. Very different kettle of fish to 15 months ago.
I am not sure Kyiv in 3 days was a good plan 15 months ago, but it wasn't that far off working. It was probably a 50/50 in all reality.
Its probably a 99% chance of failure now. I believe from last autumn onwards that area has been mined to hell, its difficult terrain anyway, and will have nicely zerod in arty etc.
I doubt they'd have taken Kyiv quickly - in a city like Kyiv even a few thousand fighters with prepared defences/stockpiles would have taken substantially larger forces to defeat than Russia had committed. Even today you need armies of the scale of WW2 to effectively siege somewhere like that.
I doubt they'd have taken Kyiv quickly - in a city like Kyiv even a few thousand fighters with prepared defences/stockpiles would have taken substantially larger forces to defeat than Russia had committed. Even today you need armies of the scale of WW2 to effectively siege somewhere like that.
I doubt they'd have taken Kyiv quickly - in a city like Kyiv even a few thousand fighters with prepared defences/stockpiles would have taken substantially larger forces to defeat than Russia had committed. Even today you need armies of the scale of WW2 to effectively siege somewhere like that.
That's why Putin has put nukes there in the last couple of weeks. This whole "coup" was a carefully staged plan.So basically Belarus becomes an open target if they invade (which is basically what Wagner in charge of Belarus will attempt todo). Wagner replace the non-cooperative elements of the Belarus army.
The whole plan relied on them taking Antonov airport on the first day which would have allowed them to fly in transporter aircraft that could carry heavy equipment but that was never going to work. After some initial success by the Russian airborne units Ukraine counter attacked with reinforcements (made up mostly volunteers from Georgia) using artillery and air cover, the artillery smashed up the runway and made it unusable. Russia captured the airport the next day thanks to their own reinforcements coming through from Belarus but it was to late, the handful of Il-76s that were meant to the land and deliver the armour ended up having to turn around (one was rumoured to have been shot down but I don't think there's any proof).From what I read Kiev was very close to falling. They took the airport and planned on flying in troops. My understanding was if the Russians had the whole invasion planned to be fast and efficient logistically it was have succeeded. Thankfully they were too slow
That is a lie. Bunker rat signed a law that they showed on tv and he spoke about it.
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If they'd successfully secured Zelenskyy, would they have needed to siege the city? Or would they have just have installed their own government? Hard to say how Ukraine and Ukrainians would have reacted. They kicked out one corrupt Putinist puppet in 2014, after all.
IMO the "allies" need to warn BelarusShould wagner attempt to go for Kyiv from belarus then its possible that ukraine could seek direct military intervention from allies.
After all wagner is a private company and not officially under the control of moscow attacking from a country thats not russia, arent they declared as a terrorist organisation too?
They didnt take the airport for long, They were surprised at the amount of soldiers Ukraine had in the area at the time, thanks to the warnings from the CIA, Russian intelligence thought that it wasn't very well defended.From what I read Kiev was very close to falling. They took the airport and planned on flying in troops. My understanding was if the Russians had the whole invasion planned to be fast and efficient logistically it was have succeeded. Thankfully they were too slow
That's why Putin has put nukes there in the last couple of weeks. This whole "coup" was a carefully staged plan.
Stage a coup, exile all the wagner troops to Belarus. Those troops then invade Kyiv and if Ukraine Himars Belarus, let the tactical nukes fly. Putin says nothing to do with us and Nato attacks Belarus. Putin wins (He is a master strategist)
The article says he backed an MoD order, Prigs says the order came from Shoigu, both statements can be true and don't contradict given Shoigu is one of the heads of the MoDThat is a lie. Bunker rat signed a law that they showed on tv and he spoke about it.
Putin backs push for mercenary groups to sign contracts despite Wagner's refusal
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he backed a Defence Ministry order for mercenary groups fighting in Ukraine to sign contracts with it before July 1, something the high-profile Wagner Group has pointedly refused to do.www.reuters.com
From what I read Kiev was very close to falling. They took the airport and planned on flying in troops. My understanding was if the Russians had the whole invasion planned to be fast and efficient logistically it was have succeeded. Thankfully they were too slow
Agree, if a private mercenary army invaded Ukraine from Belarus then Carpet bombing a non Russian army in Ukraine territory is a no brainer. great chance to wipe out Wagner once and for all. Chase them back to Belarus with everything we have got!Should wagner attempt to go for Kyiv from belarus then its possible that ukraine could seek direct military intervention from allies.
After all wagner is a private company and not officially under the control of moscow attacking from a country thats not russia, arent they declared as a terrorist organisation too?