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> I don’t really think Russians were to take Kyiv at all. This is a reasonable sounding theory and I've seen it elsewhere, particularly from French sources. I'
by wrp 4y ago
> I don’t really think Russians were to take Kyiv at all.
This is a reasonable sounding theory and I've seen it elsewhere, particularly from French sources. I'm pretty sure it's wrong, though. This theory comes from looking at everything the Russians did at the start and trying to interpret it so that it all makes sense. The truth, I think, is simply that Russian planning was a disaster.
- at0mic22 4y agoAny military operations have multiple goals with different level of importance. I won’t argue that one of the points could be capturing Kyiv if lucky. Otherwise, putting pressure and distract military brigades while occupying Kherson and Mariuple were also on the list for sure. I assume military planning is made around probabilities and importance. If occupying Kyiv was the main goal, then we would have definitely seen Belarusian forces join the campaign, especially taking the fact they were less than 100 miles from Kyiv.