The problem with the mud is that it FORCES the use of highway infrastructure. It’s not that the Ukraine doesn’t have a ton of paved roads. It’s that you have to

The problem with the mud is that it FORCES the use of highway infrastructure. It’s not that the Ukraine doesn’t have a ton of paved roads. It’s that you have to use them, just like the Netherlands It’s pretty easy to defend against an invading force if they have to all go nose to tail in one line on infrastructure that you know everything about. You can further limit where they go by disabling choke points like bridges, and just destroying the roads faster than the engineers can repair them.