Kiev will not run out of food. Too many ways to get food in. It’s more likely that the Russians will run out of food. Their logistical train is much easier to disrupt.
Those 140,000 Russian troops not sent in are likely mostly support troops. If not, Russia has a huge problem.
In WW II, for every combat arms soldier, there were 9-10 soldiers supporting them.
When I was in the Army in thr mid-1970s, I was assigned to the 295th Supply Company. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the 295th Supply company landed on Omaha Beach at D-Day + 1 hour. That’s how important logistics is.
Kiev will not run out of food. Too many ways to get food in. It’s more likely that the Russians will run out of food. Their logistical train is much easier to disrupt.
Those 140,000 Russian troops not sent in are likely mostly support troops. If not, Russia has a huge problem.
There is already one video of Russian soldiers running with bags of looted food.
Finally some realizes how hard it will be to Starve Kiev. Longer the supply lines grow the more man power it takes and the easier they become to disrupt.