"...troops in the area have also moved back toward Kremlin-allied Belarus ....
Posted on 03/31/2022 2:36:49 PM PDT by shadowlands1960
- Russian troops that took over the Chornobyl nuclear power plant have transferred control back to Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
- The IAEA said those Russian troops moved two convoys toward Kremlin-allied Belarus, while a third convoy left the nearby city of Slavutych, also toward Belarus.
- The agency added that it “has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.”
Russian troops that took over the Chornobyl nuclear power plant last month have transferred control back to Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, citing information from Ukraine.
Multiple convoys of Russian troops in the area have also moved back toward Kremlin-allied Belarus on Ukraine’s northern border, Kyiv told the IAEA.
The Russian forces, which had held the nuclear facility since Feb. 24, “in writing” returned control of the Chornobyl plant to Ukrainian personnel, the IAEA said in a press release.
The agency added that it “has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
Regrouping. Some units moving to the eastern front.
By trying to attack from every possible direction at the same time, the Russians ignored the military principle of mass. That also handed the advantage of interior lines to the Ukrainians, which made it much easier for Ukrainian reinforcement to get where they were needed more quickly.
The only logic behind the Russian efforts at Kyiv would be if they thought it would actually fall. Otherwise, if they never really did plan to take Kyiv, they'd have been better off concentrating their best units and just driving west from the Donbass.
Russia got tired of playing Fallout in real life.
Conquest is easy. It’s the occupying part that never works out.
“transferred control back to Ukraine”
That’s a funny way of saying “ran away with their tails between their legs”.
Putin is going to get totally destroyed on this in the short and long term, however.. He does have a lot of freepers supporting him. Maybe he can use their support for something.
“The only logic behind the Russian efforts at Kyiv would be if they thought it would actually fall. Otherwise, if they never really did plan to take Kyiv, they’d have been better off concentrating their best units and just driving west from the Donbass.”
That’s my conclusion, as well.
They obviously thought that the Ukrainian army would not put up much resistance and that Zelinsky would flee into exile, leaving them free to reinstall their puppet.
One explanation would be they forced Ukraine to defend the bright shiny object of Kiev, while losing ground in the East... not that that is what happened, but could have been the plan.
I get the feeling Russia is the tough guy who practices a lot, looks good, but has never been in a match.
And doesn’t understand that the other guy gets to hit too.
Always seize the hot spot first.
Today's situation report at thesaker.is lays out a pretty plausible explanation of their actions thus far.
(...just looking up mass for informational purposes...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_war#United_States
Mass – Mass the effects of overwhelming combat power at the decisive place and time. Synchronizing all the elements of combat power where they will have decisive effect on an enemy force in a short period of time is to achieve mass. Massing effects, rather than concentrating forces, can enable numerically inferior forces to achieve decisive results, while limiting exposure to enemy fire.
Russia has had four plans for Kiev so far:
* Plan A - March into Kiev just like the Americans did in Baghdad and Kabul. Ukrainians resisted and that plan failed
* Plan B - Encircle the city and use artillery to bring it to submission. Ukrainians picked off the supply convoys and the besiegers couldn’t proceed and that plan failed
* Plan C - Refocus on the east, but leave enough troops to pin down the large Ukrainian force in Kiev. It turns out a small force is even more vulnerable than a large one and that plan failed.
* Plan D - Run away
Don’t forget Biden tried to get Zelenzky to flee, which would have meant a Ukrainiain collapse.
“By trying to attack from every possible direction at the same time, the Russians ignored the military principle of mass.”
Apparently, Unity of Command as well. Each axis of advance was their own fiefdom, with no one General in charge of the whole operation.
“Russia got tired of playing Fallout in real life.”
There are reports that Russian conscripts were ordered to dig trenches in the area and hit the irradiated layers. Many had to be taken to Belarus due to radiation sickness.
Yes. The description the Ukrainian forces gave yesterday as they moved out into the suburbs formerly occupied by Russia, tends to confirm that... they are running... lots and lots of abandoned equipment.
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