Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital

The Washington Post ^ | August 24, 2022 | Paul Sonne, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Serhiy Morgunov and Kostiantyn Khudov

[dforest]

Take a look at post #27. That is the fictitious nonsense they spot and really believe.

None of them actually listened to the speech Putin gave right after invading Ukraine. If they did, they would still make up a different reality. Why? Who knows.

One thing Putin does on the world stage is come off a serious person. Unlike this bunch of clownish arrogant bullies we have running these disgusting damaging regimes in DC and Europe. We actually have Biden members of his cabinet flying Ukraine flags in their offices beside old Glory.

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[ganeemead]

This is a flagrant lie and pure, total BS. Russians had no intention of storming Kiev. What was happening was a fixing operation (try looking it up) meant to pull hohos away from the Donbass and hold them there at Kiev until the planned hoho invassion of Donbass had been stopped. After that, Those russian troops parked next to Kiev beat it back to where their military skills were actually needed in Donbass and the hohos who'd been pulled back to Kiev weer not able to pursue them in any sort of order in their mule-drawn hoho wagons.

"Hoho valor" is an oxymoron, there is nothing particularly valiant about torturing prisoners or hiding behind women and children while firing weapons...

[Former Proud Canadian]

Re post 11.

Exactly.

[daniel1212]

The Ukrainians largely kept their preparations to themselves. A senior U.S. defense official said Washington knew more about Russia’s plan to invade than about Ukraine’s plan for defense, fueling doubts about how Kyiv would fare. U.S. officials suspected that the Ukrainian military was wary of sharing war plans while its political leadership was downplaying the likelihood of war,

Smart.