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Top four reasons the snaking Russian military convoy hasn't moved in days
National Post [Canada] ^ | Thursday, March 3, 2022 | Staff

Posted on 03/03/2022 3:24:05 PM PST by canuck_conservative

1. “We believe the Russians are deliberately regrouping themselves and reassessing the progress that they have not made and how to make up the lost time." ...

2. “We believe they have experienced logistic and sustainment challenges. Challenges that we don’t believe they fully anticipated.” They may be running short on fuel, with supply tankers unable to get to them, and the soldiers are facing shortages of food ....

Observers suggest routine maintenance has either not been performed or, in the case of many blown-out tires, cheaper Chinese-made tires have been substituted that lose structural integrity if the trucks were parked in the direct UV rays of the sun....

3. “They are getting resistance from the Ukrainians....

4. But there is another, more mundane and foreseeable possibility: springtime mud.

Famous for its “rasputitsa” mud seasons in spring and fall, the area becomes challenging to manoeuvre. Armies experienced this local obstacle in the first and second world wars, yet surprisingly, the Russians sent the vehicles through on the same roads again.

The deep and widespread rasputitsa, which bogs even the lightest vehicles in the mud, is amplified by the enormous weight of the missile system and truck infrastructure, sinking the army trucks deeper, putting enormous pressure on what may be substandard tires. And the supply network for replacements appears to be sorely challenged....

(Excerpt) Read more at theprovince.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: invasion; mud; resistance; ukraine
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Throw in some carbon credits you’ll have a deal.


21 posted on 03/03/2022 3:39:34 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Maybe they heard about The Ghost of Kiev and are scared to move.


22 posted on 03/03/2022 3:40:24 PM PST by McGruff (A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World Before the Truth Puts On its Shoes.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Putin is just waiting for all his pieces to be in place, the weak links strengthened so that when he says Go, the Russian forces will scorch Ukraine in Holdomor II, Putin’s Revenge.


23 posted on 03/03/2022 3:41:48 PM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: Meet the New Boss

What do you mean by “encirclement of Russin troops?”

Do you mean the Russian troops are encircling something, or the Ukranians are encircling the Russian troops.


24 posted on 03/03/2022 3:41:53 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: LuxAerterna

Great toys


25 posted on 03/03/2022 3:43:19 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

the latter


26 posted on 03/03/2022 3:45:25 PM PST by Meet the New Boss (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: canuck_conservative

A stupid moose and a rabid squirrel wearing a leather helmet made off with their keys?


27 posted on 03/03/2022 3:45:40 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: canuck_conservative

Russians blitz west may be getting bogged down due to early spring weather.


28 posted on 03/03/2022 3:45:40 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Meet the New Boss; FroggyTheGremlim

Because bodies of Russian troops have never been encircled before...


29 posted on 03/03/2022 3:52:16 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: dfwgator

“Or they are still negotiating and holding back while the negotiations are still taking place.”

Could be. Kind of like, “Hey, Zelensky: We are holding back on taking you out just so you can see that we are clobbering the rest of your country!” Kind of a poke-in- the-eye.


30 posted on 03/03/2022 3:52:47 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: 2banana

Not one Ukrainian air attack.


No airforce left to attack anything.


31 posted on 03/03/2022 3:52:51 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: canuck_conservative

There’s a Second Lieutenant at the front of the convoy with a map and compass.


32 posted on 03/03/2022 3:53:26 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: canuck_conservative

The roads have to have been improved since the Germans went there.


33 posted on 03/03/2022 3:53:52 PM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

“Russians blitz west may be getting bogged down due to early spring weather.”

Putin has been put at a great disadvantage by his servility to China.

He should never have waited until after the Olympics.


34 posted on 03/03/2022 3:54:35 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: toddausauras

The roads have to have been improved since the Germans went there.

Roads - maybe. mud no.

I seen videos of Russians tankers on exercises and getting stuck in the mud - it is a big problem - one tank had to be towed out by two others before it sank out of sight. Its that bad. They have to stick to the roads this time of year.

If their tires are as cheap as some say, then they have real problems.


35 posted on 03/03/2022 3:58:19 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler
Mid-low 30s day, 20s at night, next ten days.

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ua/kyiv

36 posted on 03/03/2022 3:58:51 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: canuck_conservative

I’d suggest not bogged down at all. They’re just waiting, building fear, more reinforcements coming while the spies check out the hot spots in the city(s)


37 posted on 03/03/2022 3:59:48 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: PIF; 2banana

Where is The Goats of Kyiv?


38 posted on 03/03/2022 4:00:05 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Karliner
while the spies check out the hot spots in the city(s)

Those young Russian soldiers are Wild And Crazy Guys!

39 posted on 03/03/2022 4:00:57 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: dfwgator

“ Or they are still negotiating and holding back while the negotiations are still taking place.”

How about it’s a decoy and while everyone is wondering what’s going on, Russia is slowly picking away territory. Since NATO won’t get involved, there really is no rush. And as long as the price of oil keeps rising, Russia will be able to fund the war. If Biden said, tomorrow we reopen Keystone and resume domestic oil and gas production, the war ends tomorrow.


40 posted on 03/03/2022 4:01:05 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Todays conspiracy theory is tomorrows spoiler alert." )
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