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 ...
If there’s a Russian convoy that’s been stationary for days, it makes me think Ukraine doesn’t have much of an Air Force left. Hope to be wrong.
Reports are the convoy has been attacked by SU-24 and SU-25 fighters.
"You have upside down Ivan comrade. There, there." Said 1st sarge.
Well played!..... Tire marks.....lol
Russians just stuck near the nuclear power plant in Kharkov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYUT36YGOh8&t=0s
Yes comrade, you think nude dancing on 4th and Zelensky?
The roads are paved now.
It’s because the soothsayers cut open a chicken and found no liver!
My guess is just as good as anyone else’s!
Get some A 10’s to the Ukrainians. Fast
Battle of Agincourt Bump !!!
Ukraine has no air to ground fighters like the Sukhoi series. They have Mig 29s which are air to air only.
Did a fourth grade student write this story?
They...stopped to reassess how to make up for lost time?
The ghost is dead.
It’s bait. Waiting to see if nato or someone attacks
“Ukrainians have reported plenty of air attacks by both planes and drones over the last couple of days.”
That there is some funny chit.
What house? In my fraternity days that would be a handshake deal.
I would say mud, yes. In Kiev proper the roads were fine but outside the city there were plenty of dirt and gravel roads
(I was there in 2016 and 2017)
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