Kiev was a feint in force to split Ukraine forces away from the main assault in the east
Kyiv was an attack. Have not seen one military analyst that has called it a feint.
That’s my thought as well. I don’t think Russia wanted to fight a gorilla war in Kiev. I think they wanted to divide Ukrainian forces and inflict as many casualties as possible on the defenders. It’s hard to judge the conflict with the one sided coverage we get. I guess we will know more in the next week or two.
Ummmm then why was the feint dissolved before the attack on the east started... russkies can’t even do a feint correctly.