Before the resistance shown by Ukrainian troops and the logistical failures encountered by the Russian army Since the beginning of its offensive in Ukraine on February 24, the Kremlin decided to increase the level of intensity of the attacks produced in the main cities of the country.
In order to speed up the military mission deployed in Ukraine, Russia sent a huge military convoy about 60 kilometers long bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. This set of military vehicles, which last week was just over 20 kilometers from the country’s most important city, has not yet reached its destination, and is stalled in the vicinity of Antonov airport unable to move forward.
From the United States, the Pentagon has pointed out as possible reasons for this stagnation the resistance shown by Ukrainian troopswho since the beginning of the Russian offensive have killed two generals of the Russian army, Andrey Sukhovetskywhich was commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Divisionalready Vitaly Gerasimov, second officer of the 41st Army, according to the Ukrainian intelligence service. In addition, they also pointed to the lack of fuel and supplies.
In addition, the military forces of the Kremlin would have suffered mechanical failures and simple jamming difficulties caused by failures in the tires of the vehicles. The United States Department of Defense specialist, Trent Telenkoexhibited in your twitter account the reason why the tires of Russian military vehicles did not work.
When you leave military truck tires in one place for months on end. The side walls get rotted/brittle such that using low tire pressure setting for any appreciable distance will cause the tires to fail catastrophically via rips.
See early video:
—Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 2, 2022
Null mobility of trucks and presence of mud on the roads
“When you leave military truck tires in one place for a long time, the sidewalls rot or become brittle.so the tires will fail catastrophically“, Telenko explained about the factor that could cause the fact that several Ukrainian soldiers have taken control of Russian vehicles parked in the middle of the road. According to this specialist, military vehicles must be in constant movement to avoid any logistical problem. .
On the other hand, the state of the roads has been another of the impediments to witness the arrival of this military convoy in Kiev. The presence of mud on most roads where these vehicles traveled, have also caused this slowdown in their arrival in the Ukrainian capital.
Mariupol, Berdyansk and Kherson besieged by the Russians
From the beginning of the Russian offensive until now, the Russian army has managed to occupy the city of Kherson, Mariupol and Berdyanskand attacked both the town of Irpin and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which it has seized.
The Ukrainian troops managed to retake control of Kharkov, and for the moment they maintain control of the capital, Kiev. Negotiations continue between the delegations of both countries, in which, according to Ukraine, Russia has guaranteed the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate the civilian population.
Around 800,000 minors have fled Ukraine after Russia’s offensiveas reported by Save The Children, and there are more than two million Ukrainian refugees in other European countries, according to data published by the web ‘Data2‘.
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