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TheBlackAdder

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1. If Kyiv is encircled, new weaponry would attack from the outside. It wouldn't be inside Kyiv.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:34 AM

Mar 2022

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New stockpiles of Javelins would be used to destroy the tanks from outside.

But, in earlier reports, Ukraine was not attacking the stalled vehicles and tanks because they were not an immediate threat. They are attacking the immediate threats first.

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Russian tank column refuels east of Kyiv ahead of expected push toward capital [View all] L. Coyote Mar 2022 OP

If Kyiv is encircled, new weaponry would attack from the outside. It wouldn't be inside Kyiv. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #1

Russia does not have enough troops in all of its army to fully enforce a siege on Kyiv. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #2

Yep, their forces would be spread thin and ripe for attack. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #3

Ukrainian attacks stalled the convoys, per some reporting. I saw photos of a destroyed bridge L. Coyote Mar 2022 #4

I have watched David Martin since the beginning of the war. He seems thoughtful and smart. texasfiddler Mar 2022 #5