I think for the “conquest of Kiev” to have been a real thing those soldiers in the 40 mile column would have had to dismount from their vehicles and engage in combat operations. They didn’t dismount or engage, they encircled the city while the rest went to the Donbas to get to work. Kiev was a distraction and an almost international disaster considering how frothed up the war mongers were while they salivated over attacking the Russian sitting ducks. Thankfully we didn’t take the bait and after a couple weeks those columns dispersed.
Kiev has over 3 million people in the city and suburbs around it. .
sending in a few hundred old t 72 tanks to conquer it? lol
They were a distraction and also used to block major roads down to Crimea and E Ukraine while the real forces secured Crimea and set up for ops in the Donbas .
I remember all of the low IQ uko Care Bears saying the Russians were losing badly trying to invade Kiev. lol
