Putin rolled the dice of war and didn’t beat Ukraine. This, in strategic terms, probably means he lost the campaign. In retrospect, the Kremlin’s plan consisted of an airborne/airmobile/Spetsnaz descent on Kyiv, the mission of which was to establish an airhead in the capital and capture the Ukrainian government until relieved by mechanized forces racing in from the north. An airmobile assault was attempted at Gostomel to Kyiv’s immediate north.
It was a hard day in Bucha, Kyiv region — Russian forces tried to clear their way to Kyiv.
Russian attempts to break through stopped after Ukrainian Bayraktar destroyed a column of armored vehicles marked with a V letter — as we know now, it was Chechen so-called Kadyrov’s Guard pic.twitter.com/gY28tiXF73— UKR Embassy in LTU (@UKRinLTU) February 27, 2022
Above vid – Ukrainian forces destroy convoy of 56 Chechen tanks, kill general near Kyiv – report
