ThirstyBarbarian
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I'm going to make a rash assumption* and assume that the Ukrainians know what they're doing. They seem to be doing pretty well so far. With that out of the way, there's this picture from the news this morning:
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I'm pretty sure that with a 5-minute orientation on an RPG, even a middle-aged peacenik desk jockey like me could have done serious damage to this convoy from the trees with little or no fear of actually getting caught by return fire. People who know what they're doing could probably have made an absolute hash of them.
So either (a) the Ukrainians are waiting to attack until the convoy is closer (why not let the Russians burn some more fuel if they're regularly running short?), (b) the air cover and other support is so good that the Ukrainian forces can't get into the trees, or (c) the Ukrainian forces are stretched thin enough that other targets are more important for now, which is a corollary of (a). I'd like to believe (a) and that the Ukrainians are going to use places like this to shred the remains of the convoy as they try to retreat, but that's just my hopes and dreams from half a world away.
* Never make assumptions about rashes! Get those checked out by a medical professional!
Lets hope it’s s military rope-a-dope, and not that they just don’t have the capacity to do it. It seems like this is a chance to wipe out a large part of the invasion force.