Two weeks after the announcement of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s “precision strikes” are proving to be inaccurate and its ground forces are struggling to seize territory, according to an analysis by Tim Lister for CNN.
On the eve of the invasion, some US officials predicted that Kyiv would fall within 48 to 72 hours of the start of hostilities, but the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag is still flying in the city’s buildings.
If, as Putin claims, Ukraine was not a real country, it certainly would have fallen by now. Although 150,000 Russian troops have entered Ukrainian territory, they control at most 10% of Ukraine.
In the field: Infinite checkpoints and defenses have been set up around Kyiv. The Ukrainian forces – to the surprise of many observers, proved to be flexible and effective against Russian armor.
Small, mobile units familiar with the area have disrupted Russian convoys, and anti-tank weapons have been developed, mainly from the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as Turkish drones.
In the few areas occupied by Russian forces, even those that are predominantly Russian-speaking, hundreds of people set up tire defenses in their cities and painted road signs.
This does not mean that the Ukrainians have the upper hand: They can not defeat the much superior Russian military force, but the evidence so far shows that reinforced with weapons and other aid coming from the Polish border, they can still deny Putin a victory. .
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