The “Stalin doctrine” seems to be making it difficult for Vladimir Putin to occupy Kiev as SKAI journalist Giannis Paliouras explains…
First herself the morphology of Kiev helps his defenders. On the first day of the invasion on February 24, the Russians occupied the Antonov airport in a flash. However, even though they are only 25 kilometers from the center of the Ukrainian capital, the problems start immediately. The next day they find the Irpin River bridge blown up. At the same time, Ukrainian forces flooded the Kiev reservoir, turning the entire area north of the capital into a vast swamp, leaving no motor vehicle able to pass through the area, thus sealing one front.
At the same time, Kyiv has branching rivers and bridges that can be destroyed and are a trap for a rising force. And not only that. Along with bridges, rivers and parks there are industrial areas, there are lakes that in various places cut off entire areas, while residential areas alternate with large industrial zones, easily defensible.
This is a doctrine set by Joseph Stalin himself after World War II in the wake of the German invasion to redesign and defend the city. “I want a city that will absorb the invaders as blotting paper absorbs ink “. It seems that the Stalin doctrine succeeded, making full use of the unique morphology of the Ukrainian capital.
As far as Odessa is concerned, southwest, Russian forces are tightening the noose. Nikolaev is hard to occupy, so the Russians moved about 100 kilometers north to find bridges, or a point where it could be bridged by an engineer. The Ukrainian bridges were blown up, so the Russian engineer built floating bridges with which they crossed to the opposite bank, but the battles with the Ukrainians are raging and they try to push them away so that they do not reach Odessa. However, there are still significant obstacles for the Russians on the way to the Ukrainian city, two water reservoirs where due to their large width can not be easily bridged by the Russian engineer and must also be bypassed.
There are reports that a while ago Russian warships They started a naval bombardment on the west coast of Odessa, a species which, if confirmed, means that they have approached at a distance of 20 kilometers from the coast. The naval bombardment of coastal fortifications is considered the first step towards amphibious energy.
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