Maybe Zelensky should ask for unarmed citizens to help stop the convoys.

[KS Toronado]

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They could go down the highways the Russian convoys are using to get to their cities. While waving white flags,
they could confront them with a vehicle and people blockade and start talking to them. Bring them food & water
as they are probably hungry, show them Ukrainians wish them no harm and want none in return. Kind of
peacekeepers in a sense. No shots fired, just a message of why do you want to kill us, we don't want to kill you.

Hell, lie to them the war is over and they must leave their tanks & APCs and walk back to Russia. Give 'em extra food
for the long walk home. Be as friendly as possible but insist they leave, because a few miles up the road they'll wish
they had. If unarmed citizens could stop the bloodshed it would be worth trying. Or talk 'em into surrendering.

tblue37 had a long post today talking about how friendly Russian soldiers are to Ukrainian civilians, view it here.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216429207

on edit.....

Just seen on the NBC nightly news, Ukrainians have already done this successfully to one convoy.

[SheltieLover]

1. Great idea!

But if they radio a commander to confirm, it could get fugly.

[KS Toronado]

7. Well honestly is the best policy, best not to lie

And going as a large group of mostly older people carrying white flags they should be safe.

[SheltieLover]

9. That's true!

[ColinC]

2. They are getting shot at increasingly more now.

Russians are beginning to not care how many Ukrainians they kill.

[mucifer]

3. Giving personal advice to President Zelensky seems a uninformed

[drray23]

6. Well, this is a discussion board.

People can opine all they want. It's the whole point. I also doubt Zelensky is reading DU.

[KS Toronado]

8. Zelensky is to busy to be reading here

But maybe someone in the Pentagon or a Ukrainian might see it and believe it has enough merit to try it somewhere.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Civilians approaching poorly trained armed soldiers during wartime might go sideways quickly?

[applegrove]

5. Maybe concrete trucks could pour wet concrete in front of the convoys,

at a safe distance, and the Russian tanks would drive through it while it is still wet and suffer a day later when it dries.

[Doodley]

10. At least change the road signs to point the wrong way.

[KS Toronado]

12. One of the first things they did

from what I understand.

[MyMission]

11. I read earlier that Ukrainian citizens blocked Russians from a power plant.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/03/02/ukraine-nuclear-plant-russia-zakaria-newday-vpx.cnn

Found the link on CNN.

Zeitgeist.