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In a significant movement, Ukraine's military forces have pushed back Russian forces east of Kyiv to 55 kilometers from the city center, according to a senior defense official.
For weeks, and as recently as Tuesday, Russian forces have been kept at bay approximately 20 to 30 kilometers from the center of the capital city.
The official said that Ukrainian forces near Bovary "have been able to push the Russians back to about 55 kilometers east and northeast of Kyiv."
The ability to push back Russian forces nearly twice as far as where they had been for weeks is in line with what the official had said on Tuesday were indications that in some areas Ukrainian forces were attempting to retake territory taken by Russia. "Ukrainians are not only in some of these places up sufficiently defending they're going on the offense in some of these places and actually pushing the Russians backwards, or in the case of Kiev, they're, they're basically forcing them into a defensive position," the official said Wednesday.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ukraines-military-forces-russian-troops-east-kyiv-back/story?id=83631494
brewens
(13,400 posts)artillery support. I'd bet it's largely because of supplies. Usually, a stalled offensive force can dig in and put up a pretty good defense, especially if they have all the armor and aircraft.
Sounds a little like when the Germans were driven back from Moscow. It was equipment and supply problems that caused that.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Equipment, supplies, moral and no doubt leadership issues with a handful of dead General grade officers.
Ray Bruns
(4,023 posts)brewens
(13,400 posts)didn't know the Russians could come up with so many fresh reinforcements, and when they did, they were equipped for the weather. Something the Russians seem to have forgotten all about.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)KS Toronado
(16,917 posts)That alone could make a lot of them unwilling to fight.
Can't wait until Ukrainian forces start going into Russia.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)jobendorfer
(508 posts)If the Russians are 55km (~30 miles) distant from Kyiv, that puts the Russians at the edge of heavy artillery range. That is, Russian artillery fire from the north and the east will reach only to the fringes of the city. Hopefully, the Ukrainian Army can push them back further, or better yet, encircle them.