@rah 28 February 2022 more from that month

There is a column of Russian army three lanes wide and seventeen miles long heading to Kyiv. As sad as it is for the Russian soldliers (fellow human beings after) all I have to hope they drive into an ambush and Ukrainian forces armed to the teeth with anti tank weapons take them out. That however is unrealistic fantasy. The news is not getting any better. I suspect this is the real thrust that Putin planned all along, after using unseasoned troops (read kids) to try to soften up the Ukrainians (and give the Russians chance to observe how the Ukrainians have set up defensively)