The Ukrainians flooded a river to block Russian convoy to Kiev

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• squashkin@wolfballs.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  bridge or boat time

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  • iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I think the only reasonable solutions are:

    1. Find another way, probably will take a long time to move around.

    2. Build a dam and wait a month for the mud to dry to support Tanks, otherwise they will be lost

    3. Give up and retreat

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  • iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Building a bridge in the enemy heartland, when they have mortars and MANPAD ? They blew up T72 tanks with RPGs on the same road that is now flooded. Bridging vehicles and equipment cant be brought till they control the area.

    They cant be airlifted, because Russians do not control nearby airports. The convoy took a week to drive from Belarus, so equipment from Russia, would take at least that much time. Also, if the rail sabotage in Belarus story is true, their resupply is stuck at a much earlier chokepoint.

    Boats: They are in a shallow river in a landlocked region. Russian navy is in the Azov sea, far away. Their navy can't come to the river. Best they can do is get barges. Tanks on a barge would be bad, a single mortar hit could sink them and clog the channel

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