Russian troops near Kyiv reported surrounded and cut off from supplies

 Red States:

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But the internet buzz emerging today is near the capital city of Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces look to have been on the move since around March 19 against the Russian Army. With up to 99 percent of information surrounding this war being propaganda by both sides, you must take anything about Ukraine with a grain of salt. But this Tweet on March 22 by a Ukraine sympathizer in Berlin says that the Ukrainian forces may be in the process of cutting off a major Russian formation.

“According to unconfirmed but realistic looking reports, Russian troops have got surrounded in Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel area near Kyiv, cut from supplies. If true – the biggest defeat of a Russian army until now, and Ukraine needs to start worrying about too many POWs”

Irpin is the suburb of Kyiv where the infamous bridge crossing of refugees from the two armies hammering each other has been in the news. It is the location where journalists Pierre Zakrzewski, Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, and Benjamin Hall were attacked.

Another tweet shows what purports to be the positions of Ukrainian and Russian units as of March 19.  The pattern of the positions is consistent with an envelopment that, if true, has a plausible outcome of an embarrassing field defeat for the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

Further to the west also in the Kyiv oblast, CNN is tentatively reporting a victory claimed by Ukrainian forces that they have retaken control of the suburb of Makariv. This news item by CNN is also labeled as unconfirmed but had sufficient merit for the outlet to publish it. Victories along the E40 roadway, which leads to the Irpin and Bucha suburbs, that has been prominently in the news about the war add plausibility that Ukrainian forces may have outflanked their Russian adversaries.

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If true, the Russians would likely have to move other forces in the area to relieve the surrounded troops which could open all of them up to attack.  The alternative could be a significant defeat.  Ukraine already has to deal with significant numbers of POWs. 

See, also:

Russian Casualties in Ukraine Reportedly Include at Least 15 Field Commanders

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