Will Kyiv Become Like Aleppo?
Will Kyiv Become Like Aleppo?
There are reports that many Russian soldiers are lacking in morale for the invasion of Ukraine. They were told repeatedly like the rest of us that there would be no invasion. The Ukrainians are very similar, and most of them know Putin has exaggerated the things they have supposedly done or not done wrong. And rather than welcoming them as liberators and throwing down their arms to surrender, the Ukrainians have been fighting back hard. But they have a lot more armor and weapons.
What may eventually give them victory, especially in the crucial battle for control of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city, is that while most of their soldiers are poorly motivated, there is a corps of veterans of the war in Syria. Some of these are experienced in urban warfare and participated in retaking the city of Aleppo from rebels against the Syrian government. However, the effort to do that involved massively bombing and destroying buildings in the city to the point that it is a wrecked ruin. Is this what these soldiers will do to the beautiful and historic city of Kyiv?
Barkley Rosser
Is this what these soldiers will do to the beautiful and historic city of Kyiv?
Yes, that is what will happen. In my time in the army (87-95) we were constantly reminded that urban warfare is the the hardest to fight. Limited views coupled with easy hiding spaces makes a killing field. The French surrendered Paris because they knew that fighting would destroy that historic city.
Those Russian soldiers that have fought in Aleppo know what is instore for them and they will do their best (destroy the city) to avoid a repeat.