re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I hope these reports are true. I was expecting that if the Russians could encircle and finally take Kyiv, they could then depose Zelensky and install a Moscow-friendly government that would permanently ban NATO and recognize the breakaway republics.
Even if they can get units to Kyiv, supply them, and surround the city, Russia will pay a very heavy price in blood to take it. I don’t think its possible. What Russia can do, unfortunately, is engage in indiscriminate bombing and shelling, causing horrific amounts of death and destruction just for the sake of it.