Agreed. The “Kiev Gambit” was a chance to prevent all of this plus — as many also conveniently forget — a very successful “pinning” of AFU forces that allowed them to clean house in Azovstal.
Agreed. The “Kiev Gambit” was a chance to prevent all of this plus — as many also conveniently forget — a very successful “pinning” of AFU forces that allowed them to clean house in Azovstal.
You're right, I wrote about it at the time at the now-defunct oneworld.press (you can find an Internet Archive version of my work there from February 2022-September 2022 when I fully moved to Substack once they closed down).
Basically, I still believe that it was a feint to divide Kiev's forces from the southern and eastern fronts so as to facilitate more advances there with a view towards building the "land bridge" (which was successful) while pressuring Zelensky to capitulate (which was unsuccessful).
Agreed. The “Kiev Gambit” was a chance to prevent all of this plus — as many also conveniently forget — a very successful “pinning” of AFU forces that allowed them to clean house in Azovstal.
You're right, I wrote about it at the time at the now-defunct oneworld.press (you can find an Internet Archive version of my work there from February 2022-September 2022 when I fully moved to Substack once they closed down).
Basically, I still believe that it was a feint to divide Kiev's forces from the southern and eastern fronts so as to facilitate more advances there with a view towards building the "land bridge" (which was successful) while pressuring Zelensky to capitulate (which was unsuccessful).