February 25, local time is the second day of Russia's attack on Ukraine, the Russian army heavy army cluster in the direction of a total of four roads, but among them, the Ukrainian east direction, the attack is the slowest, and the other 3 directions are very fast!
The North Road, in particular, crossed the Pripyat Marsh directly, crossed Chernobyl, and attacked southward. Airborne troops and other lightly armored troops first seized control of the key points, and the heavily armed troops gradually followed, encircling and finally taking Kiev, the capital of Ukraine!
At one point on February 24, Russian airborne forces occupied Antonov Airport, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, home to the test site of the Ukrainian Antonov Aviation Design Bureau, where the only an-225 strategic transport aircraft was rumored to be left. However, the operation of the Russian Air Force on the ground was not smooth, and the airfield was once counterattacked by the Ukrainian government forces, and it was not completely controlled until the Arrival of Russian reinforcements, and the remaining remnants of the Russian airborne troops continued to attack Kiev with reinforcements.
In the course of the war, both Ukraine and Russia deliberately released false information in order to confuse each other and boost the morale of their own troops. But what is certain is that Russia's subsequent heavy troops have at least advanced to the urban area of Kiev! Video shows fierce fighting in the Oberon district north of Kiev's urban area. It is only about 7 kilometers away from the core of Kiev and only a few kilometers away from the presidential palace. As for the towns of Zimmer and Wolzeli around Kiev, they had long been occupied by the Russian army. Obviously, the Ukrainian army could not stop the Russian army at all.
On the night of February 26, local time, the Russian army launched another attack, they launched a three-way assault from the north, northwest and northeast of Kiev, and the main Russian army advanced all the way east along victory avenue in the center of Kiev, only three or four kilometers away from the Ukrainian Presidential Palace, as well as the famous attractions of St. Michael's Golden Dome Monastery, the Main Church of Saint Sophia, and even Independence Square.
Since the Ukrainian army has placed the main force outside the main city, it can be almost judged that the main force of the Ukrainian army defending the city has collapsed, and it is estimated that in a few hours, the Russian tricolor flag will be planted in The Independence Square. Another evidence of the momentum of the Russian offensive is that the road conditions on the map can also be seen that a large part of the main road in the center of Kiev is blocked.
Since the Ukrainian government has banned male citizens between the ages of 16 and 60 from leaving the country and has distributed tens of thousands of weapons to Kiev citizens, if kiev citizens resist resolutely, it may cause some trouble for the Russian army. But in any case, it is only a matter of time before Kiev falls. At the same time, the Russians were also attacking in other directions of Ukrainian territory, and now they had taken Melitopol on the Black Sea coast, advancing from the Crimean Peninsula to Kherson, capturing it, and then advancing towards Nikolayev. On the Eastern Front, Russian troops have entered Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, and they have cleared the periphery of the resistance, and are likely to start a street battle with the defending Ukrainian army.
This time, the Ukrainian army has made a mistake in judging and underestimating the main direction of the Russian army and its strategic determination from the very beginning! It believes that the Russian army attacked from the Donbass at most, and then pushed flat to the east of the Dnieper River, but the fact is that Russia attacked directly to the northeast, from Chernihiv, Samui and Kharkov, and the other way to the north, directly through Belarus, taking Chernobyl from north to south, with the help of Antonov airport and several towns as support points; the third route from Crimea, directly attacked Kherson, and Zaporozhye! As of press time, the center of Kiev is still in the midst of fierce fighting, and it is expected that in a few hours, the entire city will be completely captured. In the next few days, Russia will continue to advance, eventually forcing the Ukrainian government to sign an alliance with the city!