thewayne | (Reply)

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I think one reason Russia attacked on multiple fronts was because of the horrible timing preventing a single wide invasion column attacking cross-country. This is the start of Rasputitsa, so wheeled vehicles either stay on paved roadways, or they sink into mud. Tracked vehicles can't stray far from paved roadways, as their logistics support is still wheeled. If Russia attacked on a single front, sticking to the path of a single highway and net of secondary roads, they would not be able to fit more than a small percentage of their forces on the road. Ukrainian forces could block the few tanks at the head of the column, or destroy the long, fragile trail of of trucks behind it (as the Finnish did during the Winter War). Attacking with multiple columns both allows Russia to get more forces (and logistic support) into Ukraine, and forces Ukraine to divide their forces to counter the multiple columns.