Russian Defeat Along the Kyiv-Chernihiv & Sumy Fronts - 4-2-22

Russian forces along the Kyiv-Chernihiv Strategic Front have been defeated. 

The past 48 hrs. have seen an orderly Russian withdrawal from NW & west Kyiv toward Belarus. The siege of Chernihiv has ended. East Kyiv is also free of Russian troops.

The Russian withdrawal from Kyiv and Chernihiv have been well executed operations. Russian forces have executed doctrinally sound techniques for disengagement under pressure and have preserved combat power and unit cohesion as they extract themselves from contact with attacking Ukrainian units to fall back into Russia and Belarus.

Russian forces along the Sumy Strategic Front have also been defeated. Russian forces there are abandoning equipment that is not functional to speed up their retreat before follow-on Ukrainian counterattacks are able to isolate retreating Russian formations.  

The defeat of Russian forces in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, & Sumy Oblasts illustrates Ukraine’s successful employment of an economized force centered on light infantry, mech & artillery groups, and a mix of UAVs and air strikes to shape an extended battlefield for deep operations. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have out fought & out generaled the Russian military. The Ukrainian victory in Kyiv and NE Ukraine will undoubtedly become a case study in urban defense, area defense, and deep operations in an extended battlefield.