From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe's defensive shield
15 days ago
- #Irpin River
- #Military strategy
- #Ukraine war
- Oleksandr Dmitriev proposed blowing up a dam to flood the Irpin River basin to stop Russian forces.
- The floodplain, drained in Soviet times, would become impassable for Russian war machinery.
- Dmitriev, a defense consultant familiar with the terrain, got approval from Kyiv's defense commander.