Russian Kyiv convoy

Approximate location of the Russian Kyiv convoy according to The Economist.
1 BM-21 Grad Russian military vehicle, similar to the type used in the Kyiv convoy

The Russian Kyiv convoy was a large column of Russian military vehicles stretching some 64 kilometres (40 mi) in Kyiv Oblast from Prybirsk to Hostomel via Ivankiv[1] involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been noted for initially threatening Kyiv, but then halting due to unclear reasons. Commentators have suggested that the large number of soldiers and vehicles may have had issues with fuel and food shortages, and may have also been delayed by attacks from the Ukrainian military.[2][3][4]

On 2 April 2022 the whole of Kyiv Oblast, where the column was deployed, was declared free of Russian troops by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense after Russian troops had left the area.[5] Three days before, the United States Department of Defense stated that the convoy had "never really accomplished their mission."[6] On 4 March 2022 The Economist declared that the slow pace and the seemingly disorganised military formation was representative of Russia's problems in the war in general.[7]

  1. ^ "Vladimir Putin is pushing Russia into the past". The Economist. 12 March 2022.
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  4. ^ "The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv". the Guardian. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ Ukraine ‘retakes whole Kyiv region’ as Russia looks east, aljazeera.com (3 April 2022)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2969010Pentagon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Why a huge Russian convoy remains stalled north of Kyiv". The Economist. 4 March 2022. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

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