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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
Maybe someone with more military background can clarify my thoughts if there’s obvious errors.
But just from looking online, it took the nazis 2 months to seige Kiev in WWII with 500,000 troops and where there was no disregard for any populations.
Why is it surprising that the city has not fallen after a week of fighting when Russian army has not even really done anything remotely as aggressive as the German offensive ? aka shelling/bombing the actual city etc. I read it a lot that “US expected Kiev to fall in days and is now surprised by the Ukrainian troops holding the line”.
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A little bit different, as a huge part of the Soviet army was fighting against the Nazis in Kiev. Currently, it's just the Ukrainians resisting against the much larger Russian force.