ウクライナ戦争 64km行軍の余波 Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy Thread

Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy Thread/1 It is day 19 of Ukraine War. On Day 1, a mysterious convoy of 40 miles (64km) became stuck on the shortest road from Belarus to Kyiv. & while an obvious target for ambush, Ukraine did not destroy this convoy Was a BRILLIANT tactical move pic.twitter.com/mcXSgLXJIT

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/2 As so many, I was bewildered, why did Ukraine not destroy this 'sitting duck' convoy. And I studied it, and pondered the military strategy involved. After two weeks, I wrote my analysis: twitter.com/tomiahonen/sta…

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Convoy Thread 1/ Russian invasion of Ukraine involves a 40 mile (64km) long convoy of Russian military vehicles, that has been stalled for 2 weeks outside Kyiv the capital city of Ukraine. Some of the convoy is dispersing. I said convoy was a military mystery. Let's dig into it. pic.twitter.com/VOkCVvkktC

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/3 In the comments to my Thread, we had excellent discussions. I want to write this follow-up to answer some questions, and to discuss military relevance of the disaster of the 40 mile convoy, perhaps Putin's biggest military blunder of the Ukraine war pic.twitter.com/tzEGlEAcfX

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/4 I was asked how many troops are in this 40 mile convoy. I said I estimate it is supply for 7 divisions = 1,400 supply trucks = driver + co-driver = 2,800 men And one regiment for escort = 2,000 infantry in 167 armored cars like this BTR-90 pic.twitter.com/TUj5vwFYvE

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/5 In terms of support troops, one such armored fighting vehicle and 12 men, for every 400 yards, of the 40 mile convoy. And in terms of vehicle interval, 8 supply trucks for every 1 armored car escort. All seem reasonable, in terms of convoy logistics pic.twitter.com/iUPi48rJ7z

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/6 But understand, this convoy is not tanks. It is 1,400 heavy trucks, has 2,800 bus drivers, and protecting them a tiny detail of 2,000 infantry. This force of 4,800 total men could not defeat a Ukrainian girl scout camp. They are not a 'threat'. pic.twitter.com/RasdmJsMXs

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/7 On Day 1, in Northern Ukraine the comrades of these 'bus drivers', the FIGHTING force of 7 divisions (70,000 men) ie 65,200 soldiers, 7,000 armored vehicles, attacked on OTHER roads, from Belarus, towards Kyiv. They ran out of fuel at 12 miles to go pic.twitter.com/PG7Z9Mk2Uu

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/8 Some had misunderstood my writing (I was not clear enough). This 40 mile convoy is not those 70,000 soldiers. It is the fuel, ammunition and food, for one day - for those 70,000 soldiers. Those 7 divisions have invaded Ukraine & are at gates of Kyiv pic.twitter.com/t4ilL5LuMd

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/9 Some asked of alternate resupply. Yes. The moment a Russian General noticed his supply convoy is delayed, he would issue a command to ration supplies. This happened no later than Day 2. Conserve fuel food & ammo. That means MINIMAL MOVEMENT of armor pic.twitter.com/nTN912OOml

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/10 Next, as Day 3, Day 4, the supply convoy has not reached the troops, the Generals will demand urgent resupply of vital materials. This is not medicines. It is not food. The urgent resupply is DEFENSIVE ammunition, bullets, tank & anti-aircraft ammo pic.twitter.com/vVHDtuiIgc

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/11 This urgent defensive ammo resupply happened daily by helicopter if necessary. The Russian soldiers never stopped fighting. The SECOND most urgent need was fuel. That they started to SCAVENGE from Ukrainians (diesel) & Russia sent what it could pic.twitter.com/x9tDW96xIv

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/12 The third need is offensive ammo. Artillery and mortar rounds, bombardment rockets. These are ENORMOUSLY bulky and heavy. They HAVE to be transported by ground, by heavy trucks. With the intended convoy stuck, Russia HAD to bring REPLACEMENT trucks pic.twitter.com/W5RGw5s8OP

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/13 Food is almost forgotten & medical supplies, Russian army does not care too much about its casualties, so it is a low priority. When Russia noticed the 40 mile convoy is stuck they would start to organize alternative smaller convoys, on other roads pic.twitter.com/sEjSMwDIVe

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Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/14 These replacement supply trucks have to come from active Russian military bases, 200 trucks appropriated from 7 nearest divisions, each, their total supply capacity, and driven to Northern Ukraine (through Belarus). About 2 days driving (empty) pic.twitter.com/1fVJI0VfZo

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/13 Because of the bad maintenance condition of Russian vehicles, some of those 200 trucks were not even able to start on the journey, and some broke down on the way. So maybe 150-180 trucks ARRIVED at Belarus-Ukraine border from each of 7 divisions pic.twitter.com/rskFl98kyc

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/14 They have less trucks & have to run on longer routes, so the supply chain is FAR less capable of supplying the 7 Divisions in Northern Ukraine, than planned. Meanwhile Ukraine sees the activity on satellite images, and can ambush these NEW convoys pic.twitter.com/9uz3ZQ3rqd

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/15 Russia will replace most, perhaps all of the resupply capacity they lost in this 40 mile convoy. But Putin was forced to issue the order to be 'self-sufficient' ie rob the Ukrainian civilians for food and fuel, two weeks into this war. pic.twitter.com/iDLYefCdrX

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/16 It means that rather than do full resupply from Russia, Putin will only send ammunition, and some fuel, and expects his Russian army to steal the rest of the fuel, and all of the food - & likely - that Putin knows, his tanks will not INVADE further pic.twitter.com/MMJg5xHnaD

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/17 Which brings us to the evaluation of the blunder of 40 mile convoy. We know Russian armor and infantry reached Irpin, on NorthWest suburbs of Kyiv. But Russia did not encircle Kyiv (yet). It was one day of fuel to drive tanks from Belarus to Irpin pic.twitter.com/UPfqvOjxaE

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/18 The designated refueling point was town of Hostomel (where Antonov airport is located). And this 40 mile convoy is less than an hour from Hostomel, the first trucks mere minutes from their destination, but unable to ever get there. pic.twitter.com/sg2orc2e3D

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/19 Let me explain how gargantuan this problem is, in terms of fuel. A Russian T 80 tank has 2,000 liter (525 gallon) fuel capacity. An BMP-3 armored vehicle 700 liters. To refuel ONE DAY of the 7 divisions outside Kyiv takes 2 MILLION GALLONS of fuel pic.twitter.com/mC7PTMceQG

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Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/20 You know these railroad cars that carry fuel (30,000 gallons, 110,000 liters). It would take 69 such railroad cars to refuel the 7 Russian divisions FOR JUST ONE DAY, and they had run out of fuel 12 miles outside of Kyiv pic.twitter.com/GlOPvAWGcr

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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon @tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy/21 We know Putin WANTED to encircle Kyiv, because that is what he did in Mariupol, and has been standard Putin tactic since the siege of the city of Grozny in (Second) Chechen War. The tanks arrived to Irpin for ONLY this purpose. But ran out of fuel pic.twitter.com/nCrCSShFks

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Bradley Marder @LukasB67012101

@tomiahonen We don’t know for sure, IMHO the parts of it were probably attacked by Topol guided artillery.