00:00Fakt checking Trump's claim about why Russia failed to capture Kyiv
00:04Donald Trump has claimed to know why Russian troops failed to capture Kyiv
00:12during the first days of their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
00:17They would have been in Kyiv in four hours going down the highway
00:23but a Russian general made a brilliant decision to go through the farmland instead
00:28We fact checked Trump's claims by analysing expert accounts of what really happened
00:33during the first days of Russia's invasion in February 2022
00:37We found that Russia's attempts to seize Kyiv were thwarted by a combination of Ukraine's military strategy
00:44and logistical and tactical errors on the Russian side
00:47The mud in the valley of the Irpin River west of Kyiv did obstruct the movement of tanks
00:53but alone would not have obstructed the Russian offensive
00:57According to the Institute for the Study of War
00:59Determined and well-organised Ukrainian resistance around Kyiv
01:03played an important role in preventing the Russian military from advancing with speed and success
01:10Meanwhile, Russian forces did use highways to reach the Ukrainian capital
01:14According to an analysis by experts at the Modern War Institute
01:18Russia's forces coming from the border with Belarus covered 150 kilometres of open road
01:25to reach Kyiv's outskirts during the first phase of the Battle of Kyiv in late February
01:30The experts add that Russians used old maps
01:34with Ukrainians also removing or painting over as many road signs as they could
01:39to deviate the Russian offensive
01:41Russia's failure to capture Kyiv was also largely due to what happened in the air
01:46particularly as Russia failed to gain control of the Hostomil airport
01:4910 kilometres north of Kyiv
01:51These expert analyses clearly contradict Trump's account of events
01:56Let her work as ofуда
02:00Let him be in front of the doctor
02:00The British come from the ر�� duos
02:01Isaac
02:03ما
02:04Shopping
02:06His
02:06Childs
02:07Is
02:08Past
02:10Without
02:13The British come from
02:14Shukest
02:15alert
02:16That
02:17Har
02:17A
02:18Tomorrow
02:20Your
02:21A
02:22捕
Yorumlar