It would be tough for the russian occupiers to take Kyiv, as this requires a huge army.
The Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, General Mykola Zhyrnov, spoke about this in an interview with NV.ua.
"According to all military canons, to take over Kyiv, the enemy must create an inner and outer circle of encirclement," says Zhirnov. The forces attacking Kyiv should exceed the defending forces 5-7 times. The troops of the inner circle are supposed to storm Kyiv, and the outer circle troops are supposed to provide security from the liberating forces. "
Since Kyiv is a large city with extensive infrastructure, it was home to more than 4 million people before the war. For its storm, "the enemy must gather all available human resources and bring them to Kyiv." "For example, during the Second World War, 2 million people and 42,000 artillery barrels were needed to storm Berlin. Therefore, it is complicated to create an army that would storm Kyiv, even for a country like russia," Zhyrnov said.
He emphasized that Kyiv is not under siege. "Yasnogorodka is the furthest point the enemy reached in the Zhytomyr direction. But it was stopped. Despite the advantage in personnel and weapons, the enemy could not get out and take control of the Odesa road. A similar situation in the Obukhiv and Boryspil directions. We recorded the exit of columns; Armed Forces of Ukraine struck, "Zhyrnov said.
He also noted that "at the beginning of the full-scale war, we did not have enough troops in this direction to stop the enemy at the border. That is why the enemy was able to reach the Irpin River. But now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy that suffered significant losses. Every day for the enemy - hell, the Armed Forces and the Territorial Defense destroy the enemy from inside.
Currently, the occupiers do not have enough resources. The moral and psychological state of the invaders is low and does not allow them to perform their tasks. As a result, the enemy suspended the attack against the capital in this direction. I repeat, the enemy does not have enough forces to continue the attack. "