So can someone explain to me why Ukraine is making absurd claims about how many things they destroyed? I find it ridicilous, does anyone have any russian sources?
From the Ukrainian claims, they destroyed 10 aircraft, 7 helicopters, almost 100 tanks, over 500 armored vehicles and 3000 russian soldiers killed, and all that while they apparently lost only 40 soldiers and 1 transport aircraft...
And yet... the Russians seized the airport near kiev, and they are also at kiev at the moment ready to assault it, and the president of ukraine all of a sudden willing to surrender and have negotiations...it makes absolutely 0 sense.
Russian or Ukrainian provided casualties are not reliable.
Kiev is very close to the front. Would not be realistic for Ukraine to be able to hold it.