at first it was vs ukraine alone so they went for the capital kiev. then nato said they'll join big time so russia retreated the line that was heading for kiev and settled for a long war vs multiple nations jumping in at unexpected moments. almost 3 years later the other nations haven't jumped in yet officially so they continue to go slowly; if they would rush for kiev then multiple nations would jump in asap and the hysteria would be x100. it makes sense from a military pov. it took the argonauts what 10 year to take troy?
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