This is quite interesting. I think it puts to rest the claim that Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel are "surrounded" or that the supply line to those areas is threatened. But it also shows significant counter-offensives on both the western and eastern side of the Kyiv
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1506660525106778120
What this shows, is that counter-offensives have achieved more on the eastern side of Kyiv and south of Chernihiv. This makes sense: The first counter-offensives were south of Chernihiv.
There are counter-offensives to the west of Kyiv, but the results are far more limited than the claim that Bucha and Irpin are surrounded. Still, given the amount of forces there, any gain on this side, is quite significant.
But I think this shows that, where the Russian effort to capture Kyiv may collapse is NOT on Irpin-Bucha line (or not yet at least), unless Ukrainian forces want to commit more forces there. It is on the other side, where Russian supply lines are stretched thin.
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