Crossing the swampy Pinsk/Pripet Marshes, Pripyat River and Dnieper–Bug Canal in southern Belarus, close to Ukraine's northern border would require bridging equipment. Several trainloads have headed from Russia to Belarus in recent days.
Crossing the swampy Pinsk/Pripet Marshes, Pripyat River and Dnieper–Bug Canal in southern Belarus, close to Ukraine's northern border would require bridging equipment. Several trainloads have headed from Russia to Belarus in recent days.
Crossing the Dnieper–Bug Canal presents a more rapid and firm ground option. Further west than the worst marshes and Pripyat river, the canal presents an opportunity to thrust south not only behind Kyiv, but also to threaten western Ukraine (Lutsk, Rivne, even Lviv).