Ukraine's heavy artillery, not high-tech anti-tank missiles, is what stopped Russia's rush to Kyiv, experts say

Dec 21 2022 by Business Insider

 
A Ukrainian soldier checks a wrecked Russian tank outside a village east of Kharkiv on April 1.

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Ukrainian troops fended off a Russian advance on Kyiv in the first weeks of the Russia-Ukraine war. Coverage of the fighting often focused on the role of anti-tank missiles in stopping that advance. But it was "massed fires" from artillery units that enabled Ukraine to turn back Russia's tanks.

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