As Pentagon officials watched the invasions unfold, they were also struck by the evidence that Russian supply and logistics operations were hopelessly snarled and backlogged. Not only had the Russians failed to bring along enough food to sustain a battle of more than a few days, but the column of Russian troops marching down to Kyiv had stalled out entirely. The forty-mile-long traffic jam of Russian tanks, personnel carriers, and fuel tanks became the iconic image of early Russian blundering.
