>Of course it's "on the cusp of encircling Kyiv" - it's less distance than the average US drive to WalMart.

I doubt it. I checked the distance from the center of Kyiv to the closest Belarus border and it was around 55 miles. The actual distance is probably higher because I'm taking the distance over the lake/river that's north of Kyiv. Meanwhile...

>For most people in the United States, a Wal-Mart is literally just down the road. The median distance to a Wal-Mart in the United States is 4.2 miles

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2006/thomas-j-holmes-...