Not sure what is dumb about the quote. Are you referring to the tactic as being effective? Perhaps it is bit silly simple.
As to if they did it? I can appreciate not wanting to spread false information which is why I said I merely read it. However, in the interest of confirming it, I went and found an image of the vehicles on the runway. You'll have to zoom in to see them but they are parked perpendicular down the runway. Just enough to prevent a large transport plane from landing Israeli style. Not enough to stop a determined landing but enough to not make it easy.
Its those little actions like that that can slowly grind an offensive to a crawl. 10-15 minutes of friction adding up across the entire operational planning cycle. These clever little delays start adding up to hours, which quickly turn into days.
View attachment 7816844 All the media attention is on the Kiev offensive, perhaps because its closer to where the western journalists are based.
It is the Mariupol offensive that is really kicking off today that I am most interested in. If they take Mariupol and Berdiansk they link up with the Donbas front.
Will the Crimean units then move northwest to follow the southern side of the Dnieper towards Kiev or will they move north towards Kharkiv to cut off and encircle the more organized Donbas units in the East? Both simultaneously? or something else entirely?
Anyone want to take bets?