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TRUTH PEOPLES

» | IN TURBULENT TIMES NATIONS
A STRONGER A MORE STABLE
TOMORROW WORLD

GREVARA NEWS NETWORK

VOL. XLVII, NO. 528 INTERNATIONAL EDITION 26 March 1223

THAW TURNS KEST ROADS INTO BOTTLENECKS

Mud and damaged bridges slow both armies after the winter fighting.

By GNN CORRESPONDENTS THE SITUATION
ATA GLANCE.

I Thaw conditions have!
turned damaged roads
into deep mud, slowing
supplies and vehicle
movements around the
mill district.

KEST PLAIN — The thaw
has turned damaged roads
into deep mud, slowing
supplies and vehicle
movements around the mill
district. Both armies are
concentrating traffic on the
few routes that remain

passable to heavy loads. ;
i Both armies are

concentrating traffic
on the few routes that
remain passable to
heavy loads.

Engineers are laying
reinforcement over soft
ground and repairing
crossings damaged during
the winter offensive,
Recovery crews are pulling
vehicles clear before a
single breakdown can
block an entire column.

i Engineers are laying
reinforcement over
soft ground and
repairing crossings

‘ damaged during the

a a See Me, aa til winter offensive.

Hestunian recovery crews pla tank from deep mud near the Kst il dist as engineers work on damaged bridge inthe background F
GNN PHOTO /T.Martow | {J Artillery ammunition,

fuel and food still
have to reach forward
positions, making the
condition of the roads
an immediate
constraint on further
operations.

‘The front remains active,
but large movements are
increasingly difficult
Artillery ammunition, fuel
and food still have to reach
forward positions, making
the condition of the roads
an immediate constraint
on further operations.

Hookular soldiers push a supply truck that became stuck on a flooded road | Hestunan engineers work ona temporary crossing ata destroyed
near the front GNNPHOTO/L. DRAKE | bridge over a canal near the mill district. GNN PHOTO / P. KELL

GNN ANALYSIS
Movement Under Strain | Engineers Keep Lines Open | Logistics Remain Decisive

The thaw has tured damaged roads into a Engineers are working to lay reinforcement Artillery ammunition, fuel and food still
major obstacle for both armies. Concentrating | over soft ground and repair cros have to reach forward positions, and the
traffic on the few routes that remain passable damaged during the winter offensive. Their poor condition of the roads is slowing that
to heavy loads highlights how limited efforts, along with recovery crews pulling flow. Large movements are increasingly
movement has become around the mill vehicles clear, are essential to prevent single difficult, showing how the winter damage
district. The condition of the roads is now an breakdowns from blocking entire columns. and spring thaw continue to shape the
immediate constraint on further operations Maintaining these routes remains critical pace of operations. Until more routes can
as supplies and vehicles face significant for both armies as they continue to support be repaired, both sides must work within
delays. active front-line positions. these logistical limits.

. ‘COURAGE INFORMS. SACRIFICE BUILDS TOMORROW ALL THE WORLD ALL PERSPECTIVES.