Second day, and then spent the third twiddling their thumbs. Ukraine's still fucked, but Kiev is the one place where they actually do have Putin by the balls. My guess, the attack from Belarus was supposed to be the surprise front, roll up to Kiev, and take it on the march within 24-48 hours, before anyone could dig in. But that didn't happen. Maybe Ukranian high command read the tea leaves right, or maybe they just got cocky and underestimated the fight they'd get, but Kiev is now manned, arming everyone who shows up, and digging the fuck in. This means that the Russians are left with two options on how to handle the city:
1-Throw their restrictive RoEs to the wind and assault the city with overwhelming force
2-Surround Kiev and starve it out
Either option is going to be an optics nightmare, completely ruining the image of a civilized war Putin has been trying so hard to maintain. As long as Ziminski holds out, Russia is no longer capable of the low-mess win they've so clearly been after.