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Old 03-01-2023, 03:02 PM   #10348
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Originally Posted by firebot View Post
unfortunately, bakhmut is untenable, it has always been with russia focusing so intensely on it with out regard to man loss. Ukraine isn't going to heavily reinforce the area to engage russia in a battle of attrition for a largely strategically meaningless town. The tactical goal has always been to drain as much russian military strength as possible with the eventual withdrawal should it be needed.

By all accounts though, this has been russian major offensive, with disastrously enormous results in what may be the most pyrrhic victory in history (russia may have lost as many as 50k troops in bakhmut front alone).

We will soon see what the ukraine spring offensive may look like.

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