Russia is grinding away, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives for minor gains.
Russia is absolutely moving forward, but remember the huge battle of Bakhmut? That was also “the linchpin of the Donbass”. It was the final great bastion, etc etc. And here we are, coming on 4 years after the battle of Bakhmut, with the war not lost.
For those who haven’t spent the last years learning about the topography of Ukraine: you can ride your bicycle from Kostyantynivka to Bakhmut in about an hour. Thats what Russia has bought with 1.3m casualties, their country has grown by about a 20 minute drive.
Russia is grinding away, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives for minor gains.
Russia is absolutely moving forward, but remember the huge battle of Bakhmut? That was also “the linchpin of the Donbass”. It was the final great bastion, etc etc. And here we are, coming on 4 years after the battle of Bakhmut, with the war not lost.
For those who haven’t spent the last years learning about the topography of Ukraine: you can ride your bicycle from Kostyantynivka to Bakhmut in about an hour. Thats what Russia has bought with 1.3m casualties, their country has grown by about a 20 minute drive.