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> Bakhmut is the last Ukrainian line in Donbas There are a lot of other lines, e.g. near Donetsk. And with the time it is taking for the Russians to advance th
by sharikous 4y ago
> Bakhmut is the last Ukrainian line in Donbas
There are a lot of other lines, e.g. near Donetsk. And with the time it is taking for the Russians to advance there is plenty of time for the Ukrainians to set up other lines.
> Kharkiv collapse was not that big
It removed the last hope the Russian had to take the fortifications you mention from behind, descending from the north.
Now the Russians are just throwing everything they have at fortifications specifically built to defend against this kind of attack. No wonder they advance so slowly.
What worries me is that from an historical perspective it is reminiscent of the Spanish Civil War that preluded WW II. Such a direct involvement of foreign superpowers was not seen even in the Syrian Civil War.
- pjc50 4y ago> Such a direct involvement of foreign superpowers was not seen even in the Syrian Civil War. Russia and NATO Turkey have both been engaged in Syria. This led to a Russian incursion into Turkey being shot down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shoo... I can see why the West was so reluctant to get involved in Syria given the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, but I do wonder if more decisive action of some kind against Russia's involvement, or their shootdown of a passenger jet, or the Salisbury poisonings, might have discouraged the invasion of Ukraine in the first place.
- _0w8t 4y agoThe was a heavy battle between US army and Russian mercenaries from Wagner in Syria. There are various estimates but at least 100 Russians were killed and probably up to 400, https://www.coffeeordie.com/wagner-group-syria-khasham https://www.coffeeordie.com/wagner-group-syria-khasham