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Ukrainian military and third party analysts have been very clear on this for a long time. Bakhmut had little strategic value. But Russia was hellbent on taking
by fauxpause_ 3y ago
Ukrainian military and third party analysts have been very clear on this for a long time. Bakhmut had little strategic value. But Russia was hellbent on taking it. So Ukraine was using it as a way to pin down Russian forces and kill them en masse as they used their stupid human wave tactics. It’s worked well.
Russia spent 9 months on this offensive. They got Bakhmut and lost immense combat power. Now Ukraine is readying a counter offensive.
- toyg 3y agoI don't think there was any particularly clever strategic plan. And sadly I don't think any Ukrainian counter-offensive is going to make any particular difference. Ukraine is the new Syria, the conflict will probably never end.
- pjc50 3y agoWestern-backed forces in Syria never really got started, nor was there much interest from the West in doing more than a bit of fighting - against ISIS, which was also engaged in Syria. However, you're right that this is going to be a long war. At least as long as it has been going on already. And then it will probably turn into a frozen conflict like North/South Korea or "Turkish" Cyprus.
- fauxpause_ 3y agoIt wasn’t particularly clever. Russian command was just particularly dumb. The last Ukrainian counter offensive reclaimed vast swaths of lands. It’s not unreasonable to think they could get in range of shelling Crimea.