Posted on 10/22/2022 9:40:02 AM PDT by Salohcin
So the Russians are fixated on a “victory” that would be symbolic but not worth much strategically? That doesn’t sound useful especially for a military that has had numerous setbacks and has strained resources.
Ukraine continues to take horrendous losses in both manpower and military hardware defending Bakhmut. It doesn’t seem to make sense.
Fixed/Corrected.
“ Institute for the Study of War”
In other words, Bill Krystol says…
Russia shells nuclear power plants it controls
It blows up its own pipelines
It will destroy dams to flood cities in its own annexed territories
It rounds up homeless people of the streets of Moscow, and sends them to the front line, armed with only screw-drivers and rusted rifles
Now its attacking cities that have absolute zero strategic value
So if you can believe these things in the fog and propaganda of war, you can be convinced to believe anything.
The attackers always take more casualties than the defenders in assaults against heavily fortified positions like Bahkmut. I suppose it’s the famed Russian fatalism that causes you and your compatriots to treat your own soldiers as cannon fodder and to treat their losses so casually.
I was told bahkmut was surronded by russians over a month ago by putards who claim their alt media sources speak the truth...goes to show their alt media is worse than msm
This article is total disinfo
If Bakhmut is so “ insignificant” why have the Ukes positioned tens of thousands of fodder to defend it? Five times the force they had at Mariupol.
The Russian and pro-Russian forces are working this battle slowly but steadily. Still an inferior force in numbers, not willing to risk casualties for short term gains when there is a bigger plan in play probably within weeks as mobilized troops take positions along the front.
The fall of Bakhmut will signal the defeat and probable destruction of thousands of UKA. And pretty much secure the Donetsk territory.
If you follow Military Summary channel on youtube or other platforms, you can see the RU pincer being formed while Uke troops in Bakhmut are ordered to “ no retreat” …..with barrier troops to shoot them if they try.
Bakhmut and Kherson are the 2 main focuses of Uke “ counteroffensives” that have been ordered to achieve some significant Uke “victory” by the US elections. Zelensky ruthlessly Feeding Ukrainians into meat grinders to try to influence US elections in favor of democrats.
Why Ukrainians still taking horrendous losses to both manpower and military hardware?
Does manpower and military hardware grow limitless on trees in Kyiv?
Drugs are good, are they not.
Maybe ask the clown who worships Bandera In Kyiv if throwing cannon-fodder against the wind is winning?
Irina Dolinina didn’t study much Clausewitz when she was failing her language degree...
ACTUALLY, Nickie, the RuZZian artillery is pummeling the Bakhmut Orkrainians into insensibility.
The Russians are taking less casualties than the Urk cannon fodder.
Don't confuse the Ukie shills with the facts, silverleaf. 
Piano Boy shills gonna shill.
Russian Derangement Syndrome makes one stupid.
I saw a map that showed the town has a cross road that links Russian controlled areas to the immediate right and left of the town and a road that goes easterly which is a supply route. Thus it still retains tactical value to the Russians even though the Ukrainians liberated Izyum. And as long as the Russians continue attacking they will probably suffer more casualties, than the Ukrianians.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russia-ukraine-war/2022/10/22/id/1092965/
Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine woke up on Saturday to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire, as Ukrainian air defense tried to shoot down drones and incoming missiles.
Russia has intensified its strikes on power stations, water supply systems and other key infrastructure across the country, the latest phase of the war as it nears the eight-month mark.
Ukraine's air force said in a statement Saturday that Russia had launched “a massive missile attack" targeting “critical infrastructure,” hours after air raid sirens blared across the country. It said that it had downed 18 out of 33 cruise missiles launched from air and sea.
Will the fall of Bakhmut occur before or after much predicted capture of Odessa? Weren’t both events supposed to have occurred months ago?
LOL
just propaganda
try harder troll
I think taking Odessa ( if that was really a serious plan) got moved down the timeline until Gen Armageddon decides on the plan for Kherson and Zaprorozhye district
Remember original aims of the SMO were Donetsk, Luhansk, and securing Crimea. And demilitarization of any military or political ( Bandera nazi nationalist) threats to Russian people.
Some reports indicate there may be internal RU debate about the mission expansion…pro and con. Zaporozhye and Kherson developed as add-on buffers. Meanwhile Donetsk is still being shelled after 8 months.
Given the behavior of Ukraine, NATO, the US and UK…” demilitarization” has become a much larger and more complex goal
Obviously after the evacuation of Kherson, and the battle it’s going to take RU to defeat a “ counteroffensive” force of up to 30,000 kamikaze Ukes ( which is almost certainly required to move UKR and its overlords to negotiations) ….moving further west is going to take a major Russian force commitment ….if they decide it is necessary for their security interests
They are pounding Odessa and Nikolaev now to stop resupply and reinforcement of the Ukes in the east…not to prep for a further Russian move to the west
Imho
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