“ISW: Fighting near Bakhmut reveals failures of Russia’s army. Russian efforts near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Oblast indicate Russia has “fundamentally failed to learn from previous high casualty campaigns,” the Insitute for the Study of War said in its last update.”
“Even if Russia does manage to take Bakhmut, the costs associated with seizing the city will far outweigh the operational benefits of the city itself, according to the ISW.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1598190204065837058
Too bad.
“Two Russian pilots died in a B55 plane crash in Armenia. The plane crashed in the village of Jraber, Kotayk region. After the crash, it caught fire.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1598304315197730816
Wagner Group Russian prisoners - Russia decided to empty its prison and sent the men to the Wagner Group who sends these “low value material” in waves to kill as many Ukraine “high value material” as possible. Achieving any other objective is secondary. Attack and die is the method & the goal for these hapless Wagner mercenaries.