Well he “liberated “ it once before
I wonder if the cracks are beginning to show, Russian “peace keeping” and regional garrisons have been slashed to feed the grist mill. When you have a federation kept together mostly by force and coercion, when the force is gone the locals get restless.
Add that the majority of mobiks come from eastern provinces things could get dicy
Do I keep troops in bakmut meat grinder or send them to far flung federation regions to keep them in their places
Decisions decisions