Russia's Wagner chief warns of frontline collapse if forced to retreat from Bakhmut

Reuters ^ | March 6, 2023 | Lidia Kelly, Nick Starkov, Stephen Coates

[popdonnelly]

They don’t know which end to use to dig a hole.

[Does so]

Agree...

[wardaddy]

The eastern part of Ukraine that is in question holds 90% of the countries GDP

[wardaddy]

There is that too but They’ve always got China and Iran or Syria in a pinch

[Kazan]

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for March 6, 2023:

- Russian forces continue the encirclement of Bakhmut;

- Western media admits Russian operations around Bakhmut is exhausting Ukrainian forces and may diminish them ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian spring offensive;

- US announces another military assistance package for Ukraine with fewer items listed and absent of any specific quantities despite previous packages featuring such information;

- Ukraine has urgently asked the West for more artillery shells in particular, highlighting the inability for Western industry to match or exceed Russian military industrial output;

- German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall claims to be considering building a tank factory in Ukraine. Older articles claim only if approved by the German government and after the conflict is over, newer articles suggest the factory may be built sooner;

- Ukrainian pilots are in the US to assess their skills for potential training on US warplanes (likely the F-16);

- Training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s or other Western warplanes will admittedly take years, if F-16s arrive in Ukraine beforehand they will likely be Western operators posing as Ukrainian pilots;