With Bakhmut now a shell of a city, abandoned and destroyed, the big question is why are the Ukrainians doing this 🔴 One expert says it is more about appearances and symbolism. He believes they want to make Russians “look like losers”
While there is a lot of misinformation and contradictory statements flying around, for“Warfare is like sport – a lot of it is about momentum and morale and that sense of who is putting who under pressure,” said professor Michael Clarke, former director general of the Royal United Services Institute.
A Ukrainian soldier flying a drone at training camp in Donetsk, where Kyiv’s and Moscow’s forces are battling for control of Bakhmut In a post on Telegram, Ms Malyar said Bakhmut has become a target of “almost sacred” importance to Russia and claimed Moscow has suffered significant troop losses, as Ukraine gained ground without losing any positions.
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