UPDATE: Sunday, Oct 23, 2022 · 11:28:32 PM +00:00 · kos
Bakhmut update:
Bakhmut axis:
— NOËL (@NOELreports) October 23, 2022
Russian forces have been pushed back completely to the M03/06 intersection. What they fought for for 2 (!) months, the AFU (particularly through the 93rd mechanical brigade) regained it in just 2 days.
tried breaking trough to Klischchiivka but failed. pic.twitter.com/bH1pEP78Qg
By “Russian forces,” he means “Wagner mercenaries.” The Wagnerites have been obsessed with Bakhmut for no other reason than “this is the only place where anything Russia is advancing.” It’s personal PR. Except losing two months worth of gains isn’t advertising much, and Wagner has to keep recruiting in prisons to replenish their cannon fodder supplies.
As always, none of this matters. Thousands are dying for a strategically insignificant piece of land. And I include Ukraine in this—there’s a river that runs through the eastern one-third of the city, essentially the industrial district. All of it is flattened, so it has no value to anyone. So why wouldn’t Ukraine simply fall back behind a river Wagner has zero chance of ever crossing? But like Severodonetsk, Ukraine has a policy of surrendering nothing without a fight.
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