The fierce fighting in Bakhmut, which is located on supply lines between Donetsk and Luhansk, might play a crucial role in determining the overall result of the Ukraine conflict
Moscow is eager for a success story it can showcase to its public, Yalinkilicli says.
Yalinkilicli also draws attention to the fact that the notorious Wagner Group’s mercenaries are actively participating in the Bakhmut fighting. “It is a clear sign of how much Russia gives importance to Bakhmut’s capture,” he says. two important industrial centres of Ukraine in the energy-rich Donbass region. Slowly feeling the effects of the sweeping western sanctions, Russia needs industrial output while seeking to deprive Ukraine of natural and economic resources.
“It is a meat grinder that shall wear one of the armies down, the one that emerges from this on top may well have the upper hand on the battlefield,” Simons tellsSimons compares the trench warfare of Bakhmut to the brutal battlefields of WWII – like the Battle of Stalingrad, which played a crucial role in determining the end result. According to Simons, whichever side has more determination and nerves will eventually decide the outcome of the Bakhmut fighting.
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