Having no time to celebrate, Russia looks back on Bakhmut

According to this analyst, Russia is coming out stronger from these nine months of intense fighting that has devastated the town, but he points out that the most important thing is the Army’s retake. strengthen this position And solve the problem “With Adviika and Marinka so that there is no artillery fire in Donetsk and other large cities.” big cities like Mariupol –conquered almost three months later– or herson –withdrew in only six days, but Kiev saved him– less time to be busy by the Russian armed forces. This fight for Bakhmut was a significant military loss for both sides. In one day, “100 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, five pickup trucks, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed,” says Dandikin.

For the Russians, too, victory was not without price. Denis Kolesnyk, a French military analyst, told EL PERIÓDICO, “The Russians they left their attack power completely exhausted and they are unlikely to attack the area in the near future.” He details that the most important thing for them is to “get a foothold” in the city.

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The Battle of Bakhmut has been one of the most prominent in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. This city “had some kind of success. in a symbolic sense “For both Ukrainians and Russians,” Kolesnyk says. “For Moscow, you had to take the city anyway to get at least one. little victory On Ukrainians, the importance of the town and what’s left of it insignificant“The significance of this capture is heightened in the Russian media, as Dadykin says in “Izvestia” that “now this transport artery –Bajmut– is completely cut off, which will make it harder to capture.” delivery.” “Even for this reason, the enemy clung to Artiomovsk with their teeth,” he says. Bakhmut’s position was key “At the beginning of the invasion, it was important that the Ukrainian Army kept the city under control. defensive advantages it also offers something that makes it possible to prepare the nearest settlements”.

To this day, both Kiev and Moscow are still wave your swords And they don’t seem ready to surrender. The day Moscow celebrated its victory, it saw several towns occupied on its internationally recognized territory. belgorod region, on the border with Ukraine. In addition, those who captured this area were more than symbolic, neither more nor less than the Russian volunteers who fought on the side of Kiev. The French adviser, after the celebration for the capture of Bakhmut ” ukraine raid“He spoiled the party for the Russian Army, which saw it needed to deploy troops on its territory.

This was reflected in another publication of the Russian establishment, journalist Aleksánder Grishin ‘Komsomolskaya Pravda’. In an article entitled “Why Ukraine sent its terrorists to the Belgorod region: Zelensky’s inhumane plan”, he draws attention to the alleged indiscipline of these militias and their “destroyed” by the Russian Army. The same author wrote in another article that the reason for this attack was Ukraine. somehow make up for the pain of defeat“.

Until today ” the end of the war is not near“, says French analyst Kolesnyk. Moscow’s agreement that “could be sold as a victory” and its offensive in Ukraine can only be “elite” realizing that the war is lost It will be possible to sign peace by saying “and let them give up on it”.