re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Amid continued skepticism that holding Bakhmut is beneficial to Ukraine, Zelensky continues to insist that it is.

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If the Bakhmut map posted a couple pages ago showing the different units is accurate, those Territorial Defence units in the eastern part of the salient have got to be getting pretty antsy.

I just don't understand it. Yes, they're taking out thousands of Wagner conscripts along with some Russian regulars here and there, but just looking at all those units in the area on the UA side is crazy. They've had plenty of time to fight out of there and still inflict significant losses on the Russians. They're flirting with getting a lot of their force captured or killed if just one or two things go wrong. Granted, we don't have the information the decision makers have, but I just don't get it.

Maybe those brigades with the Leopards really are forming up to the west for an assault and the UA forces in Bakhmut have been told they must hold until the counter. Just seems like you could pull back and regroup without incurring so many losses. But, I'm just an armchair general.