6 Mar 2023 10:28 am
A Strategy Used Before
In Bakhmut, Ukraine is following the same strategy. By using the militarily unimportant town as bait, the Ukrainians are luring in large numbers of Russian troops and weapon systems that now can’t be used elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the Russian forces are trying to capture Bakhmut because they see it as a political prize—it is the longest battle of the war, after all—but also because they lack the mechanized and combined warfare capabilities to launch an offensive elsewhere.
In Bakhmut, Ukraine is following the same strategy. By using the militarily unimportant town as bait, the Ukrainians are luring in large numbers of Russian troops and weapon systems that now can’t be used elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the Russian forces are trying to capture Bakhmut because they see it as a political prize—it is the longest battle of the war, after all—but also because they lack the mechanized and combined warfare capabilities to launch an offensive elsewhere.