crissindahouse on 17 May 2023
Bakhmut is pretty much lost now. Russia advanced in the city and there's not really much left while Ukraine advanced around the city. Would be nice to encircle it but I think if Ukraine would advance too much Russians would leave early enough. Would be nice to have the situation in which Ukraine was in Mariupol last year to take some thousand soldiers hostage but those Wagner/Russian soldiers in Bakhmut have too many options not to get in such a situation.
