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2023-01-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Center of Soledar Now Controlled by Russian Forces: DPR Head

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Posted by Fred 2023-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Despite Putin's epic failure in strategery, his mercs still won the day. Do I think he will overcome his battle with rectal prostate cancers in the same way, oh yes - indeed.

One half of Artyomovsk is liberated, can they liberate Bakhmut by March? Once Bakhmut falls, what does that spell for ukraine?

#ToTheLastUkrainian

Posted by mossomo 2023-01-12 12:59|| 2023-01-12 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Ukraine war: Soledar devastation revealed in satellite images

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-12 13:36|| 2023-01-12 13:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Pyrrhic victory (also incomplete and hoped for encirclement never materialized). 10,000 zeks in human wave attacks. What a waste.

BTW, so many Wagner were transferred to the Soledar attack, that Bakhmut is open for counterattack.

Once Bakhmut falls, what does that spell for ukraine?

The value of Bakhmut for the Russians was that in the summer it was one half of a pincer (other half was Izium) to take most of Donetsk. The Ukrainians retook Izium all the way to the Russian border and made the Bakhmut conquest irrelevant. Bakhmut is now a dick waving contest for Putin and possible heir Prigozhin. Ukrainians are content to let the Russians destroy their army against Bakhmut's defenses.

Posted by Waldemar the Limber5043 2023-01-12 14:13|| 2023-01-12 14:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure either side is "winning."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-12 14:16|| 2023-01-12 14:16|| Front Page Top

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