Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War consider Kyiv’s decision to continue defending Bakhmut strategically correct.
Western governments are concerned about Kyiv’s unwillingness to abandon continuing defense of Bakhmut. But analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) consider Ukraine’s decision correct. This is stated in ISW’s daily report.
The report said that according to the Washington Post, US defense planners believe that Ukrainian forces are not capable of simultaneously defending Bakhmut and launching a counteroffensive in the spring. In this regard, they called on Ukraine to prioritize the spring counter-offensive in the defense of Bakhmut.
ISW experts believe that Ukraine’s decision to defend Bakhmut is strategically justified.
“The defense of Bakhmut forced the Kremlin to spend a large part of the Wagner PMC and deploy significant airborne resources to support the offensive offensive. ” they remind.
Analysts note that if Russian troops took Bakhmut without significant resistance from Ukraine, they could “force Ukraine to build hasty defensive positions on less favorable terrain.”
“Thus, the defense of Bakhmut and Ukraine’s creation of conditions for a counter-offensive are complementary, not mutually exclusive measures, as Russian troops continue their offensive outside Bakhmut if Ukraine surrenders the city earlier,” the experts. summed up.
As previously reported, the situation in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, where Russia launched its offensive, remains very difficult. The defenders of Ukraine are forced to fight for “every meter of ground.”
In the direction of Bakhmut, Russian troops were losing 200 people per day
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Source: korrespondent
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