No army in a democratic society can continue to send wave after wave of soldiers to certain death to win a few hundred meters more, the newspaper wrote.
The “Wagnerites” fighting near Bakhmut have no intention of “taking” the city, but are doing everything possible to tire out the Ukrainian military. On Sunday, March 5, The Wall Street Journal wrote
“To a certain extent, this plan worked, because in eight months of fighting for the city, Ukraine lost part of its troops,” the article said.
According to the WSJ, the Russians have some results near Bakhmut.
With their policy of shooting soldiers who attempted to retreat or surrender, and ignoring casualties shocking in modern warfare, Wagner’s disposable penal battalions became a unique threat to the defenders of Ukraine.
At the same time, it was indicated that all the efforts of the mercenaries were reduced “to a few hundred meters.”
“No army in a democratic society can continue to send wave after wave of soldiers to certain death to gain a few hundred meters more. seemingly suicidal missions. However, this method allowed Wagner to approach the capture line in Bakhmut at a price that Ukrainian and Western officials estimate at tens of thousands of Russian victims.
The publication notes that during the eight months of fighting for Bakhmut, Ukraine also suffered heavy losses. The WSJ believes this undermines Kyiv’s ability to launch a strategic counter-offensive.
Let’s remember, rockets and artillery subdivisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy ammunition depot, MLRS and an artillery gun on the Kinburn spit (Nikolaev region).
As a result of explosions in the occupied region of Melitopol, Zaporozhye on March 5, two military bases of the occupiers were simultaneously destroyed.
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Source: korrespondent
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