by Sergei Markov
Bakhmut. The logic of Prigozhin.
1. The main goal of the operation in Bakhmut was not the capture of Bakhmut – from a military point of view, the town is of no great importance. The main goal was to destroy the military potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as much as possible. Prigozhin lured the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the “Bakhmut meat grinder”, maybe even deceived Zelensky.
2. The second goal was to buy time to build up the weapons of the Russian army.
Both of these goals wee achieved.
3. And now, another goal, a political one, is to take Bakhmut, which Zelensky made a symbol of the inflexibility of the spirit of Ukraine.
And this symbol should reverse. The Russian spirit is stronger than the Ukrainian spirit. This is now what Wagner is doing.
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