And coming back to the present. It was interesting talking to some of the strategists who assembled at this Munich security conference last week. Some felt that perhaps Ukraine should now withdraw from Bakhmut, that they too were taking very heavy casualties, that it wasn’t of such strategic...
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On Sunday the Kremlin hailed Russia’s capture of the city, its first big victory since taking Bakhmut in May last year, and vowed to press on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told reporters that the Russian leader had been given ...