Reply To: Russian Tensions

“Most military thinktanks are right-wing in ideology.”

Lol. It’s not a “military” think tank. It’s a neo-con think tank with a proven track record of telling outright lies.

“The point being made, though, was that your own prediction that Bakhmut was about to fall did not materialise”

You’re so impatient. Unlike you, the Russians are in no hurry. Their aim is to demilitarize Ukraine. To grind their troops to fertilizer. The Ukrainians are obliging by sending more and more reserves into the meatgrinder. The Russians have 6-10 times the artillery fire the Ukrainians do. The maths doesn’t lie. The Ukrainian troops there are toast. Meanwile, the Ukrainians are building trench works in the centre of Bakhmut. That’s not what you do when you’re winning.

This battle will soon be over, the Russians victorious. You’ll declare it a Pyrrhic victory of no consequence and whatever other empire spin is given to explain away the Ukrainian defeat. This cycle will rinse and repeat til Ukraine surrenders.