VOA: Russia Investing Large Amount of Its Military Might in Ukraine’s Bakhmut
Russia is investing a large amount of its “over all military effort and firepower,” the British Defense Ministry said Saturday, along a “15km sector of entrenched front line around the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut” in Ukraine.
“Russia has prioritized Bakhmut as its main offensive effort since early August 2022,” the ministry said in its daily update posted on Twitter. “The capture of the town would have limited operational value although it would potentially allow Russia to threaten the larger urban areas of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk,” according to the report.
However, the defense ministry said, “The campaign has been disproportionately costly” and “Bakhmut’s capture has become a symbolic, political objective for Russia.”
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Russia puzzles with ‘costly’ fight for small city of Bakhmut, Ukraine -- NYPost
Besieged Bakhmut Prepares For A Winter Without Power While Under Russian Fire -- RFE
Bakhmut’s capture becomes political objective for Russia – British intelligence -- Ukrinform