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Ukraine should drop Bachmut – and plan an offensive
The US has an opinion on how Ukraine should proceed in the war. One should prepare a spring offensive and not concentrate on Bachmut.
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US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says Bakhmut is not critical to Ukraine.
According to a high-ranking US official, Ukraine should not fixate on defending the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but use the time to prepare a counteroffensive against Russian troops.
The focus on defending Bakhmut is preventing Ukraine from concentrating on the more important task of preparing a spring offensive, the government official said on Friday.
Russia in Bakhmut at an advantage
In the long run, Russia would have an advantage in the battle for Bakhmut simply because of the numerical superiority of its troops and artillery resources. However, a possible capture of the city by Russia would not represent a significant change in the war because Ukrainian troops could withdraw to well-protected positions, the US official said.
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Appropriate weapons for a spring offensive are currently being sent to Ukraine, including several hundred armored vehicles in the past few days alone, the government representative said.
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby made a similar statement. The notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner is currently “literally throwing its fighters into a meat grinder” in order to conquer Bakhmut and the neighboring town of Soledar, he said on Friday.
However, a conquest of the two cities by Russian troops would not decisively change “the dynamics on the battlefield”. Ukraine would not suddenly fall behind if they lost Bachmut, Kirby said.
BND also worried about high losses
According to a report in the news magazine “Spiegel”, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is concerned about the heavy losses suffered by the Ukrainian army in the battle for Bakhmut.
He referred to information that the BND had provided security politicians in the Bundestag in a secret meeting. Accordingly, the Ukrainian army is currently losing a three-digit number of soldiers every day in the fighting with the Russian invaders for the city. (AFP/euc)