The U.S. feared the capture of the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine by Russian forces in early January. This can be read in the classified documents that American newspaper ‘The Washington Post’ has seen. However, four months later, Ukraine is not standing still. Although it is difficult.
The revelation is part of a series of leaks of classified US government documents for which Massachusetts computer scientist Jack Teixeira, 21, has been in jail for the past week. The man worked at a military air base and shared the documents through Discord, a popular chat site among gamers, to “inform” and “impress” his friends.
The documents show that the US did not take good care of the situation in Bagmot in January. Washington warned Ukrainian troops that they were at risk of being surrounded by the Russians and that they should be cautious and leave the city.
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“A steady Russian advance since November has compromised Ukraine’s ability to control the city. Ukrainian troops risk being encircled if they do not withdraw within a month,” read a statement marked “top secret”.
Kiev ignored this report and decided to defend the city as much as possible, hoping to inflict as much damage as possible on the Russians. After all, a city’s defenders always have the strategic advantage. Bachmut had no great military significance, but over time it became a symbol of both Ukraine and Russia. Boosts the morale of victorious armies. The Russians see Bagmut as a gateway to conquering the entire Donbass.
see Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said in early March that Bakhmut was “practically surrounded,” but nearly two months later the city had still not been captured by the Russians.
Meanwhile, the Russians control much of the north, east, south, and center. Ukrainian troops are still in the west, where there is also an important supply route. However, they have come under a lot of pressure in recent days.
Initially mercenaries from Wagner’s group carried out the attacks, but in the meantime they were reinforced by regular Russian troops, who mainly guarded the flanks.
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According to the Ukrainian military command, the success of the defense of Bakhmut was mainly a combination of classic urban warfare, the use of drones for reconnaissance and the disruption of enemy navigation systems.
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