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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the Russians most of all dream of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk region by the end of 2022. This is also why they continue unsuccessful attempts to storm Bakhmut.
However, if you look into the retrospective of a full-scale invasion, Russia systematically suffered military defeats one after another. Sergei Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about this on the air on Channel 24.
Why Russia needs Donbass
The interlocutor recalled that the Russian army was defeated near Kyiv even earlier, then the Armed Forces of Ukraine drove them out of the Kharkov region, Liman and Kherson. In addition, on the eastern front, they are not able to advance systematically, they simply suffer enormous losses.
Consequently, they need to show at least something to their two main factors – their own population, in order to to show why all this madness began, and, perhaps, more importantly, to the outside world,” Sergey Cherevaty stressed.
By this they want to show that although, obviously, they are not the “second army of the world”, they are at least capable of something. They concentrated their efforts on taking Bakhmut, entering the operational space and moving further towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. that's how everything was conceived. Their war plans are constantly changing. They used to say that they reached Azov – that's good, “said a representative of the Eastern Group of Forces.
Russia's plans don't make sense
The interlocutor also noted the lack of logic in the plans of the Russians. Like, in their constitution they “included” not only the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, but also the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. But that doesn't bother them much. I think their propagandists will do everything to show that the main goal was the capture of the Ukrainian Donbass,” Serhiy Cherevaty summed up.
What is known about the battles for Bakhmut
- Attempts to capture Bakhmut could be Russia's greatest disgrace in its military history. Even if Russia succeeds in capturing Bakhmut, which is not guaranteed, this “victory” will be tantamount to defeat. All because of the huge losses suffered by the enemy while trying to storm the city.
- Military expert Pavel Narozhny recently assessed the tactics of the enemy near Bakhmut. The Russians throw groups of 10-30 people into the assault, of which only 10% survive.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine also called the daily losses of the enemy in this direction. According to the Vostok grouping of troops, the Russians daily lay down up to 70 of their fighters near Bakhmut.
