Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky visited the Bakhmut front lines, awarded medals to soldiers, and stated that the strategy of forcing Russian forces to accept heavy casualties for minimal gains was working.
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Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky visited the Bakhmut front lines, awarded medals to soldiers, and stated that the strategy of forcing Russian forces to accept heavy casualties for minimal gains was working.
ISW assesses that Russian forces lack the capability to exploit the tactical capture of Bakhmut
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Source story: day-378-2023-03-08