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How to Think About Bakhmut and a Ukrainian Spring Offensive

War on the Rocks

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Is It a Political Strategy?

Ukraine has lost quite a lot of forces in defending Buckmooch. The Ukrainian calculus that they were inflicting far more casualties on Russia made sense at a certain point, but with two important caveats. "A manpower grind with the Russian military is typically the least competitive strategy you can pursue," he says.

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