a much more cavalier attitude. look at the people they just threw in to the withering fields of fire around bakhmut. now it looks as though they, they want to get bakhmut back, doesn t it? why? because we were always told it had no strategic advantage. and it does have no strategic advantage. bakhmut is an entirely symbolic struggle for both sides, so that when the russians finally took bakhmut, there were medal parades in moscow, there was a great sort of celebration of this victory. but it s a reversible victory. if they can undo that russian victory and say, that s the only thing you achieved in 12 months of fighting, and we ve, we ve unwound that and taken it back, that s pretty embarrassing for putin and the kremlin. so it s really a psychological battle. a number of senior british and american military writers
the russians used that time to dig in, really effective, almost impregnable defensive lines. they re not stupid. they looked at the map and they thought the obvious place ukraine is going to want to try and drive their main thrust is going to be south of zaporizhzhia towards the sea of azov to try and split the russian occupied area in two. so, they put in deep trenches, tank traps, concrete dragons teeth blocks, minefields, interlocking arcs of fire, all covered by artillery. and that s proving quite an obstacle to the ukrainians. it s not completely impregnable, but the progress they re making is very slow. and quite costly in terms of lives? hugely costly. and one of the big differences between the two armies is that the ukrainians care about their casualties. the russians seem to have a much more cavalier attitude. look at the people they just threw in to the withering fields of fire around bakhmut.
between the two armies is that the ukrainians care about their casualties. the russians seem to have a much more cavalier attitude. look at the people they just threw in to the withering fields of fire around bakhmut. now it looks as though they, they want to get bakhmut back, doesn t it? why? because we were always told it had no strategic advantage. and it does have no strategic advantage. bakhmut is an entirely symbolic struggle for both sides, so that when the russians finally took bakhmut, there were medal parades in moscow, there was a great sort of celebration of this victory. but it s a reversible victory. if they can undo that russian victory and say, that s the only thing you achieved in 12 months of fighting, and we ve we ve unwound that and taken it back, that s pretty embarrassing for putin and the kremlin. so it s really a psychological battle. a number of senior british
in, really effective, almost impregnable defensive lines. they re not stupid. they looked at the map and they thought the obvious place ukraine is going to want to try and drive their main thrust is going to be south of zaporizhzhia towards the sea of azov to try and split the russian occupied area in two. so they put in deep trenches, tank traps, concrete dragons teeth blocks, minefields, interlocking arcs of fire, all covered by artillery. and that s proving quite an obstacle to the ukrainians. it s not completely impregnable, but the progress they re making is very slow. and quite costly in terms of lives? hugely costly. and one of the big differences between the two armies is that the ukrainians care about their casualties. the russians seem to have a much more cavalier attitude. look at the people they just threw in to the withering fields of fire around bakhmut. now it looks as though they, they want to get
proving quite an obstacle to the ukrainian. is not completely impregnable but the progress they are making is very slow. hugely costly. and one of the big differences between the two armies is that the ukrainians care about their casualties. the russians seem to have a much more cavalier attitude. look at the people they just threw in to the withering fields of fire around bakhmut. now it looks as though they, they want to get bakhmut back, doesn t it? why? because we were always told it had no strategic advantage. and it does have no strategic advantage. bakhmut is an entirely symbolic struggle for both sides, so that when the russians finally took bakhmut, there were medal parades in moscow, there was a great sort of celebration of this victory. but it s a reversible victory. if they can undo that