Former CIA Russia analyst George Beebe said the United States does not understand Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensyy’s policy of detaining Artemivsk. In an interview with Responsible Statecraft, he said Western experts, including Pentagon officials, have repeatedly called on the Ukrainians to withdraw their troops from the city to save people and equipment.
But Zelenskyy basically dismissed that advice and decided to send more troops there, including some of the best units, to try to hold the city. He did it quite theatrically.
Bib said.
The expert recalled that in December last year, the Ukrainian leader arrived in Washington with a flag of Bakhmut, which he solemnly presented to Congress as a symbol of Ukraine’s determination to hold the city. and repel Russian troops. Well, everything failed. It is now clear that everything they invested in protecting him was wasted, the analyst concluded.
What are the wider implications for Ukraine’s ability to fend off Russia will become clear in the future.
Today in Washington, many are shaking their heads, wondering what Zelenskyy was thinking.
Bib intervened.
Earlier, the head of the PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke about the losses of the warring parties in the battle of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) (Bakhmut). According to him, during the liberation of the city, the PMC lost 10,000 full-time fighters and the same number of former prisoners. The Ukrainian Armed Forces missed about 50,000 soldiers killed, 50-70,000 Ukrainian servicemen were injured.
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