Mercouris Summary (Mercouris 12.1.2022) Bakhmut Ukraine is rushing reinforcements to Bakhmut to avoid encirclement by Russian forces. One report claims that 30,000 Ukrainian forces are in danger of encirclement. This further confirms the critical importance of Bakhmut to Ukrainian defense lines in the Donbass and further west, despite attempts by western mainstream media to argue otherwise. It is a key transportation and logistics hub. Mercouris has previously noted that the Wagner group is now supported by regular Russian forces and that one reason why the Russian offensive here has taken so long (four months) is because the Wagner group might have bitten off more than they could chew and that it would have been more effective had the regular army contributed more to this offensive and much sooner.
Critical Turning Point
Critical Turning Point
Critical Turning Point
Mercouris Summary (Mercouris 12.1.2022) Bakhmut Ukraine is rushing reinforcements to Bakhmut to avoid encirclement by Russian forces. One report claims that 30,000 Ukrainian forces are in danger of encirclement. This further confirms the critical importance of Bakhmut to Ukrainian defense lines in the Donbass and further west, despite attempts by western mainstream media to argue otherwise. It is a key transportation and logistics hub. Mercouris has previously noted that the Wagner group is now supported by regular Russian forces and that one reason why the Russian offensive here has taken so long (four months) is because the Wagner group might have bitten off more than they could chew and that it would have been more effective had the regular army contributed more to this offensive and much sooner.