The Second Battle Of Bakhmut: A Loser's Guide

Timing is everything

Photo credit Petro Batanov

A new Russian offensive has begun in the east of Ukraine. On the flanks of Bakhmut, Russian paratroopers attack behind a curtain of artillery fire. Progress is still slow and costly, but the attacks are better-planned and executed than the human wave assaults of December and January, so there are fewer of them.

This will change…