https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/1658203262258913289
Ukrainian artillery hit a large firing position of Russian forces in western Bakhmut, the machine gun nest was destroyed. pic.twitter.com/ogn3Wr9MiU
— WarMonitor🇺🇦 (@WarMonitor3) May 15, 2023
The guy that just 4 days ago posted this: 
Just basically admitted it over for khohols citadel
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russian side copes about advancing a few hundred meters daily, meanwhile ukro cope is... they landed an artillery shell?
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Whether Bakhmut is a "critical city" or "of questionable strategic value" depends entirely on whether Ukraine is winning today.
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Bakhmut is "of questionable strategic value" that has somehow become a "critical city".
Its just Stalingrad 2.0.
Both sides could have just ignored it but for ego reasons it has become important.
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not true, explain how russia could advance in luhansk without taking bakhmut.
Bakhmut is important because its the last line of defense before slavyansk
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And why is Slaviansk important?
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Because its the last line of defense in northern donetsk area that was prepared since 2014
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You'd think they would've fortified more by now.
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Yeah they would but there is still a difference between defences prepared for 8 years and prepared for 1 year.
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It’s surprising they even use artillery in that location, just a bit off and they would hit them self
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