The Russians announced today that they have “Liberated” the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine with the help of the Wagner Group, a private army.
Ukraine President Zelenskyy responded with “I think not, the fighting is still going on, you have to understand that there is nothing”. “For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts,” he said. “There is nothing in this place.”
Bakhmut is now only a place name. It’s flattened into rubble, there is no city, which is what he means by saying it’s “only in our hearts”. The city is totally gone after 8 months of continuous bombardment. He did not mean that Ukraine has surrendered Bakhmut and given it up, as news media are claiming.
Zelenskyy also pointed out that what is there is a lot of dead Russians, “But they came to us”.
For all those dead Russians and expended national wealth and armor, Russia has gained exactly nothing according to military analysts, because the area of Bakhmut is not a defensible position or of any logistical, usable or monetary value. It’s openly vulnerable to attack and is uninhabitable.
Nice work, Russia, you stupid fucks. You killed God knows how many of your own people, sending them to their deaths to claim a useless, hollow victory while killing innocent civilians and ruining the lives of the rest of them who had to flee with only the clothes on their backs. I’m hoping for the day when Russia collapses forever as a military power. You assholes have been holding the world hostage ever since you got nuclear weapons. Your reign of terror needs to end.