Russia’s declare of victory in Bakhmut means that the brutal city fight that marked the deadliest battle of its warfare in Ukraine is perhaps over. However what comes subsequent is much from clear.
Whereas Moscow is trumpeting a “Mission Achieved” second, Ukraine — even because it insists Bakhmut has not utterly fallen — sees a gap to grab the initiative from the outskirts if Russian forces are not urgent ahead inside the town limits.
Russia’s seize of Bakhmut could be a…
