Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I would think there has been plenty of time to booby trap the hell out of Bakhmut, and as the the Ukrainian intel and military planning is far better than Russia's, I would not be surprised if it remains a killing zone for some time yet.

We've seen in Vuhledar recently they've Mined all the fields but left the roads untouched, but the Russians are convinced the roads are booby trapped so they have been reduced to sending tanks and bmps into mine fields day after losing 130 + tank in the process and the Russian still haven't made any real progress

But I wonder which military antiques dealer just made a lot of money off museum pieces

Looks like the Germans are trying to negotiate with the Swiss government for rheinmetall to buy back mothballed leopard 2 tanks under the guarantee that they would never be deployed to Ukraine, they would stay in Germany or sold to Nato forces to back fill losses of equipment sent to Ukraine

The Russians probably don't see the price being as high as we do. It wouldn't surprise me if their attitude was that the deaths of convicts doesn't really count towards the overall casualty rate and that taking Bakhmut while also getting rid of many thousands of the said convicts was really killing two birds with one stone.

In any case, if that's how long it's taken Russia to take Bakhmut, and it that's what it took in resources, then they could be fighting this war at a high rate of intensity for the next ten years.

Wasn't that Belgium? I think some of them needed servicing and repair.

Might well have been, I remember he bought them from the Germans so I think I might have assumed he was German !

This is the Tank tycoon:

And he is Belgian and he bought then from Belgium not Germany, I got that wrong.

https://be.linkedin.com/in/freddy-versluys-1a437611

I hear he's a bit of a scaredy cat? What's the chances of him turning up in Bakhmut soon?

No need for dramatics, the Ukrainian position near Kupiansk hasn't moved in the last 4 months. Also, I see very little evidence that Russia has the ability to make a significant advance in more than one location at any given time. For most of this war, Russia has only been able to make inroads when they mass their artillery, like they have in Bakhmut. The problem is that Russian artillery can only be in any one place at a given time.

Even if Bakhmut fell tomorrow, I don't think Kupiansk would be the main Russian priority. My guess is the next highest priority cities are Siversk, Avdiivka, or maybe Vuhledar.

"We are trying to stop the war but they keep attacking us" lavrov's comedy show

Failed mugger is now being fought back

Bakhmut has been a Russian exhauster while big training goes on with new west toys so when they enter the fight will give more mince meat of enemy think it will take 500,000 so only 350,000 to go