Russia - threadbanned users in OP

So not in the next few weeks or months,

Seems your article is very makey up as they go along ,none of the countries mentioned have said anything about sending their F16s ,

Which along with training, flight,and ground crews will take 12 +

Don't think the Bakhmut story is over just quiet yet. Think the Ukrainans are about to play another card.

Definitely not over,it's only temporarily occupied that won't last too long,

Regroup,recover, and reoccupy when the time is right

Now but yet they have documented what's going to happen,

Unlike Boardsie claims of a few weeks time

My hope is that the Wagners are being encourged to settle in, camp down and stay in Bakmut…while the area gets encircled and they are trapped there. Then they can enjoy ruling over the gutted hulk of a minor town, while they run low on supplies and finally are forced to surrender.

I’m wondering if NATO are being a bit cheeky and have been playing a clever mis-information campagn for the benefit of the Russians. Like with the Leopard & Abrams tanks; they made it look like the Germans & US were reluctant to supply tanks, but I suspect they had always intended to supply them. They just played up a sort of diplomatic fiction to confuse the Kremlin…until it was too late.

Prehaps the same has happened with the F16? That it was always the plan give Ukraine these fighters, and NATO decided to create confusion on the Russian side, right up until it was too late and their airforce were facing Western air-tech with little warning.

Then again it could be a ploy to bring Russia to their senses and end this nonsense but it could be 2025 +before we see any F16s in Ukraine,we know for whatever reason that the Russians didn't remove the Ukrainan airforce from day one ,but something like this could have them change tactic again and directly target the Ukrainian airforce on the ground, leaving the airforce in a bit of trouble.

But then comes Russian air defenses ,to operate the newer western munitions they will have to fly at altitudes , which puts them at risk from missles and possibly other systems,

I think you could be right as there does seem to be a pattern of conflicting statements which could very well be designed to keep the moskovytes guessing as to what to expect on the battlefield and in the sky above Ukraine. It's funny how a persistent poster on this thread thinks they are such an expert judge on which of these conflicting statements are true and which are deliberate misinformation. Any one with a bit of sense would know in an active war there will be some level of skepticism required when looking at any reports dealing with the conflict.

Don't see any encirclement,the biggest question is now will they stop and hold bakhmut or will they move on Ivanivske or chasiv yar

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Great sense of humor

It's been even longer since the regular Russian military made any significant advancement than it has been for Wagner, and Wagner took eight months. The underlying question to whether Russia can advance past Bakhmut is how many convicts they have remaining to throw at Ukrainian defensive positions. Enough for a fresh assault on towns lying farther along?

Yahoo has confirmed through USAF documentation. an internal report made about the topic.

Your article: “US officials” but retired RAF officer is a U.S. official?

Zelensky maintaining Bakhmut is not under Russian control doesn't stand up to scrutiny of any available sources.

There is no evidence of any "encirclement" either.

Russia do this ridiculous evidence-shy propaganda all the time - this is Ukraine doing the same.