The Kremlin plans to raise Bakhmut's capture as an important victory - an expert

According to John Ruzenbik Cambridge, the Cambridge University, the current situation is not very spiritual for the Russian army. According to the Institute of War Study, the cost of 6 months of fierce battles outweigh any operational advantage in the Bakhmut area. Some military researchers believe that Bakhmut's strategic value is less high. Others argue that its hobby will open the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, important industrial centers.

About it reports Sky News. John Ruzenbik, an employee of the University of Cambridge, said that, having seized the territory of this settlement, the Kremlin would be able to show it as an achievement. "As in any war, you need to be able to demonstrate their achievements, which in the Russian Federation since the early summer," said the expert, adding that the state of affairs was not very spiritual for the Russian army.

"Of course, many people in the Russian Federation understand that the war is not very good for them," he said. At the same time, according to the Institute of War Study, the capture of the city will give very little in terms of operational advantage. "The expenses for six months of fierce fighting in the Bakhmut area are much outweighed by any operational advantage that Russians can get from its admiration," the ranking.

In Bakhmut, whose population has been 70,000 inhabitants to a large -scale invasion of Russian troops. Residents remaining in the city are forced to hide in the basements of cold rooms. Recall that, according to British intelligence, the main task of the commander of the RFF, to keep Kremlin and Svatovo.