Comments by "Black Cat Dungeon Master\x27s Familiar" (@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311) on "WAR UPDATE: Full Analysis of Ukrainian Counteroffensive - Velyka Novosilka and Orikhiv" video.

  1. I don't think we've seen anything like everything they have yet. They're trying to suck in Russian reserves and to take the approaches. This is going to run for a long time yet, maybe for weeks - unless the shaping goes so badly the Ukrainians cancel the whole thing. When it's all over there'll be tens of thousands more of brave men lost on both sides that would still be alive if Ukraine had just honoured the Minsk accords and agreed to keep out of NATO.
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  2. I'm not suggesting it's going to work but the Russian defences north and south of Bakhmut aren't that strong. It's newly captured territory and a lot of it isn't easy to entrench. The Ukrainians want to drive around Bakhmut, not fight through it. If the Ukrainians succeed anywhere, my bet would be they can retake that large salient north west of Bakhmut. I doubt they can get much further though.
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