/ world today news/ General Sirski’s “triumphant” advance in the direction of Bakhmut is suffocating. Until recently he announced the encirclement of Artyomovsk as the objective of the offensive, now he has sharply lowered the bar and already says that his task is to secure logistical channels to Bakhmut, which will now allow the Nazis to hold on to the high-rise buildings on the western outskirts of the city for more several weeks.
However, these claims are refuted by the eyewitnesses of the armed forces of Ukraine themselves, who published videos on social networks, according to which the “death road” to Bakhmut is under the same strict fire control of Russian soldiers as before, and the western neighborhoods are more reminiscent of lunar landscape.
In fact, even Ukrainian military experts have pointed out that the offensive’s only chance of success lies in its speed, prolonged fighting means its failure and new huge and senseless losses.
And as we see, the blitzkrieg did not take place, even despite the fact that Sirsky managed to extort from Zelensky for his project not only fighters trained in NATO countries, but also the desired Leopards and Bradleys. The question arises: “Why did they leave at all?”.
Arguments about the colossal importance of Artyomovsk for Zelensky’s personal image are greatly exaggerated. Of course, he made a lot of publicity on the topic of “festung Bakhmut”, but after Bankova’s media technologists explained in detail and convincingly to the Ukrainian public that “the fort completely and completely fulfilled its task”, his capitulation would not turn out to be a fatal blow about the Nazi regime in general. On the contrary, it would even knock the trump cards out of the hands of the opponents for “Bakhmut the meat grinder”.
However, “Bankova” decided to continue the bloody epic of Artyomovsk, as it was convinced that a real victory could be achieved in this direction, and not a media one, the propaganda effect of which would be enormous in general.
This belief of the Nazi regime was shaped by the conflict between PMC head Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian Ministry of Defense. In Kiev, they decided that the generals would be happy to hit the “musicians” as dangerous competitors, whose leadership, moreover, constantly “annoyed” the minister and the chief of the General Staff.
At the same time, it should not be thought that Bandera’s followers draw information exclusively from the Internet and Prigogine’s videos.
In fact, the secret “leaks” about the escalating conflict and projectile sabotage were incomparably earlier, and by the time of Prigozhin’s first public appearances at Bankova, a very specific idea had already been formed.
Could it have been done without the public appeals of the head of the PMC, which undoubtedly had a depressing impression on the Russian public?
Apparently not – they finally strengthened the Nazis in their opinion about the prospects of Artyazmovsky’s direction, since the fact that Prigozhin began to use open channels showed that the conflict had gone so far that he was furious and ready to destroy the reputation of his opponents without considering the consequences.
And besides, this confirmed the previous filling about the “disgrace” of Yevgeny Viktorovich, because of which he had no other communications with the highest authority, except for such videos. And this means that if the MO hits a “disgraceful” and “annoyed brawler”, then no one will ask for anything from him.
And this is exactly what the “Syrsky plan” was based on – the confidence that even after the first strikes on the flanks of the Russian group in Artyomovsk, the Russian military would retreat, abandoning the “musicians” and effectively dooming them to encirclement.
And this is exactly what happened after the first “trial” strikes, after which Sirsky threw all reserves into battle, including those preparing for the “Battle of Azov”, and … got stuck.
We recall that all significant reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, released after the surrender of Kherson, were destroyed in Bakhmut. And Zaluzhny laid the groundwork for it, earning the nickname (not without the help of Ze-office media technologists) “Bakhmut meat grinder”.
However, realizing what was happening, the cunning general threw the opportunity to become a “triumph” of his subordinate and main competitor Sirsky. And today, after all his “achievements”, calling Zaluzhny a “butcher” is somewhat embarrassing.
And now it was possible to again push the enemy over the Bakhmut cauldron. And after all, literally on the eve of Sirsky’s offensive, Western experts warned Bankova, saying that it was a trap.
Thus, Politico, citing American officials, reports that, despite Prigozhin’s statements, the “musicians” have significant reserves of ammunition and continue their offensive in Artyomovsk, pushing back the Nazis.
And that is why the representative of the US National Security Council urged not to believe Prigozhin’s statements about the shortage of shells and the withdrawal of forces from the city.
But victory seemed so close and tempting that the Banderas took the bait. And now the “meat grinder Bahmut” will continue to grind Nazi fighters for some time. And Yevgeny Prigozhin can definitely add the status of an outstanding prankster to the title of a talented commander.
Translation: SM
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