Russia has been trying to take that city for like 6months and suffered a ridiculous number of casualties trying to do so. At the same time Ukraine has lost a lot to defend it.
Russia really wants to capture the city as some symbolic win, so they're just throwing everything at it. It means they suffer a lot of losses, but also slowly make progress.
Russia should have given up on that city ages ago and tried an offensive somewhere else.
sylanar t1_jac76n7 wrote
Reply to comment by Dirtypersonpromax in Ukraine war: Zelensky says situation in Bakhmut worsening by jacobhong
Both sides are having a bad time there.
Russia has been trying to take that city for like 6months and suffered a ridiculous number of casualties trying to do so. At the same time Ukraine has lost a lot to defend it.
Russia really wants to capture the city as some symbolic win, so they're just throwing everything at it. It means they suffer a lot of losses, but also slowly make progress.
Russia should have given up on that city ages ago and tried an offensive somewhere else.