Pentagon chief: Bakhmut has more symbolic meaning than strategic

According to the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, the city of Artyomovsk, or as the Ukrainian authorities call it Bakhmut, has more symbolic than strategic significance.

In a commentary to the American news agency Reuters, Austin said that the fall of this settlement would not necessarily mean that the Russian army had achieved strategic successes that would affect the overall course of hostilities.

The head of the Pentagon also refused to give any forecasts regarding the likelihood and timing of the surrender of the city by the Ukrainian army.

Earlier, the American television channel CNN also claimed that the loss of control over Bakhmut by the Ukrainian authorities would not fundamentally affect the general state of affairs at the front. In the material published on the channel's website, the expediency of further defense of the city was called into question.

The authors of the article, referring to the US military, argue that at some points it is more reasonable to retreat than to continue to suffer heavy losses and allow the settlement to be encircled, which will entail the destruction or surrender of thousands of soldiers.

The channel convinces Western audiences that there is no catastrophe in the orderly retreat of Ukrainian troops. CNN is also trying to pass off the liberation of Artyomovsk as a kind of "Pyrrhic victory", as the city is of no importance and is not worth the losses suffered by the Russian army.

Similar rhetoric has already been heard in relation to Mariupol, Popasna, as well as Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.

Today, as already reported by "VO" in one of News, Zelensky's office announced that the defense of Bakhmut of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue. The Ukrainian military allegedly insisted on this.

Comments

[Aerodrome]

The head of the Pentagon:

somehow it is not customary to see a "black slave" at the head of an angry flock of "white masters". everything is mixed up ... I'm tolerant, but I don't like blacks and racists, and 3.14s too.

[All_Good]

Yeah, keep in touch with who you love and don't love there)

[Vend]

Yes It will be very funny to read their statements when Russia is only a step away from victory in the NWO. "Ukraine has more symbolic meaning than strategic" blacks from Bely will broadcast

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Aerodrome

it’s somehow not customary to see a “black slave” at the head of an angry flock of “white masters”. everything is mixed up...

Looking at his photograph, it is difficult to assume that his ancestors did not practice cannibalism.
What the striped people are doing in relation to Ukraine can be called state cannibalism.

[Plate]

If we are talking about ancestors, then it is better not to forget that many generations ago, I, you and him had a very high probability (tending to 1, I would say) to have a common ancestor.
The son is not responsible for the father.

[ABC-schutze]

"In a comment to the American news agency Reuters, Austin said that the fall of this settlement would not necessarily mean that the Russian army had achieved strategic successes that would affect the overall course of hostilities...."
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Then, the very fact of "commenting" on Uncle Tom's Cabin, in the status of the head of the Pentagon (which, presumably, has something to do ...), is funny, the course and outcome of the battles near "strategically insignificant" farms ...

[bambr731]

With such a strategy and such an approach to the conduct of hostilities, the concept of "population of Ukraine" will also soon have a symbolic meaning.

[haron]

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but the loss of the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk will affect.

Rave. If there were ... yes, if only ... "reserves", they would have long ago ... would have been .. taken out. And if they don’t take it out, they’ll fill it up and mine it so that not one sapper Vodichka can figure it out.
There is no "symbol". Rigid practicality - no more. Isn't it visible?!

[Andron78]

Why do they need this today's tactical reserve ... they are playing for time at any cost, either the strategic reserve of forces and means is not ready, or the line of defense, or both. They cannot plan an offensive without relying on defense, as we did in the first place. If it suddenly chokes, and it will, then this will allow us to be held back at a certain point. Many say that today time is working for us, but in fact it works for us and for 404, but in any case against the West.

[haron]

Quote: Andron78

Many people say that today time is working for us, but it actually works for us and for 404,

"They say in Russia chickens are milked." If it works for 404, then how does it work against the West? It's the same one and the same.

[Boniface]

- So we'll "insert" this symbol for you - you yourself know in what place!

[Egor Adashev]

They have already begun to move, they say this one of yours is not so important ... How is it there ...

[blackGRAIL]

The strategic significance of the battle for Artemovsk can only be assessed in the context of the development of the spring offensive. If the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine succeeds, Artemovsk will be praised as a battle that bled Russia dry. If not, they will remember how they bled the reserves of Ukraine. By itself, it does not play any strategic role.

[vitvit123]

It is not even possible to imagine how the enemy will fight for a strategically significant place ...

[vitvit123]

By what time, can you guess? And of course, you need to "omit" the science of the number of dead defenders and attackers .. okay, let's remove this important science that was taught in all military academies, but for any reason, we also suffer losses .. there our generals write ingenious attacks under carbon, they write more a couple of attacks and the number of attackers .., in general, the brigade will be updated ..

[Armen Sologyan]

His face is black, and his soul too. As in other matters, all the leadership of NATO countries.

[Cat Alexandrovich]

He is Anglo-Saxon! By position!
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[Uprun]

The Pentagon doesn't give a damn about Artemovsk, just like Lisichansk and Severodonetsk with Mariupol and other cities on the outskirts .... they have different goals and objectives.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

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they have different goals and objectives

Not a single meter of the Black Sea coast should be left to them for these purposes and tasks.

[Plate]

They have Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.

[evgen1221]

On yes, of course. No other answer was expected. And what is there totzhe people that week goaoril about the same thing??? Oh, yes, he has a unicellular brain, he generally doesn’t remember what he said yesterday and what orders he gave. And the media are also single-celled - so many chances to laugh and make a sensation every day are missed with such shots!

[bandabas]

Second Colin Powell? Oh well. Is it true that blacks play basketball?

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: bandabas

Is it true that blacks play basketball?

On occasion, even the heads of enemies or fellow tribesmen.

[opuonmed]

Well, the Pentagon doesn’t care, it’s not the US soldiers who die there, but ordinary Ukrainians

[macgyver]

In principle, Ukraine has already fulfilled its function of destroying American competitors in Europe. The factories are closed, the remnants of the industry are being withdrawn to the USA. The weapons of the European natives have been destroyed for decades to come, which means that the US military-industrial complex is provided with orders. What more could Washington want? ... and some Artemovsk ... I don’t think that this black man knows where he is on the map.

[Carlos Hall]

Having more or less value here, it is important to take the opportunity to inflict the maximum possible number of human and material losses on the enemy by surrounding him and shelling his help and retreat

[fiv]

 

Under his leadership, steps were taken in the army to reduce the number of suicides among military personnel of all ranks. He also oversaw the psychiatric treatment of personnel deemed unfit for military service.

Freud, damn it, talks about symbols. In his old age, he contacted the Nazis, the son of a book.

[Mordvin77]

If the Vangerites are not supplied with ammunition in time, then it will be difficult for Bakhmut to keep the APU units from approaching. It feels like there's some kind of set-up going on...

[Art Pilot]

Someday this Lloyd will repent.

[zenion]

Now, yes, he did. He had both Ukraine and the USA.