yeah, feel a lot of similarities to Bakhmut, some differences due to it being a front-line stronghold since at least 2014. the overall scale, though it hasn't gotten much press over here, has seemed a lot higher (jesus there's been a lot of 1000+ removed from action days over the past month). on a long enough timeframe with ongoing western support it seems like an unfortunate blip, but idk i'm feeling a little bit negative about its place in time/momentum compared to bakhmut or prior and with the seemingly current wane in material support.
not trying to be a little bitch - i know this effort has come at the expense of a ton of of russian resources, but i'm getting a bit bummed out thinking about the fact that we don't seem to have the stomach/support to take russia down to whatever number is close enough to 0% capacity to make it all meaningful. for the guys over there fighting their asses off, i think i'll be a little sick if the reality ends up being that this adds to shit freezing and ceding donetsk/luhansk on apparent momentum