Even if Russian propaganda is 100% bullshit it's having its intended effect. Big fail by Ukrainian intelligence. What happened to #NAFO?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5276455&forum_id=2]#45831683)

"The Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut is likely a strategically sound effort despite its costs for Ukraine. While the costs associated with Ukraine’s continued defense of Bakhmut are significant and likely include opportunity costs related to potential Ukrainian counter-offensive operations elsewhere, Ukraine would also have paid a significant price for allowing Russian troops to take Bakhmut easily. Bakhmut itself is not operationally or strategically significant but had Russian troops taken it relatively rapidly and cheaply they could have hoped to expand operations in ways that could have forced Ukraine to construct hasty defensive positions in less favorable terrain. One must also not dismiss the seemingly “political” calculus of committing to the defense of Bakhmut lightly—Russian forces occupy more than 100,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory including multiple Ukrainian cities and are inflicting atrocities on Ukrainian civilians in occupied areas. It is not unreasonable for political and military leaders to weigh these factors in determining whether to hold or cede particular population concentrations. Americans have not had to make such choices since 1865 and should not be quick to scorn considerations that would be very real to them were American cities facing such threats."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5276455&forum_id=2]#45831735)

https://kyivindependent.com/national/ukraine-war-latest-kyiv-expects-battle-for-donbas-to-intensify-in-february-march-amid-russias-desperate-attempt-to-capture-the-region

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5276455&forum_id=2]#45831827)

Imagine you're a Hungarian gypsy forced to fight for Zelensky, and there's no question you're only being put there to draw fire so we can locate Russian artillery. This goes on for a few months.

All of a sudden the POTUS of Hungary is telling Zelensky to go easy on you, stop the abuse. Two days later Russian troops pop up in the city you're supposed to be defending. The government of the city ghosts you the next day. Do you shoot at the Russians or surrender?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5276455&forum_id=2]#45831911)