Military analyst Colonel Petro Chernyk believes that this settlement is a potential springboard for counteroffensive actions by the Ukrainian army "as soon as we finally rearm with high-quality Western equipment." Because of this, according to his assessment, Bakhmut is a "strategic point". But today, according to him, the city is really "in an extremely difficult situation". Military Media Center writes in Telegram.

It is noted that Petro Chernyk emphasized that "if Bakhmut is destroyed to the foundations and the higher military-political leadership concludes that it is worth making an operational withdrawal, then there will be no tragedy."

One lost battle does not mean a lost war.

Petro Chernyk

"The arrival of the SSO commander is a sign that the higher military and political leadership is making maximum efforts to keep him," Colonel Petro Chernyk emphasized.