Quote (Santara @ May 22 2023 10:27pm)
Russia lost a whole bunch of *Russians*.
Who pays them is awfully unimportant in the grand scheme of things.
Wrong assessment. The Russian army taking those losses including recruits and mobilized reserves would be bad PR for the Russian army.
Secondly those mobilized recruits and reserves have had a lot of time to train while being kept out of Bakhmut (for the most part).
The battle for Bakhmut has swallowed up Ukrainian brigades and material which could've been used in a counteroffensive.
It's a catastrophic loss for the Ukrainians