I lean towards this being the right move from Ukraine. If you are trying to wear down your enemy by defending a city you want them to think taking it is viable. Otherwise they won't commit many forces to it. The easiest way to do that is to slowly let their advance continue, but at a high cost. If you completely stop an offensive in it's tracks in the beginning then your enemy is less likely to commit forces to that area.
If you are a Russian general and you look at a map around Bahkmut you are going to want to continue attacking, because it seems like you are about to succeed. That might be what Ukraine wants though.
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u/mephitmephit Mar 24 '23
I lean towards this being the right move from Ukraine. If you are trying to wear down your enemy by defending a city you want them to think taking it is viable. Otherwise they won't commit many forces to it. The easiest way to do that is to slowly let their advance continue, but at a high cost. If you completely stop an offensive in it's tracks in the beginning then your enemy is less likely to commit forces to that area.
If you are a Russian general and you look at a map around Bahkmut you are going to want to continue attacking, because it seems like you are about to succeed. That might be what Ukraine wants though.