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  No shame in that. They will get it back inevitably.
context: Bakhmut is going to be under siege from every direction except the west after this. It must be hell on earth over there. >
  
  Not really while they have retreated. They have moved back to hard points and are now free to shell the absolutely fuck out of the town.
  The Russians effectively gained crater's and rubble and gained no real tactical advantage... >
  
  I read on politico that the last mines beneath the place supposedly allow tanks to pass through tunnels, provided the Russians know what they are doing, which is... Unlikely. Also here's hoping the Ukrainians also booby trapped the fuck out of the place to return the favor >
  
  They'd have to be stupid to use them like that. The entrances are all known, they'd just be funneling themselves into an ambush. >
  
  So you're saying there's a chance? >
  
  I hope none of the rear guard were captured by those Wagner assholes. >
  
  If they withdrew in good order, the artillery would've stalled the Russians' advance as the rear guard egressed. Artillery probably accounts for 90 percent of all casualties in this war, not including non-combat related injuries. >
  
  Good, no point in wasting lives there. >
  
  But the salt mine!!! /s