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  yes
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 >
  
  No shame in that. They will get it back inevitably. >
  
  HIMARS rolling in. >
  
  yep already started >
  
  Wow that is incredible. >
  
  Hopefully this doesn’t hurt the effort in Bakhmut too much. >
  
  Ukrainian effort*
  🇺🇦♥️🙏🏻 >
  
  The fact its taken this long, and this much effort, and so many casualties, for Russia to take a single, pretty irrelevant, small town, and the Ukrainian army retreats in good order just shows how utterly fruitless this whole thing is for Russia. They cant take this level of attrition for such small gains. >
  
  
  irrelevant, small town
  
  Russia has been so salty about their losses they captured a salt mining town to get more. >
  
  An orderly retreat is a withdrawal >
  
  Why isn't there a link to the source in the article?  All it says in the article is "Source - CNN" which isn't how that's supposed to work >
  
  That's a CNN article, yes. But it's not the relevant one. >
  
  read inside the article, it says some troops already left Soledar, there is no more Soledar, it is completely destroyed >
  
  I read in the war live feed subreddit that Ukraine has moved back to a strategically placed area on top of the hills to regroup. Their engineers have been working on to fortify the area.
  Apparently it overlooks the valley that the Russians will have to cross. 
  To me it seems like a tactical move and not a retreat but I’m not in the war and not a general so take that with a grain of salt 🤷‍♂️ >
  
  An organized retreat is a "tactical move". If you know you're going to be overrun then it makes sense to fall back to a more defensible position. 
  The same may happen in Bakhmut. Behind the UA frontline is hilly wooded terrain which would also be an advantageous position to retreat back too if they can't hold it.
  I believe you're thinking of a rout which is a disorderly retreat like soldiers running away and leaving valuable equipment behind. >
  
  COUGHCOUGH 1stguardstankarmyinIzyumCOUGH >
  
  1st Guards Tank Army or 1st Guard Stank Army?