Day 357: Ukraine Re-enforcing Troop Numbers in Bakhmut, Wagner Head Says

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Russia's inability to take the Donetsk city of Bakhmut is symbolic of the wider deficiencies that will prevent it from conducting further successful offensives in Ukraine.

Pro-Russia narrative

Russian forces are continuing to make advances in Donetsk. It's only a matter of time before Moscow's forces take the city of Bakhmut and the remainder of the Donetsk region.

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

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