Things are happening around Bakhmut tonight. Possibly very good things.

[Tomconroy]

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I try not to publish rumors but there is so much being talked about. And its coming from people who are often pessimistic.
That southern flank looks mighty vulnerable.
Slava Ukraini!

[Irish_Dem]

1. Thanks for posting.

Is anyone predicting what might happen next?

[Tomconroy]

3. No one really knows. Except maybe these guys:

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[Irish_Dem]

5. And they're not talking.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[calimary]

15. NICE!!!

[panader0]

2. Recommended.

[niyad]

4. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.

[sprinkleeninow]

7. I make intercession nightly.

Slava Ukraini! Slava Na Viki!

[WarGamer]

8. Yes. Lots of rumblings online.

Going to be a hell of a fight, the Russians have built extensive defense works.

Attacking a well defended position usually costs 2-3:1 casualties...

If the Russians follow tradition... and defensive combat history... they will seek to surround the Ukrainian forces in a pocket and counter attack.

But do the Russians have the leadership and initiative thatt hey did in WW2???

We'll see...

Also, sources I read say that the Russian Air Force has been particularly active the last 2 weeks and may be heavily involved in defensive action.

[Bev54]

9. Just watching the enforcer now, they say lots of good news in Bakhmut tonight

but just getting into the show so will find out what is going on.

[WhiteTara]

10. Apparently the Russians are running away.

I wonder what the next iteration of Russia will be.

[PortTack]

13. And surrendering en mass

[Beastly Boy]

11. Both Ukraine and Wagner's Prigozhin seem to agree

Russia's regulars are abandoning the southern flank.
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-russia-war-live-kyiv-051301364.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

The 72nd Brigade is in retreat, according to most accounts, and the Institute for the Study of War, which is a pretty reliable source that takes care to not jump the gun, reports that "Ukrainian forces likely broke through some Russian lines in localized counterattacks near Bakhmut" (https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-11-2023)

[Warpy]

12. Wagner is nearly destroyed

and the Russians are just plain done, at least in the Bakhmut area.

Anyone who survived it will be going home and they are not going to be happy with their government.

Russia is going to be an ungodly mess when this is over. Putin has destroyed any possibility of political opposition, so he's leaving a power vacuum as bad as the one the collapse of the Soviet Union left, maybe even worse. Apparently Russians are posting about what shape an interim government is likely to take.

They know it's over, too. Putin just refuses to read the memo.

[liberalla]

14. Holding my breath here... and hoping for more positive and decisive reports.

Thanks for the post TC...

Slava Ukraini! Glory to Ukraine!

[Raine]

16. Thanks for the update, thinking positive thoughts

Glory to Ukraine. 💙🌻 🇺🇦 🌻💛

[Brother Buzz]

17. I'm hearing from multiple source that Wagner Group TOTALLY collapsed

It's been in trouble for some time, but after their thug criminal leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was fired, it went south faster than you can spit

[electric_blue68]

18. 🤞SLAVA UKRAINI! 🌻🇺🇦🌻