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Putin's obsession with Bakhmut bears some semblance to the 1998 U.S. romantic comedy There's Something About Mary.
Putin and his disciples simply cannot escape the lure of pride and ego, writes Peter Bergen.
Despite Prigozhin’s claim on May 20 that once again BakhMut had fallen, the battles continue to rage around the city and throughout Donetsk Oblast.
The U.S. has joined the “F-16 coalition,” with the Biden Administration authorizing Ukrainian pilots to be trained on the airframes by NATO partners.
Iranian-supplied Shahed-136 drones, ballistic missiles, and the once-vaunted Kinzhal hypersonic missile are now routinely shot down before reaching civilian targets.
Bakhmut has become the face of Ukrainian resistance, and it will have a predominant role in the outcome.
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