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Russia (Still) Hasn’t Taken Bakhmut

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Despite cutting off all but one supply line into Bakhmut, Russian forces still haven’t taken the town and calls for Zelensky to retreat are growing. So in this video, we break down the most recent developments and the silver lining for the Ukrainian army.

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1 – https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/03/ukraines-bakhmut-practically-surrounded-wagner-leader-prigozhin-says-a80386
2 – https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1635824376313524225/photo/1
3 – https://kyivindependent.com/national/ukrainian-soldiers-in-bakhmut-our-troops-are-not-being-protected
4 – https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1634472741326802944
5 – https://www.ft.com/content/439aa6b0-2f3c-4eca-b81f-b7e9c8eb286f
6 – https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/world/europe/bakhmut-ukraine-russia.html
7 – https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-bakhmut.html
8 – https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/status/1634686981916487681/photo/1
9 – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/6/wagner-boss-decries-lack-of-ammo-from-russia-for-bakhmut-battle

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  1. @fredi5601

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    It's may the still haven't

  2. @englishman9020

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Russian soldiers are just cannon Fodder

  3. @jeffsuter344

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    No retreat, no surrender.

  4. @ivandimitrovivanov7584

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Ukrain should fight to the last ukranian.

  5. @vladik2097

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    1 to 7. 😂. 30-40,000 Russian deaths and 400-500,000 Ukrainian deaths in Bakhmut alone. Get educated from real sources not CNN.

  6. @matejsochor1673

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    At this point the real question is whether the Russian forces around Bakhmut should retreat. Funny how much the situation can change in just a week.

  7. @kantik97

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    4:30 The other citys stil have people and the almost intact. Ukrainans don t want have more citys like Bakhmut in rubble with more displace people and dead civilans. Bakhmut has 1 advanteg it is already a war zone.

  8. @FodaseNaoLigo

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    I hate west

  9. @skoorbal3173

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    I think Ukraine is quite simply trying to egg Wagner group on. Build up their ego so that it conflicts with the Russian command, potentially causing Wagner group to either give up and go home (no longer having to deal with Wagner group is a big deal, and would shake the Russian defenses on the eastern front), or causing Wagner group to potentially betray Putin and try to replace him.

  10. @Mariote777

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Sorry but, where do you get your information that:
    1. The Russians are using human wave tactics
    2. The Russian army is suffering more casualties than the Ukrainians?
    BTW, nice channel…

  11. @Manikanta-hh7wp

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Repeating the lie that Wagner and Russians losing more soldiers than Ukraine is lie…

    The entire Wagner is 45,000 who fought in Bhakmuth city where Ukrainians got more than 100,000 casualties.

    Wagner is still holding line with less no of troops.

    Human waves are lie… The only Russian wave is Artillery wave… All the deaths Re caused by artillery when they don't even see the enemy.

    Wagner is effective on the batt

  12. @MutualZebra0123

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Now that wagner has freed up some prison space, russia has more room for inmates that don't like the limited special military war.

  13. @cmbbfan78

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    While the report is mostly without bias, you should avoid mentioning Ukrainian propaganda content as facts.

  14. @danielloustaunau467

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Russia and wagner are playing its all a ploy.

  15. @danielloustaunau467

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Its a trap Russia has almost destroyed half of Ukraines Military there off course they havent taken why would they when there killing so many .

  16. @maelstrom254

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    1:12 so ugly 🤢

  17. @PoiSonSonic

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    TLDR News EU – Please do tell how is the narrator called, so I can mangle the pronunciation, like he does.

  18. @TheJaredtheJaredlong

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    The Wagner Group deciding to seize independent control of Donbas would be the weirdest twist of this conflict.

  19. @Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    If they retreat from Bakhmut, it allows russian artillery to move forward. Then next thing you know, Chasiv Yar is a wasteland just like Bakhmut. Holding Bakhmut prevents this.

  20. @roxann.stumbo

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    💡This is why in the "olden days" the military regardless of where they were from and what war it was thought that maybe it would be a good idea NOT to share every freaking move their troops were making or to broadcast to the entire world the coordinates of their next move. Oh, they also didn't make announcements that they're completely out of ammo and half their troops are dead! 🙄

  21. @michaelperrin2531

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Russia (Still) Hasn’t Taken Bakhmut ? So who's in a rush to see so many die .

  22. @samsudinudin1563

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Wagners are not stupid and they won't attack blindly coz they know for 8 bloody years those contact lines were ENFORCED. Do not be misled by wagners slow advance coz they want the ukranian to think they are weak or helpless. They will strike when the enemy least expected and what a gruesome scene it will be.

  23. @OhNotThat

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    I am somewhat convinced that Bahkmut is an operational diversion and distraction for an accumulating small to medium scale counter-offensive towards Mauripol and Meltipol thats in the works right now. Ukraine wants to desperately accumulate a comparative advantage/superiority in working artillery and armor before they begin that offensive however. Some Spring or Summer 2023 counter offensive is being organized/stockpiled in the meantime. That's why Ukraine wants artillery shells, more tanks and drones (for air superiority) right now more than anything else.

  24. @mariocoronel8445

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Amazing how Putin wanted Bakhmut by february 24 to claim a symbolic victory, but one month later they are still claiming they are winning but haven't taken the city

  25. @jamescobban857

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    You cannot win a war, or indeed achieve any worthwhile objective, without taking risks. Ukraine still controls all of the high ground around Bakhmut, including Chasiv Yar. This means that Ukrainian artillery and intelligence is superior. If Russia does seize Bakhmut this means that it will be strategically useless: they will not be able to advance on Slovyansk and Kramatorsk because every square metre of the lines of advance is under Ukrainian supervision. Furthermore Ukraine will not withdraw its forces without leaving Bakhmut as one of the most heavily mined areas of the conflict zone. On the other hand once Russia obtains nominal control of Bakhmut it can reduce the concentration of its attacking forces, which will permit redeploying them to other areas of the frontier. Ukraine is certainly planning some very nasty surprises, and hopes that its attacks meet minimal defences. Ukraine is playing chess while Russia is playing checkers.

  26. @cmolodiets

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Those russians are pretty bold. They dare complain

  27. @eccosarka5021

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    They should fight like their life depends on it! 😳

  28. @JHunt-qh5ek

    February 21, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Ukraine could withdraw from Bakmut, let the Russians have it. Then use missiles and bombs to terrorize the Russians. Just give them hell.

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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/

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https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/

EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation

US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15

G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax

European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/

Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/

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Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory

Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250

Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/

Laws
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025

Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions

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https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf

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