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Weekend Update #24

The Intelligence Fiasco that wont make much difference: The Fighting

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Phillips P. OBrien
Apr 16, 2023
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This was a week which saw even less change on the battle-line than in many of the other recent weeks. There were some Russian advances in Bakhmut in what has become their pattern, straight into the city, a few blocks at a time, with the seeming need to simply say that they have taken the city (with no strategic purpose other than declaring a victory). I…

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