Russian Gains in Bakhmut, Ukraine Overextended, & US Lectures India

October 17, 2022 Off By Land Destroyer

 October 17, 2022 (The New Atlas) - Update for Russian military operations against Ukraine for October 17, 2022. 



  • Russian forces are closing in on Bakhmut city - with even the Western media noting the inevitability of Russia’s victory there;
  • Ukrainian offensives are grinding to a halt - whatever additional gains they make will be temporary and inevitably reversed as Russia prepares what appears to be a major offensive of its own;
  • Western media is depending heavily on propaganda to paper over severe weapon and ammunition shortages in Ukraine and the implications it has on Kiev’s fighting capacity;
  • The US is lashing out with an increasingly desperate tone as nations around the globe refuse to subordinate themselves and their nation’s interests to US foreign policy objectives - India being among them;