technitecho t1_jacia52 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:26 PM

Reply to comment by ow12497 in Ukraine Commander Describes Situation in Bakhmut as ‘Extremely Tense’ by znanirani

Considering what happened in bucha and other places... Ukraine is probably afraid that the civilians in bakhmut might have to face the revenge of the Russian army if bakhmut falls. I hope all civilians are already taken out of there.

Also every line of defence counts. If u go by the mentality that it's alright if the first one falls cause u have others, u won't be able to defend anything.

marianass t1_jaclq97 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:54 PM

Any civilian still in Bukhmat is probably a pro-Russian.

Ehldas t1_jaco98o wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:14 PM

Actually most of them seem to be just old and afraid to leave everything they've ever known.

The_Redoubtable_Dane t1_jad9hca wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Although this is probably the case, those 5000ish people have made their choice, and the Ukrainian army simply can't be expected to continue to act in a way that maximises those civilians' chance of survival. If anything, they are helping the Russian army by being in the way. Really not particularly patriotic.