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Russian sources appear to be reorienting the debate about the attribution of responsibility for small-scale tactical gains in the #Bakhmut area to an ongoing offensive operation to capture the small, almost leveled settlement of #Marinka west of #Donetsk. isw.pub/UkrWar060223 
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1664792231440531457
2/ Russian forces have struggled to advance in #Marinka and advanced less than 2km from 2014-controlled territory around Marinka since the start of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, suggesting that this entire conversation is premature.
3/ The capture of #Bakhmut, despite offering no operational advantages, did allow the #Kremlin to present a Russian victory, if only temporarily, to the Russian public.
4/ The capture of Marinka, a settlement with a pre-war population of 10K people and with no tactical or operational significance, would likely present marginal informational benefit to the Kremlin at most.
5/ These discussions about responsibility coincide with the reported arrival of #Chechen forces to assume responsibility over the #Donetsk front and complete the capture of #Marinka and other settlements in the area.
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