>>511102758
>bit off more that it could chew
that was more like a police raid, intended to force Ukraine to comply with the Minsk treaties.
however, the raid failed, leaving them with no choice but to launch a full-scale military operation
wise people would have stopped right there, but where did you last see wise people?
>>511103474
>Bakhmut
they didn't control anything like that back then; they were just like tourists riding in tanks