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"Was It All For Nothing?": Putin Just Ordered To Do 'This' to Abandoned Bakhmut - The Russian Dude
Since the beginning of war, Putin realized the ultimate power of propaganda and how much control it provides over people. Every battle was turned "extremely significant" with some more than the other. Probably the most famous battle of Russian Ukrainian war, the Battle for Bakhmut, was Putin's personal favorite battle to use in propagandistic purposes. But he was also mentioning that as soon as Bakhmut is "liberated", Russia will immediately help to rebuild it. Just like they did in Mariupol. Well, apparently it was all for nothing. Because Putin just ordered to do 'this' to abandoned Bakhmut.