Smart Take | Russia Takes Control of Bakhmut
Former US Army Brigadier General Peter Zwack talks about the high cost of the nine-month battle for Bakhmut, the low morale of Russian soldiers, and the undeterred resolve of the Ukrainians, who are likely to launch a counter-offensive in the near future.
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Peter B. Zwack
Former U.S. Army Brigadier General, served in Moscow from 2012 to 2014 as the U.S. senior defense official and attaché to the Russian Federation
Brigadier General (Ret.) Peter B. Zwack writes as a Wilson Center Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute. In 1980 he began his 34-year U.S. Army career as an intelligence and security officer in a nuclear capable artillery battalion. Three decades later, he served as the U.S. Senior Defense Attaché to the Russian Federation during the challenging period of 2012–2014.
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