 Ukraine prepares to retake Bakhmut. All conditions have been created to retake Bakhmut, but it must be done with significantly fewer losses than the Russians suffered to capture the city. Colonel General Alexander Sirsky, commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of Ukraine, said it in an interview with the BBC, Ukrainian Service. Currently, all conditions have been created to bring Bakhmut back to us, but with 10 times smaller losses, he added. Sirsky says Bakhmut is of strategic importance primarily because it is the center of concentration of the main directions and roads. The roads from Debaltsev, Siversk, Polivka, Kostyantinivka, and Sloviansk pass through the city. Using a well-developed road network, Russian troops can attack in at least three such operational directions. Sirsky stressed. Additionally, various dominant heights are concentrated around Bakhmut, which allow troops to control most of the terrain around the approaches to the city, which increases its role as a springboard for further offensive actions. Just three kilometers behind Bakhmut, the next town of Chassiv Yar begins, and here we must stop Russians in Bakhmut as they are staying there in the lowlands. Sirsky explained. He also said it was a mistake when the Wagner group completely took Bakhmut because, after suffering huge losses, the hostile group lost its combat capability.