Melitopol was basis of the 2023 counteroffensive, but Syrskyi wanted to retake Bakhmut - NYT
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In 2023, the Defense Forces were supposed to concentrate the main counteroffensive forces in the direction of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia region, as proposed by former Armed Forces chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
However, the then commander of the Land Forces , Oleksandr Syrskyi, insisted on returning Bakhmut to Donetsk region, which changed the strategy.
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