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The russian side lost for this battle for bakhmut. retired general mark hurtling joining us now. general, good to see you. where do you stand on the value of bakhmut? because we heard from secretary austin that would not -- losing it would not represent some operational or strategic significant loss. but you heard what president zelenskyy said today, that if this were lost to the russians this would be an open road. where do you stand? >> well, i -- first of all, i say i agree with secretary austin. a guy who used to be my boss and knows a lot about military operations. it would not be a str...