I think Ukraine defending Bakhmut for this long is a good strategy on the Ukrainian part. Russia/wagner pretty much lost around 30k-40k just to take a secondary city. And expending the rusky resources.
And this is also create more time for the Ukrainians to mount a larger counter offensive...
Damn! This is the only real reason to hate the Ukrainians right now. I know it's probs take years before the first brick being placed and Leopard 1 is more than enough for handling >90% of russian armored threat.
Man we should all get invaded once in a while if we get this in return. Ukrainian not only will have the best tank in the war but the best tank in any future war.