Bakhmut as Succession Playground (2022)
Strategically meaningless, a stage for Prigozhin’s bid.
Validated: the June 2023 mutiny grew directly from Bakhmut.
Source: Prophetic Dimension · Twitter (2022-12-01)
While “military experts” debated Bakhmut’s strategic value, the author identified it as a succession stage. The June 2023 Prigozhin mutiny proved the prediction — Bakhmut was about internal power, not territory.