Bakhmut seems to be a symbol of the whole conflict. Ukraine...

Bakhmut seems to be a symbol of the whole conflict.

Ukraine slowly drowning and trying to keep their head above water. They can only tread water for soo long before going under.

Its time to swallow pride and jump into Putin's life raft.

Pride only hurts, it never helps. Not that pride is an inherently bad thing, but you have to be able to recognize when it's gone too far and it becomes detrimental to your well-being.

"I think you're gonna find, when all this s### is over, I think you're gonna find yourself one smiling motherf####r. The thing is, Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it may be, ability don't last. And your days are just about over. Now that's a hard motherf###n' fact of life, but that's a fact of life your ass is gonna have to get realistic about. See, this business is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfu###rs. Motherfu###rs who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don't. Besides, Butch, how many fights do you think you got in you anyhow? Two? Boxers don't have an Old Timers Place. You came close but you never made it. And if you were gonna make it, you would have made it before now."