@Tacitus
If it results, that the Battle of Bakhmut drained the AFU of blood and munitions to the extent that it's no longer capable of meaningful offensive action - then yes.
Preliminary results of Bakhmut:
1) Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkov had ground to a halt at Kreminna. Now RF forces are busy pushing the Ukrainians back into Kharkov.
2) Formations from the Kherson and Zaporozhye front were rotated to Bakhmut, relieving pressure on our forces there.
3) Hundreds of thousands of shells, and tens of thousands of Ukrainians were digested there, at the cost of poorly-trained convict soldiers.
4) It has destabilized the political situation in Ukraine, as Zelensky is increasingly blamed for what seems a senseless bloodbath, more reminiscent of the Russian approach.
5) As one Russian blogger says, "Bakhmut is the origin of Ukrainian fear". Now if some political or military person in Ukraine is disgraced, they say - "send him to Bakhmut". It is viewed as a punishment akin to a death sentence. The reason Ukrainian optimism and fighting spirit has evaporated since the successes of the Fall, is Bakhmut. They throw everything they can at it, and can see it has no effect, as our forces continue to advance methodically. This would demoralize any force.