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  1. Ukrainian soldiers worry Russians begin to ‘taste victory.’ Just days before heading back to fight in the Battle of Bakhmut, a Ukrainian soldier Volodymyr, 54, said he felt ill-prepared. "When they drive us to Bakhmut, I already know I'm being sent to death," Volodymyr told the Kyiv Independent during his brief stay in Kramatorsk, a city in Donetsk Oblast some 25 kilometers west of the front line. "(The Russians) keep firing at us, but we don't have artillery – so we have nothing to attack them back with," Volodymyr said. "I don't know if I will return or not. We are just getting killed." Ukrainian infantrymen interviewed by the Kyiv Independent described the fighting in Bakhmut as a desperate survival challenge against Russia's "infinite" stocks of artillery munitions and manpower. With just their machine guns and rifles, they say they braced relentless Russian mortar and artillery attacks until their hideout was eventually destroyed. ... Valeriy, a Ukrainian infantryman, says that most of his fallen comrades were fatally wounded by projectile fragments. "It's a pity that probably 90% of our losses are from artillery – or tanks and aviation," Valeriy told the Kyiv Independent a few hours after leaving the Bakhmut front. "And much less (casualties) from shooting battles." Valeriy counted that "only a few" of the original 27 members of his platoon got out of the Bakhmut front with him, though he explained that most of them were wounded, not killed. "The Russians have so many weapons, and there are so many of them," Valeriy said. "They are firing at us all the time. Sometimes, you hear an incoming every second." Artillery is, as expected, the big killer in Bakhmut. While there are also many wounded the chances for them to eventually survive is not that big. Artillery wounds are notoriously unclean and slow to heal. There are allegedly Ukrainian orders that slightly wounded men must just be patched up and immediately send back to the front. Working in muddy battle trenches with notoriously bad sanitary conditions practically guarantees that those patched up wounds will then get infected. The Russian artillery advantage is reportedly 10 to 1. Artillery is causing high casualty rates. Any claim that Russian casualty rates are higher than those on the Ukrainian side are defying the logical conclusion from those facts.
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  2.  @R.R.R.465  Ukraine is being plagued by mounting military problems which do not bode well for its fortunes on the battlefield. Ukrainian troops are now in a very poor situation, they are really suffering heavy losses. The new conscripts are being used as cannon fodder after two-three days of training. The regime of Zelensky has become hostage of its own policy and of its promises to Western countries that it is capable of winning militarily over Russia if it is being supplied with weapons. The Ukrainians are willing to show they are capable of a counter-offensive and do not want any damage to their image, which is why the situation around the key city of Bakhmut, is really very bad for the country. There are a lot of [Ukrainian] troops that are on the brink of being encircled. Casualties are immense, Kiev is throwing in troops just to support the prestige of Zelensky and his promises to the West. The weather conditions are also not in favor of the Ukrainian army, because they can’t use heavy machines for their tasks. Zelensky has described this battle as “one of the hardest.” On Wednesday, he promised to reinforce the city. Washington is concerned by Kiev’s dwindling supply of ammunition, air defenses and experienced troops, according to Politico. U.S. officials estimate that more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops (more like 250,00 kia and over 400,000 wounded) have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict with Russia last February, Politico has reported. Washington is concerned by Kiev’s lack of ammunition, air defenses and experienced soldiers in the run-up to a major Ukrainian offensive expected later in spring, the U.S. news website said in a report on Wednesday. “Upwards of 100,000 Ukrainian forces have died in the year-long war, US officials estimate, including the most experienced soldiers,” Politico wrote. “Many of these losses are taking place in Bakhmut,” it added. On Monday, the Washington Post reported: “U.S. and European officials have estimated that as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the start of Russia’s invasion early last year.” Speaking after Wednesday’s virtual meeting of the multinational Ukraine Defense Contact Group, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, “Ukraine doesn’t have any time to waste.” “We have to deliver swiftly and fully on our promised commitments” to Kiev, including supplies of “armored capabilities,” training for Ukrainian troops, spare parts and other things, he urged. The support of the Kiev regime by NATO countries doesn’t lead to the success of the Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. On the contrary, there is a significant increase in losses among the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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