Comments by "FactMan" (@truthseeker6116) on "Russia's Battle of Attrition in Ukraine" video.
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No one is being honest here about the reality of Bahkmut. It was a pyrrhic victory and everybody understands this. It may actually cause the defeat of the Russians on the entire Eastern front because so much capital was invested and lost by the Russians in trying to take it. The panel is dismissing battlefield casualties and speculating that the ratio is 1 to 1. Complete rubbish. If a military force is attacking well-defended, reinforced positions, manned by troops with very high morale, it is logical to expect much higher casualties among the attacking troops, it can be no other way. A minimum figure has to be estimated that's why a 3 to 1 doctrine is always used. 3 attackers to 1 defender. In Bakhmut it was most probably much higher because the attacking troops were mainly untrained prisoners. Actual core Wagner fighter casualties were most probably pretty low until the flow of Prisoners (cannon fodder) stopped. That's when Wagner started having serious problems because Prigozhin had to use his core fighters, who started to suffer real casualties. No more cannon fodder available. When that happened Wagner PMC could no longer make a difference on the ground because Prigozhin would never risk his core mercenaries because they are the only thing guaranteeing his survival in any future civil war in Russia ( The elite with the biggest private army will win ) and continued prosperity ( plundering Africa).
It's probable that Wagner suffered 90 percent casualties in taking Bakhmut. The Moscow Times and Meduza wrote articles by Olga Romanova, the head of Russia Behind Bars, a prisoner rights group. Most probably the one person able to give fairly accurate figures on Prisoner casualties outside of the Russian military, although she was forced to flee the Russian dictatorship or end up in jail, she still works for the rights of Russian prisoners and has extensive contacts throughout Russian civil society. She stated that out of 50 thousand prisoners recruited, up to 43 thousand were killed, wounded, went awol, or were captured/surrendered. This was backed up partially by Prighozin himself who stated that 20 thousand Wagner fighters were killed. If we have 4 wounded to 1 killed it's starting to look as if 100,000 Russian casualties is the cost of Russian( Phyrric) victory in Bakhmut. This is the reason no one in the West is calling this a victory. Its nothing to do with mainstream media putting a shade over Russia's' victory'. 100,000 casualties in a single battle not including Russian losses in other areas of Ukraine is nothing less than catastrophic. No one in their right mind is going to say BAkhmut was worth the price, a relatively unimportant, very small town, whose capture is not going to make any strategic difference to the Ukranian's position in this war.
Why do you think Ukraine has delayed its own offensive, even though the ground and weather are now much better for offensive operations? Because they know that attacking always leads to higher casualties., they want to make sure there are no mistakes. And without a doubt, they will have learned valuable lessons from the Battle of Bakhmut. But the Ukrainian morale is much higher and they know they cannot retreat because they are fighting for their homes and families against a horde of murdering rapists and looters. Well, you would fight to the death to defend your family and home against men without honor, wouldn't you?
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