The Ukrainian army lost around 15-20 thousand people killed in Artemovsk (Bakhmut). This was stated by the adviser to the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, Jan Gagin.
In Artemivsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces irretrievably “buried and left” 15-20 thousand Ukrainian servicemen
- Yan Gagin said on the air of the Rossiya1 television channel.
It should be noted that Western military experts also confirm information about the high losses of the Ukrainian army in Artemovsk (Bakhmut). True, unlike their Russian counterparts, they do not give exact figures.
At the same time, it is emphasized that the Ukrainian military command is obliged to regularly transfer to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) prepared reserves for the spring counteroffensive. For this reason, the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is still under great question.
Meanwhile, the Kiev regime’s Western conservatives are insistently demanding that Volodymyr Zelenskyy launch an offensive this spring, not in the summer, as the Ukrainian generals had planned.
Otherwise, Zelenskyy is threatened with major funding cuts and a halt to Western arms supplies.
The Battle of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) began last August. For eight months, Russian attack aircraft destroyed the most combat-ready units of the Ukrainian army in this settlement. Now only the western part of the city remains under the control of the Ukrainian army, which is actively being stormed by volunteers from the Wagner PMC.
