[caww]

Kuzyk on the front lines writes......: "In this area, they have concentrated assault groups, and a lot of resources. They are trying to show the whole world that they are capable of anything. When they realized that they could not take Bakhmut head-on, they began a circling maneuver, trying to go around from the right and left. They began to press attacks in all directions. So now their offensive has spread all over the area.

The situation is difficult, because in some areas, for example, in Kherson, a lot of our equipment was concentrated, and could hit its targets well. There is still no parity in artillery here near Bakhmut. The Russians have much better armament in terms of artillery. They are thrashing us.

When the men were standing in formation, the commanders came and said: ......"Guys, we understand everything – cold, rain, swamp – it's hard. If you don't want to, raise your hand, you won't have any questions.".... Two people raised their hands, they were taken aside and shot in front of the entire formation. Then they asked: ....who still does not want to fight? These guys are driven by fear and constantly storm our positions in small groups.

https://news.yahoo.com/continuous-assaults-water-logged-trenches-155500309.html

[caww]

: There have been photos of the trenches with knee-deep puddles.

Kuzyk continus.......: “These are absolutely real photos, because there is no time to build drainage in the trenches. And there is no one to do it. Everything is done by hand, everything is done under fire. The rains have passed. Today is the first day without rain, but then and yesterday when it fell, all the water flowed into the trenches. And the shelling was such that it was impossible to get out of the trench, so the guys were constantly wet for a day or two. Plus the temperature is like this. Many are contused, many with pneumonia.”

[caww]

In spite of all the lies from Zelensky and the support for them by Washington and the western MSM, the truth is Ukraine is taking a beating.

[BeauBo]

"There is still no parity in artillery here near Bakhmut."

I saw some reports that said the current Russian concentration of Artillery around Bakhmut was the largest relative advantage over Ukrainian Artillery of anywhere along the front - about 9 to 1.

Back in June, The Russian Artillery advantage got up to 20 to 1 over a longer stretch of front lines in the Donbas.

"Heat map" depiction of the intensity of recent shelling:

"The Russians have much better armament in terms of artillery." Although they definitely have a significantly better quantity, the Ukrainians have significantly better quality (Pzh2000, Excalibur, HIMARS, etc.)