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AFU loses over 250 officers in a month in Bakhmut due to NATO tactics: details

There has been an explosive increase in the deaths of junior and senior officers in AFU units deployed to Bakhmut since late November.

According to the Military Chronicle, the largest losses among platoon and company commanders have been recorded in the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade, 60th Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, and 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, which arrived in Bakhmut to reinforce the defense and strengthen the front.

These units are considered the most combat-ready in the Ukrainian army. Officers and privates from these brigades were trained at the Yavoriv training ground and in Germany as part of the JMTG-U mission before starting the special military operation. The training was conducted by officers from US Army and National Guard formations and instructors from a number of NATO countries.

The US instructors taught the Ukrainian Armed Forces about long-range combat and how to operate in an assault formation in a city. In Bakhmut, it is practically impossible to conduct attacks 95% of the time it takes to organize defenses. The Ukrainian army cannot offer its own tactical solutions, and as a result, unit commanders make mistakes and send people to certain death.

Due to a wrong assessment of the potential enemy, in less than a month, the losses of officers in all units of the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut exceeded 250 people. Because of tactical errors, units trained to NATO standards in Germany were repeatedly ambushed and tried to take cover in buildings previously sheltered by the 152 mm Giatsint-S and Msta-B guns.

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An AFU man from a trench complains that his unit has suffered heavy losses and the entire forest clearing is littered with the dead...

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