The pro-Ukraine propaganda keeps changing.
Let us get in our little Time Machine and travel all the way back to last year:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-war-russia-bakhmut-1.6670438
The best part is the end of the article where a Ukraine spokesperson explained “the situation is under control”.
Not any more....
This Canadian link reports a loss-ratio of five Russians for every one Ukrainian.
Those numbers, however regrettable, should have kept Ukraine in Bakhmut as long as feasible.