Correct, Artymovsk’s losses no doubt hamstrung the Ukies infamous “offensive”. Worth repeating:
Operation Bakhmut Meat Grinder results:
1. 6.5 thousand foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
2. 10 thousand units of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
3. 35 thousand units of weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were taken as trophies.
4. More than 50 aircraft and helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
5. 55,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed.
6. 85 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were wounded.
7. Such a large percentage of the dead was due to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were almost surrounded and did not have time to take out the wounded.
8. PMC Wagner has also losses, but several times less.
9. 10 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were completely destroyed and deprived of combat capability.
10. 21 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated and withdrawn to the rear for reorganization.
11. All these brigades were preparing for the offensive but instead of an offensive, they were defeated in Bakhmut.
Who was decimated in Artymovsk ( Bakmut)::
Brigades:
45th Brigade
43rd Brigade
26th Brigade
28th Brigade
62nd Brigade
63rd Brigade
53rd Brigade
60th Brigade
24th Brigade
57th Brigade
30th Brigade
Advance Rubizh Brigade
Advance Azov Brigade
Advance Uragan Brigade
Advance Spartan Brigade
109th Brigade
116th Brigade
119th Brigade
241st Brigade
93rd Brigade
77th Brigade
46th Brigade
4th Brigade
17th Brigade
61st Brigade of Jaegers
Special Forces and Spetsnaz Regiments:
5th Assault Regiment
8th Regiment of Special Forces
Kraken Battalions:
122nd Battalion
68th Battalion
214th OPFOR Battalion
49th Rifle Battalion
15th Mountain Assault Battalion
Omega
Border Guard Donetsk
8th Regiment of the UDAR UAVs:
Shershen
Adam
Karlsen
Terra
Skala
Madyar
Khartia
Kep
Seneka
WASP Legions:
Dudaev Battalion
Georgian Legion
Mansur Battalion
Shamil Battalion
Gonor
Normandy Legion”
The Western narrative spun their defeat at Artymovsk as nothing but a flesh wound, unimportant, no strategic value, etc…..it most likely is the beginning of their end….unless of course the West makes a very, very stupid move and escalates. When will America wake up and heed Trump’s warning about the corrupted western media?
Yes - the "Golden Hour".
Do you really think 6,500 foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine got killed in Bakhmut?
Why don't you try to post some evidence for just that one statement.
I am so sick of this war and cannot wait for it to finish.
Instead of acquiring skills, building a career, improving their county’s economy, these young men are being sent off with poor resources, insufficient defective equipment, criminally incompetent leadership, into horrific situations to get maimed or killed for nothing.
Somebody’s son. Somebody’s brother. Somebody’s father. Sent as cannon fodder because some indifferent power-hungry well-paid politician couldn’t resolve this by using their brains.
I hope all politicians (yes including our own Dubya) who start needless wars from their own incompetence, get skewered and barbecued daily in hell.