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Ukrainian units again attempted a counteroffensive in the area of Opytnoe on the southern outskirts of Bakhmut. The Wagner fighters repelled the attack, forcing the enemy to retreat with losses.  Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, which are a mixture of various units, including groups of NATO mercenaries, suffered heavy losses. According to Ukrainian and Western sources, the Ukrainian Army was losing hundreds of fighters killed and wounded daily. Troops from other units were sent to plug the holes in the defense lines.

Ukrainian units again attempted a counteroffensive in the area of Opytnoe on the southern outskirts of Bakhmut. The Wagner fighters repelled the attack, forcing the enemy to retreat with losses.  Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, which are a mixture of various units, including groups of NATO mercenaries, suffered heavy losses. According to Ukrainian and Western sources, the Ukrainian Army was losing hundreds of fighters killed and wounded daily. Troops from other units were sent to plug the holes in the defense lines.

Just as [[Hitler]] did during the [[Second World War]], [[Zelensky]] ordered that there be no Ukrainian retreat from the town, this meaning that there is no solution to a hopeless situation for the Ukrainian military.  Ukrainian officers ensured that by blowing a bridge their soldiers cannot retreat.

Just as [[Hitler]] did during the [[Second World War]], [[Zelensky]] ordered that there be no Ukrainian retreat from the town, this meaning that there is no solution to a hopeless situation for the Ukrainian military.  Ukrainian officers ensured that by blowing up the bridge providing an escape route to Slavyansk that Ukrainian soldiers could not retreat.

[[File:NATO cemetary in Poland.jpg|left|300px|thumb|NATO cemetery in Poland.<ref>https://polishnews.co.uk/olsztyn-american-cemetery-quarters/</ref>]]

[[File:NATO cemetary in Poland.jpg|left|300px|thumb|NATO cemetery in Poland.<ref>https://polishnews.co.uk/olsztyn-american-cemetery-quarters/</ref>]]

On December 9, 2022 it was reported that the Polish newspaper NDP (Independent Political Journal) believes without the support of NATO, the fighting in Ukraine would end within a week.  NDP reported daily losses of the AFU near Bakhmut reach battalion size, 500 to 800 soldiers daily; hospitals in the city of Konstantinovka are overcrowded.<ref>https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1601453311743303680</ref>  [[LPR]] officials claim that Ukraine is transferring up to 500 men ''per day'' to Bakhmut to replenish losses. Even Kiev regime chief [[propagandist]] [[Alexei Arestovych]] admitted that Russian artillery strength in the sector has a 9 to 1 advantage. Bakhmut was becoming the largest and most costly battle of the war for Ukraine.<ref>https://twitter.com/witte_sergei/status/1600921189190234112</ref>  ''Newsweek'' spoke with 'former' U.S. Colonel Andrew Milburn who, together with 'volunteers', trains Ukrainian soldiers: "They've been taking extraordinarily high casualties," Milburn said of the units training with the American Mozart PMC. "The numbers you are reading in the media about 70 percent and above casualties being routine are not exaggerated."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/wagner-group-targeting-volunteers-ukraine-mozart-group-russia-andy-milburn-1765321</ref>  A unit with 50% casualties is usually no longer able to fight and withdrawn from combat. But Zelensky leaves the units on the frontline until nearly nobody is left in them.

On December 9, 2022 it was reported that the Polish newspaper NDP (Independent Political Journal) believes without the support of NATO, the fighting in Ukraine would end within a week.  NDP reported daily losses of the AFU near Bakhmut reach battalion size, 500 to 800 soldiers daily; hospitals in the city of Konstantinovka are overcrowded.<ref>https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1601453311743303680</ref>  [[LPR]] officials claim that Ukraine is transferring up to 500 men ''per day'' to Bakhmut to replenish losses. Even Kiev regime chief [[propagandist]] [[Alexei Arestovych]] admitted that Russian artillery strength in the sector has a 9 to 1 advantage. Bakhmut was becoming the largest and most costly battle of the war for Ukraine.<ref>https://twitter.com/witte_sergei/status/1600921189190234112</ref>  ''Newsweek'' spoke with 'former' U.S. Colonel Andrew Milburn who, together with 'volunteers', trains Ukrainian soldiers: "They've been taking extraordinarily high casualties," Milburn said of the units training with the American Mozart PMC. "The numbers you are reading in the media about 70 percent and above casualties being routine are not exaggerated."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/wagner-group-targeting-volunteers-ukraine-mozart-group-russia-andy-milburn-1765321</ref>  A unit with 50% casualties is usually no longer able to fight and withdrawn from combat. But Zelensky leaves the units on the frontline until nearly nobody is left in them.