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→Winter campaign - the Bakhmut meatgrinder
On January 17, 2023, Moonofalabama reported counting 27 brigade size formations of Ukrainian forces in the Bakhmut area. Those forces would constitute 50% of Ukraine's battle ready forces.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/01/ukraine-sitrep-media-ignorance-counter-artillery-war-three-lost-armies-.html</ref> On January 20 Big Serge stated that "publicly available Ukrainian sources locate at least 34 brigade or equivalent units that have been deployed in the Bakhmut area. Many of these were deployed months ago and are already shattered, but over the full span of the ongoing battle this represents an astonishing commitment."<ref>https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-the-world-blood</ref> According to Ukrainian sources,<ref>https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/02/05/life-expectancy-for-undertrained-ukrainian-troops-in-bakhmut-is-4-hours/</ref> the life expectancy of an untrained conscript pressed into service in Bakhmut by the Kyiv regime was 4 hours.
On January 17, 2023, Moonofalabama reported counting 27 brigade size formations of Ukrainian forces in the Bakhmut area. Those forces would constitute 50% of Ukraine's battle ready forces.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/01/ukraine-sitrep-media-ignorance-counter-artillery-war-three-lost-armies-.html</ref> On January 20 Big Serge stated that "publicly available Ukrainian sources locate at least 34 brigade or equivalent units that have been deployed in the Bakhmut area. Many of these were deployed months ago and are already shattered, but over the full span of the ongoing battle this represents an astonishing commitment."<ref>https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-the-world-blood</ref> According to Ukrainian sources,<ref>https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/02/05/life-expectancy-for-undertrained-ukrainian-troops-in-bakhmut-is-4-hours/</ref> the life expectancy of an untrained conscript pressed into service in Bakhmut by the Kyiv regime was 4 hours.
The estimated life expectancy of a Ukrainian soldier deployed in Bakhmut according to some sources was 4 hours. On February 6, 2023 Ukrainian Nazis were reported to have used chemical weapons, which they openly boasted about on social networks. The infamous Ukrainian blogger and commander of a separate tactical air reconnaissance group Madyar published a new video showing FPV drones and chemical munitions, hinting that the Ukrainian military are preparing to use prohibited weapons in Bakhmut. On the evening of February 5, 2023 the first use of this chemical weapon was reported in the village of Novobakhmutovka on the outskirts of Donetsk. Russian servicemen suffered vomiting and convulsions.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/SS9QdGSfJhva/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/LkGYtA46qJI</ref> The claims were supported by photos of crashed drones identical to those that Magyar boasted about in a video uploaded to the internet.<ref>https://s4.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/video/06.02.2023_IMR_Ukraine.mp4</ref>
On February 28, 2023 the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian forces lost 350 fighters. On March 1, 2023 the MOD reported 190 Ukrainian troops killed, and loss of 18 armored and 16 light vehicles.
===AFU use of chemical weapons===
===AFU use of chemical weapons===