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The small town of Bakhmut (pop. 70,000) was fortified by the [[Zelensky regime]] at [[NATO]]'s direction.  NATO tactics were developed for insurgent warfare in the [[Middle East]] and [[Afghanistan]], but proved catastrophic in large-scale industrial warfare. NATO/Ukraine kept feeding more and more forces into the open cauldron of the Bakhmut meat grinder.  And not just the Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]], who were ill-trained and ill-equipped for combat, but also NATO military contractors.  

The small town of Bakhmut (pop. 70,000) was fortified by the [[Zelensky regime]] at [[NATO]]'s direction.  NATO tactics were developed for insurgent warfare in the [[Middle East]] and [[Afghanistan]], but proved catastrophic in large-scale industrial warfare. NATO/Ukraine kept feeding more and more forces into the open cauldron of the Bakhmut meat grinder.  And not just the Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]], who were ill-trained and ill-equipped for combat, but also NATO military contractors.  

''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine was the first major Western [[propaganda]] organ to reveal that the much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, M777 Howitzers, and other sophisticated weaponry were operated not by Ukrainian forces but rather by [[Western alliance]] contractors.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops resigned their commissions with the NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], and then donned Ukrainian uniforms.

''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine was the first major Western [[propaganda]] organ to reveal that the much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, M777 Howitzers, and other sophisticated weaponry were operated, not by Ukrainian forces, but rather by [[Western alliance]] contractors.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops resigned their commissions with the NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], and then donned Ukrainian uniforms.

The ''[[Wunderwaffe]]'' provided by the United States and NATO take months to learn how to operate properly. The Zelensky regime didn't have months to train [[AFU]] forces to use these weapons.  NATO casualties in Bakhmut began to stack up, and NATO could no longer hide it.  Poland was the first to reveal how many troops were lost,<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/11/ukraine-war-a-contentious-graveyard-in-poland.html#more</ref> and the number of NATO deaths and casualties grew throughout the winter campaign.  NATO played into Russian hands, helping Russia with it overall stated aims from the beginning - to demilitarize Ukraine, which was becoming expanded to the de-NATOization of [[Europe]].

The ''[[Wunderwaffe]]'' provided by the United States and NATO take months to learn how to operate properly. The Zelensky regime didn't have months to train [[AFU]] forces to use these weapons.  NATO casualties in Bakhmut began to stack up, and NATO could no longer hide it.  Poland was the first to reveal how many troops were lost,<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/11/ukraine-war-a-contentious-graveyard-in-poland.html#more</ref> and the number of NATO deaths and casualties grew throughout the winter campaign.  NATO played into Russian hands, helping Russia with it overall stated aims from the beginning - to demilitarize Ukraine, which was becoming expanded to the de-NATOization of [[Europe]].