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Medical evacuation from the frontline trenches was extremely difficult. Most wounded just died in place. The equipment they used was mostly lost with them. Doctors reported 80% of all combat injuries were from shrapnel and confirmed the high casualty rate. A months' worth of NATO equipment poured into Ukraine was consumed in Bakhmut in one week.<ref>https://youtu.be/vqm2XVKdaio</ref>
Medical evacuation from the frontline trenches was extremely difficult. Most wounded just died in place. The equipment they used was mostly lost with them. Doctors reported 80% of all combat injuries were from shrapnel and confirmed the high casualty rate. A months' worth of NATO equipment poured into Ukraine was consumed in Bakhmut in one week.<ref>https://youtu.be/vqm2XVKdaio</ref>
[[File:Bakhmut Dec 12 2022.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Bakhmut, December 12, 2022.]]
Morale fell among Ukrainian forces. A viral video addressed to Gen. Zaluzhny and President Zelensky narrated by a Ukrainian soldier stated:
Morale fell among Ukrainian forces. A viral video addressed to Gen. Zaluzhny and President Zelensky narrated by a Ukrainian soldier stated:
{{quotebox-float|"I want to send my greetings to AGETHA [[Zaluzhny]] and to our President. How is it going? Are they warm where you are? You say in your videos that everything is fine, that the soldiers do not need anything. We are not only killed by orks (Russians) but also by cold. Where is our aid? The Administration ignores us. The c@@@@@ only threaten us with imprisonment.
{{quotebox-float|"I want to send my greetings to AGETHA [[Zaluzhny]] and to our President. How is it going? Are they warm where you are? You say in your videos that everything is fine, that the soldiers do not need anything. We are not only killed by orks (Russians) but also by cold. Where is our aid? The Administration ignores us. The c@@@@@ only threaten us with imprisonment.