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On August 19, 2022 fighting was reported in the center of Soledar.
On August 19, 2022 fighting was reported in the center of Soledar.
[[File:Bakhmut bridge.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Bridge destroyed by Ukraine to prevent Ukrainian troops from retreating.<ref>https://gpovanman.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/the-heat-of-the-artemovsk-cauldron/</ref>]]
On August 25, 2022 a Ukrainian counterattack in Bakhmut, where Ukrainians existed in large numbers, failed.<ref>https://youtu.be/Uy1E2B2i9Tg</ref>
On August 25, 2022 a Ukrainian counterattack in Bakhmut, where Ukrainians existed in large numbers, failed.<ref>https://youtu.be/Uy1E2B2i9Tg</ref>
By September 24, 2022 Ukrainian forces began destroying the bridges in Bakhmut.
By September 24, 2022 Ukrainian forces began destroying the bridges in Bakhmut.
On September 27, 2022 the Wagner group entered the settlement of Zaitseve.
On September 27, 2022 the Wagner group entered the settlement of Zaitseve.
According to LPR Gen. Viktor Vololatski, by mid-October 2022, 80% of the forces on Soledar-Bakhmut front were NATO and mercenaries, the bulk from former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries with Ukrainians constituting only 20% of the force.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/keHxDSEqYFKj/</ref> The [[Wagner group]] continued making progress into the city of Bakhmut.
According to LPR Gen. Viktor Vololatski, by mid-October 2022, 80% of the forces on Soledar-Bakhmut front were NATO and mercenaries, the bulk from former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries with Ukrainians constituting only 20% of the force.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/keHxDSEqYFKj/</ref> The [[Wagner group]] continued making progress into the city of Bakhmut.
[[File:Wagner line (2).jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Wagner Line, October 25, 2022]]
On October 18, 2022 the Russian MOD reported the destruction of three US-made AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 mobile missile radar finder systems in the areas of Bakhmut, Vyemka and Soledar.
On October 18, 2022 the Russian MOD reported the destruction of three US-made AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 mobile missile radar finder systems in the areas of Bakhmut, Vyemka and Soledar.
==Winter campaign - the Bakhmut meatgrinder==
==Winter campaign - the Bakhmut meatgrinder==
[[File:Bakhmut meatginder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Bakhmut meatgrinder.]]
In late November 2022 Russian troops went back on the offensive in several directions. The offensive of the Wagner Group continued in Bakhmut and on its outskirts, where the Ukrainian group risked being surrounded. A section of the railway line was cut.
To stay warm, tank crews left their engines on at all times, making detection and subsequent destruction of both armor and ground troops by Russian forces all the more easier. Many Ukrainian troops reported they had not seen their commanders in three weeks and were running out of food.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/aUHstFGzEgnH/</ref> Ukrainian soldiers would try to keep warm in their bunkers and trenches. When they lit a fire to cook or keep warm, the smoke was spotted by drones directing artillery fire and the NATO/Ukraine forces were immediately killed. The soldiers suffered from maladies long thought to have ended with [[World War I]], like trench foot.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/XDZkbXdT1uwN/</ref> While in a defensive posture for a prolonged period of time, and unable to leave the trench because of constant artillery shelling, the soldiers typically relieve themselves on the trench floor.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/SbWS7gEKcUHe/</ref> The trenches fill up with water from rain and snow, which gets into the soldiers' feet.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/E2UEFWVbklUy/</ref> The soldiers' feet literally rot in the trenches. Below freezing temperatures causes frostbite in the extremities, then infection and the loss of limbs.
To stay warm, tank crews left their engines on at all times, making detection and subsequent destruction of both armor and ground troops by Russian forces all the more easier. Many Ukrainian troops reported they had not seen their commanders in three weeks and were running out of food.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/aUHstFGzEgnH/</ref> Ukrainian soldiers would try to keep warm in their bunkers and trenches. When they lit a fire to cook or keep warm, the smoke was spotted by drones directing artillery fire and the NATO/Ukraine forces were immediately killed. The soldiers suffered from maladies long thought to have ended with [[World War I]], like trench foot.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/XDZkbXdT1uwN/</ref> While in a defensive posture for a prolonged period of time, and unable to leave the trench because of constant artillery shelling, the soldiers typically relieve themselves on the trench floor.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/SbWS7gEKcUHe/</ref> The trenches fill up with water from rain and snow, which gets into the soldiers' feet.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/E2UEFWVbklUy/</ref> The soldiers' feet literally rot in the trenches. Below freezing temperatures causes frostbite in the extremities, then infection and the loss of limbs.