| | On November 27, 2022, reports indicated that hospitals in Bakhmut were full with over 500 Ukrainian wounded and no chance to evacuate them. At '''Chasiv Yar''' (pop. 12,000) slightly to the west of Bakhmut, the Russians killed 100 [[NATO]] forces and destroyed 6 armored vehicles. | | On November 27, 2022, reports indicated that hospitals in Bakhmut were full with over 500 Ukrainian wounded and no chance to evacuate them. At '''Chasiv Yar''' (pop. 12,000) slightly to the west of Bakhmut, the Russians killed 100 [[NATO]] forces and destroyed 6 armored vehicles. |
| − | By the first week of December 2022 Ukraine/NATO was losing approximately a battalion per day in Bakhmut. The head of the Wagner group [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]] claimed that the Russians have the task of destroying the Ukrainian army and reducing its combat potential but not storming the city. Daily total losses for the Kiev regime from November 10, 2022, to December 10, 2022, averaged 800 dead for a combined total of 24,000, or the equivalent of 6 to 7 NATO brigades. The German army as of 2022 had only 8 brigades. [[Joe Biden]] and the [[EU]] gambled that Russia would fold in two months, by April 2022, with [[Russia sanctions]]. However, by December 2022 it became apparent that NATO was not prepared for war it provoked with Russia. | + | By the first week of December 2022 Ukraine/NATO was losing approximately a battalion per day in Bakhmut. The head of the [[Wagner group]] [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]] claimed that the Russians have the task of destroying the Ukrainian army and reducing its combat potential but not storming the city. Daily total losses for the [[Kiev regime]] from November 10, 2022, to December 10, 2022, averaged 800 dead for a combined total of 24,000, or the equivalent of 6 to 7 [[NATO]] brigades. The German army as of 2022 had only 8 brigades. [[Joe Biden]] and the [[EU]] gambled that Russia would fold in two months, by April 2022, with [[Russia sanctions]]. However, by December 2022 it became apparent that NATO was not prepared for the war it provoked with Russia. |