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The [[Battle of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk|battle for Severodonetsk-Lysychansk]] metropolitan area ended with the victory of Russian-led forces. [[AFU]] forces suffered about 7,000 casualties in the Battle of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk.  The front line of Bakhmut/Artemovsk – Soledar-Seversk, also known as the Zelensky Line, became the new hotspot.  On June 28, 2022 it was reported that the Ukrainians had amassed about 20,000 troops which had been withdrawn from several surrounding fronts around the town of Siversk (pop. 10,000) in the Northern [[Donetsk Republic]], between Izium and Lysychansk.  Another 20,000 were reported around the Bakhmut fortress.  Bakhmut is a crossroads of multiple roads and rail lines and sits on high ground.

The [[Battle of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk|battle for Severodonetsk-Lysychansk]] metropolitan area ended with the victory of Russian-led forces. [[AFU]] forces suffered about 7,000 casualties in the Battle of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk.  The front line of Bakhmut/Artemovsk – Soledar-Seversk, also known as the Zelensky Line, became the new hotspot.  On June 28, 2022 it was reported that the Ukrainians had amassed about 20,000 troops which had been withdrawn from several surrounding fronts around the town of Siversk (pop. 10,000) in the Northern [[Donetsk Republic]], between Izium and Lysychansk.  Another 20,000 were reported around the Bakhmut fortress.  Bakhmut is a crossroads of multiple roads and rail lines and sits on high ground.

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 Bakhmut meat grinder.  And not just Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]] forces, who were ill-trained and ill-equipped for combat, but also NATO military contractors. ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine finally admitted that much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, M777 Howitzers and other sophisticated weapons systems were operated by [[Western alliance]] contractors,<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops that resigned their commission with their NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, then immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], then donned Ukrainian uniforms in Ukraine.

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 Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense]] forces, who were ill-trained and ill-equipped for combat, but also NATO military contractors. ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine finally admitted that much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, M777 Howitzers and other sophisticated weapons systems were operated by [[Western alliance]] contractors,<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops that resigned their commission with their NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, then immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], then donned Ukrainian uniforms in Ukraine.

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, and the number of NATO deaths and casualties grew throughout the winter campaign.  NATO played into the 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, and the number of NATO deaths and casualties grew throughout the winter campaign.  NATO played into the 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]].