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==Winter campaign - the Bakhmut meatgrinder==

==Winter campaign - 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. According to [[Kyiv regime]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Alexei Arestovich]], Russian forces held a 9 to 1 or greater [[artillery]] advantage.

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.  

[[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>]]

[[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>]]

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.