Ukrainian soldiers after a battle near Bakhmut
It is safe to say that Kiev has accepted the inevitable loss of Bakhmut.
Now the main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is to contain the assault units of the Wagner PMC in the city area as long as possible, buying time to prepare other defensive lines. Once the Russians have cleared the Bakhmut area, they will inevitably pose a direct threat to Seversk and Slavyansk, the last Ukrainian strongholds remaining in the Donbass.
That is why General Zaluzhny, commander of the AFU, has used his favorite tactic of delaying the Russian troops as long as possible, by deploying against them what may be called a “meat rampart”. This is a carousel of poorly-trained units with low combat readiness, mainly composed of newly mobilized servicemen and fighters of the territorial defense. Kiev throws these units into combat, expecting that it will take between 48 and 72 hours before they lose full combat effectiveness. They are then replaced by other fresh units, while the remnants of those who survived are used to form another combined squad, also doomed to die.
The bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed during the assault operations of Wagner fighters prepared for transfer to the Ukrainian side:
The officers of these AFU units treat their soldiers like cattle, personally acting as punishers from the retreat blocking units. Ukrainian servicemen complain that officers are shooting soldiers with captured Russian weapons. They do this in order to hoodwink the AFU command that their unit lost combat capability due to Russian firepower, rather than from having fled their positions. This directly affects the cash payments made to officers.
So, what I wanted to tell you. My name is Fedchenko Denis Gennadyevich, born in 1991 in Nikopol. I am a member of the 92nd brigade, 2nd rifle battalion, 6th company, 1st platoon. I’m about to post what a f*** mess this place is.
The commanders are b***s. Not all of them, there are normal ones, but not many. But in general they are b***s, especially high command bitches. Words fail, because they are cattle.
I’m going to make some clips to provide evidence, videos, recordings, and their names, positions, who they are, what they are. Because truly said, we are fighting for the wrong power. For the wrong Ukraine. We are not fighting for a free country, we are fighting for a regime.
The servicemen have no rights. Truly said, we came under heavy artillery fire and I went AWOL. If I hadn’t, they could have easily (killed me). Especially since I’ve seen them beating the guys.
They could easily beat someone up, and then shoot him with a trophy orc weapon, and write on the paper that “he was on a mission, and died defending his homeland”. But in fact, he was killed by his own commanders.
I cannot keep silent any longer. And I appeal to my brothers, to other guys, when you see such situations or even worse, don’t keep silent. Remember, there are millions of us, and a handful of them. One must always fight for the truth. Ukrainians have always fought for the truth. Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes.
It reportedly goes so far that Ukrainian and NATO officers are promised large cash bonuses depending on how many hours their units retain a modicum of combat effectiveness; how long they remain in the trenches before escaping, surrendering or being destroyed. The fate of wounded Ukrainian soldiers who did not get the chance to be captured by Russians is terrible. They are usually left to die on the battlefield. The AFU has an acute shortage of medical personnel and field hospitals in the area of combat operations.
The General Staff of the AFU have already buried a huge number of excellent units in the Bakhmut meat grinder. Zaluzhny’s strategy was clear, but deeply flawed. Intelligence showed him that there were 2.5 times more Ukrainian troops than Russian troops in the Bakhmut area, while there was parity in artillery and combat vehicles. Based on this data, the Ukrainian command believed, quite reasonably, not only that Bakhmut would be held, but that Russia would suffer a heavy defeat. The mistake became clear when regular Ukrainian units, bleeding to death, began to withdraw one by one from the area of operations, due to loss of combat efficiency.
The best infantry in the world, assault units of the Wagner PMC, proved on the battlefield that even the most objective intelligence does not necessarily mean victory. Now Bakhmut may well turn into a common name, as in its time the Berezina did (C’est la Bérézina, 1812). This is a name that signifies a conveyor belt of death. In their turn, the Wagner PMC fighters have already written themselves into the history of warfare, akin to the Roman legionnaires, Napoleon’s guards and the soldiers of Rhodesian Light Infantry.
