“Here’s what can happen to you if you’re in Bahmut. You get wounded in a place they call “Hell on Earth” and then you realize that the armored car they’re supposed to take you to the field hospital isn’t working… The paramedic on duty has only one choice: to swear,” BILD wrote, assuring that after much effort, the wounded 28-year-old VSU soldier named Andrii was pulled from the front to receive the necessary medical assistance.
According to the article – “unlike many of his comrades in arms, he was lucky to survive his wounds.”
The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been raging for months with heavy casualties on both sides. Nowhere in the ongoing war is the fighting more severe than in this Donbas city, which the Russians want to capture at all costs and the Ukrainians want to hold at all costs, with all the consequences of that decision. But unfortunately for the Ukrainians, after a seven-month siege, the Russians are slowly but surely winning the battle for Bakhmut, commented the German newspaper BILD in a report from the front line.
Ukraine: Russia implements “scorched earth” tactics in Bakhmut
Only two roads connect the nearly surrounded city with the rest of the Ukrainian-controlled zone. And in the city itself, the Russians advanced street by street. It seems only a matter of time before Bakhmut falls completely into their hands, the editorial staff of the publication are confident.
“The mood in the Ukrainian camp shows how strong the defense of the city is. The positive energy that surprises everywhere in Ukraine, even when things are going badly, cannot be felt in Bakhmut. Few soldiers are willing to talk; while the sound of constant shelling is heard, they sit motionless in anticipation of what is to come.”
“The mood among the military: tense, focused, worried. Many wonder what they are fighting for in Bakhmut. Is it really still worth defending this devastated city against repeated attacks by the Russian armed forces?” the authors of the article ask, as assure that this is a question that many in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are asking themselves more and more often.
