Russia has taken 20,000 to 30,000 casualties in trying to take Bakhmut, killed to wounded ratio could be worse than one to three - Western officials, speaking on condition of anonymity
No equivalent figure for Ukrainian defenders is offered, other than "less than that" - but others have spoken of five Russians to one Ukrainian and even higher. Hard to assess in this hell on earth fighting
Battle for Bakhmut "may well last for another month," the official said, or "Ukrainians could decide to leave within a week". Nobody knows in short, but is it still worth Ukraine fighting to defend a small city of no great strategic significance?
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