The distance from Kiev to the eastern front is about 600km.
The fighting is intense, it has just been more static because of the winter conditions; There are plenty videos posted on the internet that show intensity of the fighting.



Russians apparently launched a large assault on Vuhledar which failed. A much larger offensive is coming soon it would appear.
Can't embed the video, here is the link. There is only destroyed vehicles; It should be noted that we can't verify it ourselves.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/10xse67/video_reportedly_of_31_destroyedabandoned_armored/



Were you surprised that Vladimir didn't visit Bakhmut?

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Feb 10 2023 07:15am

No, why?

85 years old + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease

NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels today will address Ukraine's urgent need for artillery ammunition after Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that crucial supplies were running low as Russia begins an offensive in the east. Defence ministers are also expected to discuss the prospect of sending fighter jets to Kyiv. Mr Stoltenberg has warned that Russia has already effectively begun its long-feared offensive in the east of Ukraine. Against that backdrop he issued a warning that Ukraine was in a race against logistics to meet its need for artillery ammunition.

It has been reported that as the offensive gets under way, Ukraine is burning through 5,000 artillery shells per day, equivalent to the annual stockpile of a small country. That is a faster rate that Western countries can produce. Russia is said to be firing four times that amount as it looks for gains along the front line in Donbas. Mr Stoltenberg said Western defence manufacturers were struggling to meet demand.

At today’s meeting official NATO ministers are expected to announce ways to increase output and to pledge further air defence equipment for Ukraine. Ministers will also discuss the prospects of sending fighter jets. The UK has already said it would train Ukrainian pilots to fly NATO-level jets, while France has said it has not ruled out supplying Mirage fighter planes. Training of Ukrainian forces has already begun in Poland, Britain and Germany on the Leopard 2 and other modern battle tanks that are seen as key to boost Ukraine’s defence capability.

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above reported from the irish state broadcaster.

B-b-but Russia was out of ammo since April last year

- Seems Russian didn't manage to fix their army: no only on the meat grinder aspect of the problem but more likeky on the whole troops coordination, organization.
- Russians slowly take ground around Bakhmut, but seems it's been "worth it" for Ukrainians that will be able to safely withdraw with an astounding kill/death ratio.





This post was edited by Meanwhile on Feb 14 2023 06:26am

the first image is not to be trusted, noting it has been repeatedly highlighted to be false or misleading (this is generally accepted across most media platforms).
the 2nd image is more credible.

thank you for posting both.

note that while i dont believe the first image is completely accurate a degree of truth has to be there, its just not safe to accept figures provided from that source.

I am also skeptical when I see that first image posted. Although if we assume that even 60% of those figures are genuine, then those are staggering losses.

An interesting development from last week. Elon Musk removed Ukraine's ability to use Starlink for attack drones, citing that Starlink was "Never meant to be weaponized"; I think its a reasonable statement for a business, obviously won't be popular with the pro-Ukraine camp.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Feb 14 2023 06:42am

60% sounds credible to me to be honest, well, for some of those numbers.

This post was edited by ferdia on Feb 14 2023 06:42am

Russia is firing a massive amount of artillery / rockets each day, they completely overwhelm the Ukrainian army in terms of firepower --> which I already posted a while ago (sources that you trashed )

Reportedly, 75% of Ukrainian casualties fell to the massive amount of artillery / rocket fire that is directed at them. Think for 2 seconds and LMK about that "meat grinder" and which side is effected most.

If you believe the numbers you posted you should realize that it means that Ukrainian casualty numbers are catastrophic because they suffer more casualties than the Russians, because of the above mentioned reason (which is now confirmed by NATO general Stoltenberg --> Ukraine can only fire ~5K rounds per day and NATO stocks are running out, ammo manufacturers can't keep up).





How's that "Russia is out of ammo" propaganda treating you?