Russian losses near Bakhmut are huge, PMCs do not even count them

Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reports this.

"They are pulling up their reserves, because losses of Russians, and militants of the so-called DPR and LPR, who are still there, are really huge.  And losses of private military companies are simply not counted, they are actually cannon fodder, more and more forces are being brought in," Kyrylenko said.

Currently, certain regrouping is underway near Bakhmut before the next attacks.  Head of the region says that the Russian army is constantly shelling the city and its infrastructure, which is already more than 60% partially or completely destroyed.

"The whole world has already watched those terrible photos of historical buildings that have cultural value, educational institutions, in what condition they are now in Bakhmut," head of the Regional Military Administration emphasized.  

Russian troops also destroy other front-line settlements where they are unable to advance: "Tactic of burning the ground, where they destroy everything and everyone, remains with Russian forces".