"The offensive has fallen": since December the Russian Federation lost 100 thousand fighters in Bakhmut, the White House
Half of the fallen occupiers, according to the US, are mercenaries of enemy Wagner PEC. Such figures, as Kirby told, are based on recently published secret documents of American intelligence. The spokesman for the US National Security Council is convinced that the offensive of the Russians on Bakhmut "failed" and "stopped". We will remind, on May 1 in the State Border Service of Ukraine told about the bodies of the killed invaders of the field.
Defenders noted that Soledar remains one of the most difficult directions. Recently, a spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces Sergey Cherevaty stated that the number of Russians fighting in the Bakhmut direction exceeds the number of the Czech or Hungarian army. On May 1, journalists, citing sources in the Ukrainian government, said that Russia seeks to completely capture Bakhmut until May 9.