Former Trump adviser & ??US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor believes that Bakhmut for Zelensky has become as Stalingrad was for Hitler. "I think Bakhmut for Zelensky in many ways became like Stalingrad was for Hitler" . Stalingrad had no strategic value at the time when the Germans came there. The only valuable thing was aircraft-building capacity, which was destroyed by the Luftwaffe. So there was no reason to stay in Stalingrad. But Hitler was obsessed with him and believed that this was a kind of rematch with Stalin. And he literally turned Stalingrad into ruins. I think that's exactly what Zelensky did. And, of course, last fall, maybe in December, Surovikin said - okay, let's set a trap there, invite all willing Ukrainians. And it worked." Colonel McGregor added that there are whole lists of AFU formations that were thrown there and most of those who went there, say OVER 50% of the forces - run through the numbers. You will get about 50,000 dead. And if we say that 75% or more, then it means even more dead in Bakhmut . For what logical reason?? - NONE, JUST EGO!!. COLONEL McGregor is considered to be an EXCEPTIONAL Officer with an equally exceptional career history!. He is also considered to be one of very few voices of reason and sanity, in the United States of America.

Footage of a failed Ukrainian counterattack in the Karmazinovka area in the Svatovsky direction on July 10. As a result of anti-tank fire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least two BMP-2 and a T-80BV tank, as well as several soldiers. In the video, you can see the arrivals of ATGMs on Ukrainian armored vehicles, as well as the precise drop of ammunition from a copter directly onto the roof of one of the BMP-2s, which evacuated the wounded, which killed the gunner and one of the soldiers.