The Battle for Bakhmut: Ukraine's Troops Hold On Against Russian Forces.

The Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group, will exhaust itself in Bakhmut within two months if it doesn't change its "human wave" tactics, according to Col. Serhiy Cherevaty, a Ukrainian commander. The intense, months-long battle in Bakhmut has been described as a "meat grinder." Wagner has reportedly been forced to draw from its elite troops in recent weeks due to massive losses among the ill-equipped, poorly trained convicts the group initially threw into the battle. There are conflicting claims as to the extent of Russian control of the city.