Ukrainian service members near Bakhmut on March 24, 2023.Aris Messinis/Getty Images The New Yorker profiled an infantry battalion as they defended Bakhmut with dwindling ammo. The Ukrainians were limited to just five mortar shells a day, a lieutenant colonel told the outlet. Meanwhile, Russians were outgunning them with an average of ten times more shells. Ukrainian troops in the Donbas region were dramatically outgunned by Russian soldiers in the contested battle over Bakhmut.Facing a dire ammunition shortage, The New Yorker reported from the trenches outside of Bakhmut in mid-March that the Ukrainians were being forced to ration their mortar shells — limiting them to just five per day, down from about 300 during earlier fighting in Kherson, when supplies were readily available.Meanwhile, a Ukrianian lieutenant colonel known as Pavlo told the outlet, the Russian military used approximately ten times that rate.
Ukrainian Soldiers On The Front Lines Have Been Rationing Their Mortar Shells As Russian Troops Outgun Them With 10 Times More A
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