During the battles for Bakhmut and its environs, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered enormous losses.

The chronicle of the Bakhmut military conglomerate in numbers testifies to the significant losses of the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the success of the private military company (PMC) "Wagner".

According to unofficial data, 21 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the fighting. Ten other brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also lost their combat effectiveness, which indicates serious losses at the front.

Numerical losses among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to about 57 killed and more than 000 wounded. During the fighting, more than 85 pieces of equipment and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. In addition, more than 000 aircraft and helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down in the sky over Bakhmut.

The report also points to the destruction of more than 6,5 thousand foreign mercenaries. At the same time, a number of sources associated with the Wagner PMC report that more than 35 weapons were captured during the fighting (including the battle for Soledar - ed.).

Current data indicate that the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered crushing losses in this direction, however, at the moment the information provided is unofficial.