The average lifespan on the frontline of the fierce fighting in the city of Bakhmut is 'four hours,' according to an American fighting side by side with the Ukrainian army against Russian forces in the Donbas.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a Pion artillery system at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Dec. 16, 2022.The average lifespan on the frontline of the fierce fighting in the city of Bakhmut is "four hours," according to an American fighting side by side with the Ukrainian army against Russian forces in the Donbas.
"It's been pretty bad on the ground," he told ABC News. "A lot of casualties. The life expectancy is around four hours on the frontline." Troy Offenbecker, an American fighting with Ukraine's International Legion, spoke to ABC News from near the frontline."[The artillery] is nonstop," Offenbecker, who fights with the International Legion, a military unit made up of foreign fighters, told ABC News. "[Russia] have maybe run into a shortage of shells lately, but the past couple of weeks it's been nonstop. All day and night.
Local residents walk on an empty street, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, Feb. 19, 2023."With the amount of shelling, the amount of armor that they've brought in, I think it's started," he said. "It's just hard because the winter hasn't been as cold as it usually is. They can't move as much armor as I'm sure they would like to with the ground.
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