A recent report offered a rare insight into the bleak reality of the situation in the Donbas, where an American volunteer tells ABC News that when a Ukrainian soldier arrives on the frontlines in Bakhmut, his life expectancy is only “around four hours.”
The battle in and around the Donbas city of Bakhmut is being described as a “meat grinder,” where the life expectancy of Ukrainian soldiers is a mere four hours, according to Troy Offenbecker, an American Marine Corps veteran who’s fighting in Ukraine’s International Legion. Offenbecker’s statement on the grim reality facing the armed forces of Ukraine was made to ABC and featured in a recent Newsweek report.
