**A fewer days ago, 1 of the social networks circulated information about the ratio of losses of Ukrainian and Russian forces under Bakhmut. Its author is 1 of the representatives of the OSINT environment. According to him, in the fights for cities, losses are to be equalized or equal to 1:2 in favour of the Ukrainian side. The above estimation has sparked discussion about the actual scale of both sides' losses, as well as the method of determining them. **