The fighting for Bachmut has been grabbing the attention of both sides for respective months and consuming serious forces and reserves that cannot be utilized on another sections of the front. Ukrainian commanders believe that the persistent defence of Bakhmut, even in a hard tactical situation, is deliberate due to the fact that it has an operational level - it involves crucial enemy forces that cannot be utilized for hitch operations on another sections of the front, and persistent attacks bleed out choice assault troops, first the Wagner Group and now besides the regular forces supporting them. The Defence Forces of Ukraine Command (SOU) assumes that the losses inflicted on the adversary are many times greater than those incurred by their own (although the communicative of the opposing side is similar).