It’s been widely reported that Russia sent thousands of new, untrained soldiers into the meat grinder. Funny how the Putin supporters alway say the exact opposite of what’s actually happening. Even Prigozhin admitted this on multiple occasions regarding Russian troops.
“On 1 May, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby stated that the Russians had suffered 100,000 casualties, including over 20,000 dead, fighting for Bakhmut just over the previous five months alone. He also said that half of these losses were from the Wagner Group. "It's really stunning, these numbers," Kirby added, saying the total is three times the number of American casualties in the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II.
The casualty ratio was estimated to be five Russian soldiers killed for every Ukrainian soldier according to NATO. Ukraine claims the ratio is 7 to 1 killed in favour of Ukrainian soldiers.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bakhmut