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  Germany and France suffered very similar casualties in Verdun
context: Haven't they been doing this for months though? >
  
  Most of the Russian positions in the Donbas are stabilized and defensive. They've committed to taking Bakhmut as a point of pride/arrogance/honor, and have been attacking the city nonstop for months. For some strange reason they keep supplying materiel and troops to this specific offensive, and they've turned it into a WW1 Verdun style trench slaughter of their own troops. So yes, they've been doing this for months, and Ukraine keeps hanging on to the ruins of the city. >
  
  It's important to note that the Russians compare it to Verdun, and liken their own tactics to those of the Germans. It's like they've forgotten how much of a disaster Verdun was for the Germans. >
  
  What do you mean?
  In terms of cassulties France suffered much more than Germany, making the battle a "sucess"