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He'd sacrifice them all over again once they lose control of that place again. Hell, probably double or even triple the losses would seem like a good deal to him. The lack of care about casualties is a dangerous thing, cause if high command and the soldiers themselves seem to have no problem throwing lives away for one point of control then the tactic of "drown them in our own blood" can work horrificly well. Ukrainian soldiers will get worn down mentally cutting down wave after wave of people eventually... it's all pure fucking insanity.
Now they're like 1/5th of the way to position themselves to attempt at Bakhmut >

And it only took longer than the battle of fucking Stalingrad. go Russia! >

You're off by a month but still. Battle of Berlin took about two weeks >

I am sure Putin thinks the thousands of dead or injured was a worthy price for a defunct salt mine, that his forces will just get pushed out of.