Reconnaissance drone footage released by Russian troops with the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade captures a small group of Ukrainian IFVs becoming the target of an artillery attack somewhere near Bakhmut.

It's important to note that the The 200th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation with the 14th Army Corps. They are one of Russia's two fighting forces stood up in the late 1990s specifically meant to fight in Arctic conditions. More than likely, this means one of two things.

Either the Russians are so degraded that they're pulling special purpose units and throwing them into battle wherever they can slot them in, or Russia intends to apply more pressure in the Bakhmut region once the ground freezes after the fall mud-season. Either is a distinct possibility.

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