这篇文章末尾有一点值得注意。

https://archive.ph/qbC7V

Russia Claims Success in Ukraine’s Soledar, Its First Advance in Months

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“Its not me, its King Leonidas who figured out that you should fight the enemy on the terrain that is advantageous to you,” said one Ukrainian commander in Bakhmut, referring to the ruler of Sparta who battled the Persian Empire at Thermopylae. “So far, the exchange rate of trading our lives for theirs favors the Russians. If this goes on like this, we could run out.”

考虑到这是华尔街日报采访乌军官兵，应该没有为俄方吹嘘的嫌疑。