Russia’s Eastern Military District forces, which took part in the assaults on Vuhledar since late January, have retreated to their starting positions after taking major losses.Vuhledar is an important urban center southeast of Donetsk, from which the Ukrainian forces control supply routes between the Donetsk region, Zaporizhzhia, and the Crimea. The most recent phase of Russia’s offensive on Vuhledar has ended in complete failure.Something similar has already happened in mid-January, when the Ukrainian forces were retreating from Soledar and couldn’t hold up their next line of defense, letting Wagner Group clasp Bakhmut, getting closer to rupturing the Ukrainian supply line. If that were to happen, the Ukrainian line over the hills northwest of Bakhmut would also be compromised. (Last July, they already had to retreat in this fashion, when leaving the all-but-surrounded Lysychansk.) The disadvantage of this kind of retreat is that it would risk losing equipment and letting the adversary past a new line of defense in Chasiv Yar. If Russian mercenary fire can reach this route, the Ukrainian military’s retreat will then be limited to local dirt roads and open fields. This is the only paved road by which the Ukrainian army can receive supplies and reinforcements, or evacuate its wounded. The hill near Yahidne offers a clear view of Khromove and the road that connects it with Chasiv Yar.Still, both sides acknowledge the fighting that’s now taking place in this area. As of the time of the last update to our combat map, not a single photo or video confirmed Wagner Group’s presence in those villages or on top of the hill between them. After capturing Paraskoviivka (a northern suburb of Bakhmut), the mercenaries crossed the Bakhmut–Slovyansk thoroughfare and came up to Berkhivka and Yahidne.Given Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent statement that the Ukrainian military would only defend Bakhmut for as long as it remained “rational,” its retreat from Bakhmut is likely just a matter of time. To make this happen, the mercenaries would have to capture Berkhivka and Yahidne (where fierce fighting is now taking place), together with the hill that sits between the two villages. Unless the mercenary group falls prey to political intrigues that plagued it in recent months, its fighters may soon reach the last major thoroughfare connecting Bakhmut to territory controlled by Kyiv. In spite of Evgeny Prigozhin’s gripes about inadequate ammunitions supply, his Wagner Group is edging towards surrounding Bakhmut. Meduza doesn’t make a goal of tracking the conflict in real time the data reflected on the map are typically at least 48 hours old. We collect reports already available publicly and determine their geolocation markers, adding only the photos and videos that clear this process. Our map is based exclusively on previously published open-source photos and videos, most of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media. As part of this commitment, we regularly update an interactive map that documents combat operations in Ukraine and the damage inflicted by Russia’s invasion forces. Thankfully this failure mode is much less common typically occurring if you got a rock or pebble jammed in the burrs during grinding.Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Meduza has adopted a consistent antiwar position, holding Russia responsible for its military aggression and atrocities. If the teeth are really wrecked, you sometimes won't even get rotation anymore and you'll just hear the motor spin up like a jet engine. Each revolution of the damaged gear teeth will make a bad sound. On the other hand, a stripped drive gear will sound bad nearly ALL THE TIME, even with no coffee beans. Often, incorrectly, the coffee beans get the blame. You can even hear in the video above: The unit starts out sounding normal, but under load, up until the clacking sound. When the hopper is empty and no beans are in the burrs, it all sounds great. The main symptom of a worn impeller is the motor will bog down even at a coarse grind settings (which should be easy on it) and after a few seconds, after too much coffee gets compacted beneath the burrs, it begins making that stripping /clacking sound you hear at the end of the video.
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