A recent report offered a rare insight into the bleak reality of the situation in the Donbas, where an American volunteer tells ABC News that when a Ukrainian soldier arrives on the frontlines in Bakhmut, his life expectancy is only “around four hours.”The battle in and around the Donbas city of Bakhmut is being described as a “meat grinder,” where the life expectancy of Ukrainian soldiers is a mere four hours, according to Troy Offenbecker, an American Marine Corps veteran who’s fighting in Uk …