Russia and Ukraine

[Belacqua]

https://archive.md/mYbAK

[Belacqua]

All colonial power have disappeared a long time ago.

This won't happen until the US dismantles its military bases. Over 700, in at least 80 countries.

[Thumpalumpacus]

All colonial power have disappeared a long time ago.

This won't happen until the US dismantles its military bases. Over 700, in at least 80 countries.

... and other nations as well.

[Fake Messiah]

Russia’s forces advance slower than any army in the past century

Russia’s army is advancing in Ukraine at the slowest pace seen in more than 100 years of warfare, new analysis shows.

Vladimir Putin’s forces have advanced between 15 and 70 metres per day since early 2024, slower than many campaigns during the First World War, according to a report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Western intelligence believes Russia has also sustained more than 1.2 million casualties since the war began four years ago.

The findings come as Moscow continues to try to gain the upper hand during US-led peace talks by claiming that the fall of Ukraine is inevitable.

Putin has been trying to convince the Trump administration to force Kyiv into ceding the remainder of the Donbas region that is not currently under Russian control.

However, the slow pace of Russia’s advance is most evident in eastern Ukraine, the report found.

Moscow’s offensive on Chasiv Yar which began in Feb 2024, has seen Putin’s forces advance at an average rate of 15 metres per day, slower than a snail.

After two years of fighting, Russian forces have moved 10 kilometres and have failed to take the Donetsk city.

Around 150km away in Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Russian forces have advanced at a rate of about 23 metres per day since the offensive began in Nov 2024.

In total, Russian forces are estimated to have taken 0.6 per cent of Ukrainian territory in 2024 and 0.8 per cent in 2025.

Russian forces control some 120,000 square kilometres – roughly 20 per cent of Ukraine – including Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions seized before 2022.

CSIS estimates that about 75,000 square kilometres were captured during the ongoing conflict, which began nearly four years ago.

“Despite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is increasingly a declining power,” CSIS said in its annual assessment.

“These results fall decisively short of Moscow’s goal to militarily conquer Ukraine,” the report continued.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...-any-army/

[Thumpalumpacus]

Russia’s forces advance slower than any army in the past century

Russia’s army is advancing in Ukraine at the slowest pace seen in more than 100 years of warfare, new analysis shows.

Vladimir Putin’s forces have advanced between 15 and 70 metres per day since early 2024, slower than many campaigns during the First World War, according to a report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Western intelligence believes Russia has also sustained more than 1.2 million casualties since the war began four years ago.

The findings come as Moscow continues to try to gain the upper hand during US-led peace talks by claiming that the fall of Ukraine is inevitable.

Putin has been trying to convince the Trump administration to force Kyiv into ceding the remainder of the Donbas region that is not currently under Russian control.

However, the slow pace of Russia’s advance is most evident in eastern Ukraine, the report found.

Moscow’s offensive on Chasiv Yar which began in Feb 2024, has seen Putin’s forces advance at an average rate of 15 metres per day, slower than a snail.

After two years of fighting, Russian forces have moved 10 kilometres and have failed to take the Donetsk city.

Around 150km away in Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Russian forces have advanced at a rate of about 23 metres per day since the offensive began in Nov 2024.

In total, Russian forces are estimated to have taken 0.6 per cent of Ukrainian territory in 2024 and 0.8 per cent in 2025.

Russian forces control some 120,000 square kilometres – roughly 20 per cent of Ukraine – including Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions seized before 2022.

CSIS estimates that about 75,000 square kilometres were captured during the ongoing conflict, which began nearly four years ago.

“Despite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is increasingly a declining power,” CSIS said in its annual assessment.

“These results fall decisively short of Moscow’s goal to militarily conquer Ukraine,” the report continued.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...-any-army/

I love seeing naked aggression being rewarded so justly.

[Deesse23]

....... And it's all somehow not Russia's fault

[Paleophyte]

I'd say that Ukraine was Russia's Afghanistan, but that war was both more successful and less deadly, at least for the Russians. Given how bad Afghanistan was for the USSR, that's saying a lot.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Russia’s forces advance slower than any army in the past century

Russia’s army is advancing in Ukraine at the slowest pace seen in more than 100 years of warfare, new analysis shows.

Vladimir Putin’s forces have advanced between 15 and 70 metres per day since early 2024, slower than many campaigns during the First World War, according to a report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Western intelligence believes Russia has also sustained more than 1.2 million casualties since the war began four years ago.

The findings come as Moscow continues to try to gain the upper hand during US-led peace talks by claiming that the fall of Ukraine is inevitable.

Putin has been trying to convince the Trump administration to force Kyiv into ceding the remainder of the Donbas region that is not currently under Russian control.

However, the slow pace of Russia’s advance is most evident in eastern Ukraine, the report found.

Moscow’s offensive on Chasiv Yar which began in Feb 2024, has seen Putin’s forces advance at an average rate of 15 metres per day, slower than a snail.

After two years of fighting, Russian forces have moved 10 kilometres and have failed to take the Donetsk city.

Around 150km away in Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Russian forces have advanced at a rate of about 23 metres per day since the offensive began in Nov 2024.

In total, Russian forces are estimated to have taken 0.6 per cent of Ukrainian territory in 2024 and 0.8 per cent in 2025.

Russian forces control some 120,000 square kilometres – roughly 20 per cent of Ukraine – including Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions seized before 2022.

CSIS estimates that about 75,000 square kilometres were captured during the ongoing conflict, which began nearly four years ago.

“Despite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is increasingly a declining power,” CSIS said in its annual assessment.

“These results fall decisively short of Moscow’s goal to militarily conquer Ukraine,” the report continued.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...-any-army/

I love seeing naked aggression being rewarded so justly.

Boru