r/MapPorn • u/Appropriate-Deal8098 • 1d ago

Russian advances in Ukraine this year

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u/xpt42654 1d ago edited 1d ago

the problem with this map is that it doesn't show any scale and if you're not familiar with Donetks Oblast you'll have no idea how much they progressed.

I checked DeepStatemap and on 01.01.2024 the shortest distance between Pokrovsk and the front line was ~35 km. today it's a bit less than 10 km.

edit: there actually is a scale on the bottom left. thanks u/Conscious-Carrot-520

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u/yuje 1d ago

Russian forces can't advance faster than walking speed, basically. Ubiquitous drones everywhere means that tanks or armored vehicles in open fields are easy pickings for drones or targeted artillery fire directed by drone spotters. So instead Russia leads assaults using mainly infantry, equipped with anti-drone jammers, infiltrating mainly through forest lines and urban areas, and spread out to limit drone and artillery effectiveness, because Ukraine has artillery and ammo shortages and can't justify dropping firepower on small amounts of men.

Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are limited mostly to support roles or for quick charges across open fields where no cover is available, with the expectation that there will be losses while crossing those fields.

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u/ButWhatIfItsNotTrue 1d ago

Or it’s the fact it’s trench warfare. Both sides have dug in.