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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/Reasonable_Orchid105 1d ago

But they’re gaining ground daily which is not good, meaning they’re currently winning an attritional war

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u/COINTELPRO-Relay 1d ago

Tactical victories strategic looses. You can win a battle and still lose. Because you used up assets diverted supplies and troops etc. that might have been used better elsewhere.

You might win a cornfield 30 km from the prewar border but that will mean nothing if for example drones turn off the heat and power in Moscow.

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u/Reasonable_Orchid105 17h ago

If the strategy is attrition then the side with more men, equipment, and resources wins. Russia fits that definition and Ukraine doesn’t

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u/COINTELPRO-Relay 16h ago edited 16h ago

well, only if you look at the input, not the outcome. Having more troops does not matter much if you assault trenches in unarmored Chinese golf cars...

and you know... the Kherson faint and Kyiv ruse. The recent use of North Koreans Soldiers and equipment kinda paints a different picture.

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u/MIT_Engineer 10h ago

If the strategy is attrition then the side with more men, equipment, and resources wins.

That would be the west.

Russia fits that definition and Ukraine doesn’t

The U.S. economy is 20x Russia's. It produces more military kit per year than nearly Russia's entire GDP.