ThirstyBarbarian
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Driving home from University tonight I heard an interesting comment on the car radio. The interviewee said that Russia currently holds less of Ukraine than at the end of the first week of the war. If true, it gives a good indication of the effectiveness of the Ukrainian strategy.
That seems very likely to be true. Russia took a lot of territory very quickly. But they stalled almost immediately. Then they had to withdraw from the north, now they are being rolled back from Kharkiv, and Ukraine is starting to take back Kherson. I think the only place Russia has made any progress since the first weeks is Luhansk and a little bit of Donetsk, and that seems stalled now too. Mostly it’s been losses for them.