[ad_1] After months of pouring soldiers into eastern Ukraine, Russia’s progress essentially adds up to this: three small settlements and part of the city of Bakhmut, a high-profile battlefield with limited strategic value. Settlements captured by Russia this year A grid of the cities that Russia has taken this year so far Compare that with what Moscow had hoped to achieve from its winter offensive by now: to seize the entire Donbas region — which…
"How Russia’s Offensive Ran Aground"