Last month, Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized – the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since Ukraine’s 2024 Kursk incursion.
  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I think that calling this a winning streak in the first place deeply misunderstands the dynamics of warfare. Ukraine have been intentionally trading land for time, allowing the Russians to advance at a contained, manageable rate, while inflicting a heavy and continuous cost on them in materiel and manpower.

    Ironically, this is exactly how the Soviets defeated the Nazi invasion.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      I think the article is clear about what it means by that. It mentions that technically Russia was slowly gaining territory, although at a cost that might not be sustainable. And now those gains have slightly reversed - at least for now (and hopefully that trend will continue).

    • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Over the past four years Russia has been ever so slowly gaining small amounts of territory, bit by bit.

      I guess that can be described as a “winning streak”, because if that continous infinitely without change, eventually in a couple of hundred years they would have all of Ukraine’s land.

      However, that ignores the cost of war, and how Russia will pay for keeping that up.