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Russia's full scale war against Ukraine, which Moscow started on 24th February of 2022
2026-01-12
Ushanka tip to P2k for the find.
[X] Russia's full scale war against Ukraine, which Moscow started on 24th February of 2022, lasts now exactly as long as the German-Soviet war in WW2, exactly 1,418 days.

This ludicrous number is for Russia a total embarrassment, especially when reflecting that Russia hasn't achieved even a single strategic victory. The Ukrainian state and government is very much in tact, same goes for the Ukrainian army.

I have also added two maps showing the control area of both factions between December 2022 and January 2026. The older map marks the moment after the successful Ukrainian counteroffensives in 2022, where Russia lost the entire fronts in the North, Kharkiv and Kherson.

As you can easily see, they are virtually identical. So, when you hear that Russia is moving forward then we are talking about minuscule speed. Even a snail would have been faster, literally.

The Russian human material losses are huge. Around 1.2 million Russian casualties (KIA, WIA and MIA) are accounted for and those stand in contrast to no achieved strategic goals.
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