Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year

This bit seems relevant, given that Ukraine's stated intention has always been reclaiming their own land:

The overall goal of the incursion is not immediately clear. Conflict analysts have suggested that Ukraine may be trying to alleviate some pressure on its forces elsewhere along the sprawling front line, gain leverage for potential territorial negotiations with Russia, or even just humiliate Moscow and boost morale in Kyiv.

So... Ukraine is capturing Russia as fast as Russia initially expected to capture Ukraine.

Time for denazification of Russia.

Slava Ukraini

Zelenskyy went from being a comedian to clowning on Putin in only a few years.

Literally the "best defence is a good offence" case

Logistics is king folks, remember that.

East Ukraine sounds like it might be a nice place one day.

Here's to Ukraine becoming the capital of the larger Ukrainian Federation that will be needed after the fall of Russia.

Is this the timeline where Ukraine kills Putin and puts his head on a Pike? Find out next time on dragon ball z!

Maybe they should just swap countries and be done with it.

I still wonder what their main objective is

So sad Vlad

Does Ukraine get an exception from the general advice against invading Russia? Winter is coming. But they kinda have some advantages over prior attempts.

I've been looking for some sort of analysis of this Kursk incursion but have come up empty handed. I'm looking for something along the lines of Markus Reisner's analyses.

In particular, I'm wondering what the likely paths are to altering the course of the war.

How likely is it that Ukraine will be able to hold this territory? Will they be able to use it as a staging area to launch additional attacks?

Is it likely to alter the artillery equation? Russia currently fires 3-5 times as many artillery shells as Ukraine does. Does this do something like limiting their production rates or their ability to deliver ordinance to the front lines?

Is it likely that Ukraine killed or captured enough Russian troops to impact the broader war?

A phrase like, "That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year." kind of implies that there has been a shift in the momentum of the war and that we can expect such announcements more regularly going forward. Is that actually likely?

My pessimistic guess is that this was a brilliant tactical move that will ultimately get steamrolled by Russia's sheer mass, but I'd love to read an analysis from someone with more expertise.

Is this a real thing? I only hear news about it on a couple niche youtube channels that I am not sure aren't propaganda. Searching "Ukraine" on Lemmy for the last week yields a very small number of results. I haven't heard word one about it from my mainstream sources. What the fuck? Is there an embargo on this or something??

Keep going 'til Alaska, my dudes.

dafuq you want russian territory for

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