Ukraine loses more territory by the day .
On that measure , Ukraine is doing rather poorly, no ?
Russia loses more money and men by the day. They are going broke.
On that measure , Russia is doing rather poorly, no ?
“Ukraine loses more territory by the day .”
So how much have they lost this year ?
“Ukraine loses more territory by the day. On that measure, Ukraine is doing rather poorly, no?”
As of the latest full month (March 2025), Russia is now advancing at a rate of about 50 Square Miles per month, at an average cost of more than 800 casualties per square mile.
233,000 Square Miles of Ukraine could be captured in only about 400 years at that rate, for around 200 Million casualties.
Their average rate of advance has been slowing since November 2024, and their average rate of daily casualties has been climbing - from around 200 per day early in the war, to around 1,300-1,400 per day recently.
The Russian ground forces in Ukraine over that time have evolved from a tank heavy mechanized force, overwhelmingly manned by contract soldiers with years of experience, and with around a 20-1 Artillery advantage; to today’s Russian ground forces in Ukraine, which are predominately Light Infantry, overwhelmingly manned by relatively poorly trained recent recruits, approaching parity in Artillery, and suffering under growing Ukrainian battlefield drone superiority.
These trends in force quality seem likely to continue, as the old Soviet stockpiles that have provided about 90% of the heavy equipment replacements, are now mostly depleted, and they have been pulling it in order of the best first.
The Ukrainian War has largely demilitarized the old Soviet Arsenal, that had threatened the Free World, and Russia’s neighbors, for decades.