As von Clausewitz wrote the goal of warfare is the destruction of the the enemies army. Counting acreage held is the game of an amateur or a Pentagon liar who misplanned the whole operation.
Exactly. Thats why crowing about taking a unimportant town after 9 months is rather meaningless. It was flypaper put by the Ukrainians. Did the job. Wagner is decimated.
Fir what?