“they haven’t reclaimed vast portions of their country”
They’ve reclaimed from Kyiv area all the way to Kharkiv. Just eye balling it, they’ve reclaimed nearly 50% of the land RuZZia occupied from Feb onward (not counting Crimea and Donbass areas occupied 2014-2022).
Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv.
Remember this map from March?
https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1502656507967864832/photo/2
You miss the larger point speedy.