Doesn’t matter to the usuals, every “success “ even relatively small ones at great costs are reincarnations of battle of Kursk and relief of siege of Stalingrad. Bakmut was equal to taking of Berlin.
After two years the Russians still don’t control, not even close, the territory they originally occupied. Even the glorious offensive in the north has not retaken what they had 2 years ago.
It is fun to see their spin.
As always time will tell. IMO, muskovites are not acting as if everything is going according to plan. We will see
"This is the One Map You Need to Understand Ukraine's Crisis"
It probably still is.
The extent of Russia's ambitions to seize territory probably roughly line up with the blue areas.
That doesn't mean they will end up with all of that, but that's probably what their real end goal is.
