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Politico: Ukraine spent € 1 billion on trenches. Russia is still advancing (euromaidanpress.com)
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[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

"Creeping forward" would be more acceptable, but still a gross misrepresentation of reality.

The 0.7 % of "advancing" changes nothing regarding the outcome of the war in comparison to complete stability. Also, in World War I the front was not 100 % stable either. There was advancing taking place all the time, but our history books write of it as a stagnant front, because it was indeed functionally stagnant, just like the front in this war has been since mid-2022.

The problem is, a lot of people assume that "creeping forward" means something like 5 % of Ukraine's territory per year, and that misunderstanding affects their willingness to support Ukraine. If they knew that the Russia has not advanced meaningfully in the last three years, their view of the situation would be dramatically different.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago

To me creeping forward is that: creeping forward. 5% is not a creep. It's really subjective, which is why to me "advancing" is not a bad term, but a little too big as a word 🀷