Vladimir Putin Is a Very Unhappy Man Right Now
There are conflicting reports about gains or losses of territory for Russia and/or Ukraine this year, but for all the casualties—between 1 and 2,000 a day for Russia—the total amount of territory that changed hands amounts to 10-20 square miles of already-devastated territory. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_5"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_5"]]) }); Russia's Spring Offensive has been a bust, in other words. Russia suffers somewhere between 3 and 4 casualties for every Ukrainian they take out of the fight, and even with a larger population, that is simply not sustainable indefinitely.
- ▪There are conflicting reports about gains or losses of territory for Russia and/or Ukraine this year, but for all the casualties—between 1 and 2,000 a day for Russia—the total amount of territory that changed hands amounts to 10-20 square m
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_5"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_5"]]) }); Russia's Spring Offensive has been a bust, in other words.
- ▪Russia suffers somewhere between 3 and 4 casualties for every Ukrainian they take out of the fight, and even with a larger population, that is simply not sustainable indefinitely.
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Vladimir Putin Is a Very Unhappy Man Right Now David Strom 8:00 AM | June 24, 2026 Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP I have written a couple of times recently about the current state of the war between Ukraine and Russia, but until today, Vladimir Putin has been relatively silent about the changing realities on the battlefield and, most especially, in Russia. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); I have argued that the tactical battlefield is in something akin to a stalemate, with many deaths and very few gains, but that the most important action is taking place through strategic strikes in Russia and Ukraine.
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