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| the-pi-guy said: I feel terrible about this, but I haven't been following things. How are things going overall? |
Depends how far behind you are...
You can see the gains across the year here: Stats — War Mapper
At one point, Russia controlled about 25% of Ukraine at their peak (although 6.45% of that was already occupied Donbas/Crimea territories pre-war), then Russia collapsed in the North and had to retreat, then they were forced out of Kharkhiv, then they had to retreat from Kherson. Now Russia controls roughly 16.67% of Ukraine, 6.45% of that being occupied pre-war so 10.22% was claimed since this war began.
Ukraine for the past 6ish months have been preparing for a new counteroffensive aimed along the frontlines, they had to wait and hold the lines due to various factors, a lack of equipment, training new troops on new equipment and combat tactics, the weather, etc. They have a lot of that now and have begun the early stages of their next counteroffensive.
How that is going right now, I would describe it as slow and steady, it's too early to say whether it is a success or not, a counteroffensive will play out over weeks to months, due to how long Russia has had to build up defensive lines (in part, our fault), nevertheless Ukraine is making gains already and have yet to use the full force of their counteroffensive brigades.
Some have yet to show up on the battlefield and certain western equipment has yet to show its face, what Ukraine is doing right now is counteroffensives across the entire frontline and trying to find a weak point and then the assumption is when they find the weak point and break through, they will send in their held back brigades, they are also trying to bait Russia into sending its reserves out to the front.
It's a slow grind, until it's not, we'll have to have patience, Ukraine will lose a lot of equipment and troops in a counteroffensive though.
