Ukraine War - Frontlines on a map since HIMARS (edited)
Nathan Ruser
@Nrg8000
Europe Under Attack
Today is 6 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and I'm bringing my map back. The frontlines have remained remarkably static since Ukraine began fielding HIMARS in early July, with almost no Russian gains since. Yellow outline shows changes since Jun 25.
Almost all of the Russian gains mapped since Jun 25th are from the week immediately after Ukrainian forces withdrew from Lysychansk, and since the fielding of HIMARS these gains have almost ground to a halt. Although Ukraine has found it difficult to recapture territory as well.
In May, Mark Galeotti predicted that September would be the month that all of Russia's incompetence would start coming back to bite them. The question is whether HIMARS systems have accelerated some of the military aspects of what Mark mentioned in May.
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Edit
Adding the really good podcast from May that was referenced above
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