"When Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone - the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. And unlike the Red Army that pushed all the way to Berlin eight decades ago in what it called the Great Patriotic War, Russia's 4-year-old, all-out invasion of its neighbor is still struggling to fully capture Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland."
"After Moscow failed to seize the capital of Kyiv and install a puppet government in February 2022, the conflict turned into trench warfare with tremendous cost. By some estimates, nearly 2 million soldiers are dead, wounded or missing on both sides in Europe's most devastating conflict since World War II. Russia has occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory since illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, but its gains after the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion have been slow. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte this month likened Moscow's advance to "the speed of a garden snail.""
The invasion surpassed 1,418 days, equaling the time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, yet Russia has not fully captured Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. After failing to seize Kyiv and install a puppet government in February 2022, the conflict became trench warfare with heavy human cost. Estimates put nearly 2 million soldiers dead, wounded, or missing on both sides. Russia has occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory since 2014, but post-2022 gains have been slow; advances amount to roughly 50 kilometers into Donetsk over two years. President Vladimir Putin has maintained maximalist demands in peace talks while invoking nuclear deterrence.
Read at Fortune
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]