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> not much territory has changed hands

Russia occupies about 20% of Ukraine, an area three times larger than the country I live in (the Netherlands).

Majority of that is since 2014, gains since 2022 are way lower

Not true, prior to 2022 February Russia controlled small parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, now they control them almost entirely, as well as good chunks of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/24/mapping-russian-att...

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian...

All were captured during their thrift store blitzkrieg. Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol were captured because pro Russian rats sabotaged mine defenses in Kherson oblast.

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