Die Ukraine habe in diesem Jahr 590 Quadratkilometer Territorium befreit und „Russland zur Diplomatie gezwungen“, sagt Selenskyj
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-liberated-590-square-kilometers-of-territory-this-year-forcing-russia-toward-diplomacy-zelensky-says/
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News snippet: Ukraine has liberated 590 square kilometers of territory from Russian occupation since the beginning of the year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said May 22.
„We continue to increase the rate at which Russian personnel are being eliminated, and together with sanctions in all their forms, this is forcing Russia toward diplomacy,“ Zelensky said in an evening address following a phone call with European allies.
French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who make up the E3 format, spoke with Zelensky.
„I am grateful for their high assessment of our positions and the achievements of Ukrainian warriors. Indeed, Ukraine’s positions are stronger now than in previous years. Since the beginning of the year, 590 square kilometers of our territory have been liberated and brought under our control. The trend is certainly not in the occupier’s favor,“ Zelensky said.
I honestly feel they are better off, „horsetrading“-wise when diplomacy finally happens, by grabbing Russian territory like they were briefly doing a year or so ago.
Not to mention it makes the enemy move (and keep) border garrisons, which can’t hurt. Maybe now they ARE and that would certainly explain things lol
That’s not to say this isn’t great news, don’t get me wrong.
This is great news, though it is worth putting it in context, just to get a sense of what diplomacy might actually look like.
From April of this year:
>> Russia controls roughly 20 percent of Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory, an area of about 45,800 square miles comparable in size to Pennsylvania. That figure includes Crimea (seized in 2014), most of the Donbas region in the east, and large swaths of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the south.
45,800 square miles is 118,621.46 square kilometers. So the hard work of liberation in 2026 resulted in Russia now controlling approximately 118,000 square kilometers.
… which, okay, includes Crimea which is unlikely to ever return. But still… it is difficult to see what concessions Putin is likely to make over this.
net or gross? if net, excellent, keep going. if gross, doesn’t feel as big a success as western nations need to pull thier heads out of their asses.
* Isle of Man: 572 square km
* Guam: 541 square km
* St Lucia: 616 square km
Territory is basically meaningless in the age of drones. Russia will crumble when it can no longer afford to match Ukraine drone for drone. Until then the kill zone is too big for meaningful pushes.
Pointless war, let there be Peace!
putin gonna say „Ukraine is invading russia!! pls stop them!!“
‘Toward diplomacy’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
I feel like that sounds like more than it is. It’s great to see Ukraine push back and reclaim territory, but unfortunately it’s still just about a fraction of what they’ve lost.
Keep supporting Ukraine.
Putin wants to do one more big scary push to pretend he still has strength and then will try to negotiate to keep existing claimed territory. I don’t think his one big push will be very convincing at this point.
Ukraine will want more than that but will also be very tired. The other risk is does peace without fucking up russia a bit more, result in Russia banking forces back up and another fight in 5 years. I think that’s unlikely but I still think Ukraine should twist the knife and take more land while bombing oil and military infrastructure. It’s not me out there though.
All pure speculation aside from seeing putting making signs of withdrawal from the war.
Nonsense. Ukraine is not winning. Stop escalating, stop the propaganda and end this war.
Slava Ukrajíni!
„Jews cleared out 590 km of white Christians.“