When will we tally the costs of Russia’s “snail offensive” in Ukraine? The SMO has lasted longer than WW2. What has been achieved?
Thu 11:28 am +00:00, 15 Jan 2026Source: https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/when-will-we-tally-the-costs-of-russias On January 12, Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine reached its 1,418th day—the same number of days that it took the Soviet Union to triumph over Nazi Germany during WW2 (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia). The milestone did not go unnoticed in Russia, even though the Great Patriotic War was an entirely different animal. …
