Map Shows How Ukraine War Shifted Since Putin Said It's 'Coming to an End'
Summary
Maps cited by Newsweek show little change in the Russia-Ukraine frontline between May 9 and November 10. Talks in Abu Dhabi produced agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but the article reports no progress on the central territorial dispute: Russia’s demand that Ukraine withdraw from Donbas.Key Facts
- Vladimir Putin said in May that he thought the war was “coming to an end.”
- The article says the Abu Dhabi talks were the first between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators since February.
- U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff said they would meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
- The Atlantic Council’s maps show a slow-changing frontline between May 9 and November 10.
- The article says Ukraine’s late-May Operation Vivaldi targeted a Russian salient north of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast.
- It reports that Russian forces made net territorial gains only in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions during September and October, while losing territory in other sectors.
- Military analyst Giorgi Revishvili said Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistics, command centers and other rear positions disrupted Russia’s frontline operations.
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