Ukraine made surprising gains in Kharkiv region between August and September, 2022. This forced Russian President Vladimir Putin to order partial mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russian reservists.
Ukraine's Attack On Russian Supply Lines
Ukraine cut off important Russian Supply Lines through its territorial gains in Kharkiv between October and December 2022. This forced Russia to withdraw across the Dnipro River.
Fill in The Battle of Bakhmut was an extremely high-cost, low-gain situation. It was a stark cast from the past to the trench warfare of the First World War. text
While the Russian state of offence continues to overwhelm Ukraine, Kyiv has managed to win back about half of the territory captured by Russia after Moscow declared war on Feb 24, 2022.