Check out my book "How Ukraine Survived": https://amzn.to/47gnlEf. You can also read it for free by signing up for a Kindle Unlimited trial at https://amzn.to/3QMsBr8. (I use affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission when you make a transaction through them. Even if you read for free, you are still supporting the channel.) For the past few months, Russia has been on an offensive in Ukraine. It has been successful in the sense that Russian troops have gained ground. It has been less the optimal from the Kremlin's perspective because those gains have come about slowly. So why is Ukraine losing ground, and why isn't Ukraine losing more ground? This video puts the current offensive in a broader context, and places special focus on the role of defensive entrenchments in explaining what is happening now. 0:00 The War's Current Tempo 1:06 Recent Territorial Exchanges 4:53 Why Is Russia Gaining Ground? 10:26 Why Are Russia's Gains So Slow? The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. Media licensed under OGL 1.0 (https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/1/): By UK MOD: http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/fotoweb/fwbin/download.dll/45153802.jpg Media licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/): By Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ministryofdefenceua/26206896373 Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): By Mil.gov.ua: https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/ministry-of-defence-leader/lieutenant-general-valerii-zaluzhnyi.html By Kremlin.ru: http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/keywords/78/events/50329 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/53085 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58502 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60490 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60495 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67514 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68366 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69101 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70098 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70159 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71528 kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71891 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73083 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73411 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73585 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73648 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73703 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73787 By Mil.ru: https://structure.mil.ru/management/info.htm?id=11854308@SD_Employee https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=17645@morfVideoAudioFile