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As I mentioned on Twitter, 90% of the counteroffensive maps you'll have seen are mappers correcting overmarking of Russian advances. Those villages were never truly under Russian control. It was small forward units in contested areas; these are largely just fluctuations in the contested zones.

War Mapper@warmapper.org

On the Zaporizhzhia / Dnipropetrovsk boundary, Ukraine pushed through Sosnivka towards Ternove. Ukraine has also attacked west from their positions around Dobropillia, towards Solodke.

18/2/26, 7:01 pm13 reposts107 likes

War Mapper

@warmapper.org

18 Feb

There is some real movement in the line, but the big km2 figures and double digit tallies of settlements retaken is a highly misleading representation of the reality on the ground.

Erik Husemoen

@eidsville.bsky.social

18 Feb

I’m not sure this matters. If RU advances was exaggerated, you need to also exaggerate the UKR advances in order to get back to a more correct map. What you are pointing out is flaws in the methodology of the mappers. You need to treat both gains the same, or else the map itself gets biased.

Albert Hubble

@alberthubble.bsky.social

18 Feb

So how big would you judge the Star Link impact? I see a lot of voices about this. But not having any good communication sure causes some problems on the Russian side.

Albert Amseldrossler

@amseldrossler.bsky.social

18 Feb

For a nuanced, well-informed take with a lot of background info see Perun, as usual. youtu.be/kMvTsCzVIgw

youtu.beThe Starlink Shutdown - Russian Military Communications, Corruption & Satellites in UkraineYouTube video by Perun