#Russian Army

Russia’s spring offensive campaign is breaking against Ukrainian defenses. Russia’s armies are failing to show visible battlefield gains, and the problem runs even deeper: for the first time, the Kremlin has been systematically losing more troops than it can recruit.

Russia entered spring expecting another grinding advance across Ukraine’s front lines. It burned through tens of thousands of troops for marginal territorial gains instead, while Ukrainian drone warfare has been steadily dismantling Russia’s logistics, reserves, and offensive momentum.

The Russian army is taking heavy losses with little to show for it, driven largely by the Kremlin’s push for quick gains on the map. Meanwhile, Ukraine has nearly fully cleared Russian forces from the Dnipropetrovsk region.