And again, the Ukraine is out of money, out of fresh troops. Putin can get new troops from North Korea.
And what does Putin want? He wanted the whole of the Ukraine, but he's been undermining the Ukraine for a quarter of a century now. If he gets the ethnically Russian parts of the Ukraine, he can present this as a success.
Putin won't give in easily. He's been making gains recently because everything the Ukrainians have tried hasn't really done much.
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Here's a map from 14th December 2022
Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023
Here's one from 13th February this year.
Russo-Ukraine War - 2025 - Maps
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Russia has made small gains in that period, and the Ukraine hasn't. Except for the incursion into Russia which was always going to be temporary, the Ukrainians are being pushed back, slowly.