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News & Current Events Apr 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM

Russia's military campaign in Ukraine stalls for first time in more than two years

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Russia's military campaign in Ukraine stalls for first time in more than two years
France 24
Russia's military campaign in Ukraine stalls for first time in more than two years
Russia’s advance in Ukraine stalled in March, with no territorial gains for the first time in over two years, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Ukrainian forces recaptured small areas,…
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OverProject9841 Apr 2, 2026 +329
Keep moving fellas Just your usual 4 day military operation , nothing to see here
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-ratmeat- Apr 2, 2026 +76
we were lied to, it was supposed to be 3 days! 
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Mirria_ Apr 3, 2026 +10
3 days + mandatory unpaid overtime + meetings with your PiP coach.
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Affectionate_Oven_77 Apr 2, 2026 +287
This is why Trump is stepping up threats against Ukraine
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AnnoyingBus Apr 2, 2026 +145
Well.. he has no choice. Gotta do what the boss tells him.
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_x_oOo_x_ Apr 2, 2026 +34
I was wondering this, did Vladymyr Vladymyroviĉ approve the war against Iran (Russia's ally) - or is Krasnov becoming disobedient? What's really going on here?
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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 +47
Iran wasn’t a Russian ally. They were partners and Putin had got everything he needed from Iran. They had improved on the drones Iran was giving them and had been making them in Russia for a long while. The war in Iran has helped Putin far more than it’s helped anyone else on the planet. Just like everything Trump has done.
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Bad_Day_Moose Apr 3, 2026 +3
yeap and if people start pulling support form Ukraine to fight Iran then shit's going to get even better for Russia...
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EgoTripWire Apr 2, 2026 +17
I'm betting that the Iran attack was not approved by Putin but Krasnov is a stupid and unreliable agent and didn't realize that going along with Buddy Bibi would upset Daddy Vladdy
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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 +29
Or, it wasn’t only approved but was thought up by the FSB to drive up oil prices, divert weapons away from Ukraine, divert allies away from Ukraine, divert attention away from Ukraine and give Trump more reason to take the US out of NATO and to ease sanctions on Russia. And if NATO allies had gone and helped Trump it would’ve legitimised Putin’s claim that NATO is an aggressive organisation and threat to Russia which would’ve validated his invasion of Ukraine. The one w***** out of everything is always Russia, Russia, Russia.
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xX609s-hartXx Apr 3, 2026 -1
All for the low cost of sacrificing one of your few leftover allies...
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trow_eu Apr 3, 2026 +4
Russian state has never been an ally to anyone, always backstabbing.
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ThorvaldtheTank Apr 3, 2026 +1
This war is a gross benefit for Russia overall and an even bigger plus if the current Iranian regime remains intact at the end of the war.
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Appropriate-Debt5561 Apr 3, 2026
Putin never actually controlled Trump, they just happened to agree on a lot of things.
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Appropriate-Debt5561 Apr 3, 2026 -5
If he takes orders from Putin, why did he blow up several of Putin's client states?
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Jamuro Apr 3, 2026 +1
simple answer, because despite the claims he is no king. he needs to maintain control over his party and nowadays that means appeasing rubio, graham and maybe to some extend the hardline evangelics like johnson. would putin have preferred for this war not to be against iran ... sure, as long as it still happens. the benefit of seeing the us caught in a war that eats up military resources, increases oil prices, distracts from ukraine and destabilizes existing security structures even further, simply outweigh the usefulness of iran. and most of all it further helps normalize his imperialistic worldview, of powerful nations having a right to their spheres. finally let's be real here ... chances are close to zero that the us will occupy all of iran anyways.
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CheesecakeHorror3410 Apr 2, 2026 +19
Yes. Trump is owned by the Russians and will eagerly do whatever his master asks of him.
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ThorvaldtheTank Apr 3, 2026 +1
Imagine if something ridiculously big happens like Ukraine taking Crimea or a Civil War happening in Russia and Putin decides to just leak all of the kompromat on Trump because f*** it
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N_THUNDERHORSE Apr 3, 2026 +3
This is why trump is letting russian oil into cuba
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DrMacAndDog Apr 2, 2026 +78
Putin: “This is the longest special military operation in history” Trump: “Hold my beer!”
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helm Apr 3, 2026 +4
Well, Putin has a 4-year-long head start that isn’t going away.
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glmory Apr 3, 2026 +52
Not at all. The first time it stalled was when they got pushed back from their Kyiv push, then there was Ukraine taking back Kherson. Russia liked to pretend they were making steady progress but they had a lot of big setbacks.
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Otterfan Apr 3, 2026 +26
That was over three years ago. Kherson was liberated on 11 November 2022. The Russians launched the Avdiivka offensive in October 2023 and have been advancing ever since. It's been brutally slow going, but until recently they have been constantly moving forward.
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Galapagos_Finch Apr 3, 2026 +10
I would argue that a brutally slow offensive with intermittent losses of territory qualifies as “stalling”. And some of their losses in the last three months are bigger than their gains in three years.
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snarpygsy Apr 3, 2026 +4
Pushed the Russians back from Kharkiv in 2024? For the second time or am I miss remembering? But yes get your point.
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S3lvah Apr 2, 2026 +38
How long until Trump pushes for Musk to allow Russia back in on Starlink? At this point, I won't be surprised by anything from Krasnov.
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Bunch_of_Shit Apr 3, 2026 +5
the sunk cost russia is in is unbelievable
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Spidero0w0o Apr 3, 2026 +4
Loses on the other hand...
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Bad_Day_Moose Apr 3, 2026 +8
Honestly, I feel that Trump started a war with Iran to try to get the world to put Ukraine on the back burner, give them something else to focus on so people stop supporting Ukraine, just Trump helping his buddy Putin... Well Trump, it's not working, fight your nonsense war alone.
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ScottOld Apr 2, 2026 +5
Thought it was reversed already?
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Puzzled-Hedgehog4984 Apr 3, 2026 +3
Stalls is doing a lot of work here. Russian advances have been measured in hundreds of meters per day for most of this campaign — calling that a stall versus a crawl depends entirely on what your expectations were going in. The more interesting question is what actually changes the calculus: attrition rates, weather, or something political on either side.
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ScientificBackground Apr 3, 2026 +1
Russia has two wars now. They assist Iran. Maybe attacking Iran is the only option to put pressure on Russia. At the same time the support from Iran weakens. Maybe Trumps war is the chance to stop Putins war.
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BlueDolphins28 Apr 3, 2026 +1
Wasn’t it stalled already? This news is already there since start of 2024.
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Bunnyhat Apr 3, 2026 -4
No. Russia has been making slow, but stay gains in the West of Ukraine. Isolated setbacks, but overall gains.
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stonertear Apr 3, 2026 +1
No Iran to send them shit
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toorigged2fail Apr 3, 2026
I mean only one setback in 4 years is pretty good I don't see what the big deal is /s in case that wasn't clear
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Little-Carpenter4443 Apr 2, 2026 -21
The calm before the storm. They have been getting rich off of this oil situation and the embargo’s that were lifted.
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honoratus_hi Apr 2, 2026 +30
Not really. A good 40% chunk of their output is stalled and they are on the brink of partially stopping production. It certainly isn't great that the gas prices have risen, but they can barely take advantage of it for now. And for sure not nearly enough compared to how they could have benefited if Putin didn't take the stupidest decision to invade another country in the first place. But that's what happens when countries are being led by a dictator.
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mmavcanuck Apr 2, 2026 +14
The kinetic sanctions are still in place.
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Aedeus Apr 3, 2026 +3
>The calm before the storm. You weirdos have been saying this for literal years now 🤣
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Combat_Orca Apr 2, 2026 +2
Iran was supporting them though, they won’t be able to get as many drones from them at the mo
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few Apr 3, 2026 +2
I'm also thinking that is highly likely is at least a factor in their slowing pace. They must also be having some pretty extreme recruitment issues given they're ordering businesses to cough up employees now.
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LothorBrune Apr 2, 2026 +1
Russia produces their own drones since a good time now.
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NewWayUa Apr 3, 2026 +8
"Produces" is too loud. It's a bit more complicated because most of drone components russia doesn't produce. They mostly put parts together.
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Combat_Orca Apr 2, 2026 +6
Yeah that doesn’t mean they weren’t accepting Iranian drones
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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 -120
Stalled? They are gaining on 6 fronts!
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No_Historian3349 Apr 2, 2026 +59
Sure they are. And your magical SU-57’s are shooting NATO planes out of the sky left and right.🤣
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reazen34k Apr 3, 2026 -12
Meanwhile on deepstate it's like a whole month of 2-15km gains every day lol.
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AlexandbroTheGreat Apr 2, 2026 +29
How many square miles have they taken on a net basis in the past month and how does that compare to the Battle of the Somme? 
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[deleted] Apr 2, 2026 -30
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Melstead Apr 2, 2026 +18
Say hi to the Russian Navy on the bottom of the sea for us, it's frankly amazing how a teeny weeny little army can utterly humiliate the big bad bear! Ya know why? Ukrainians love Ukraine. Russia hates Russians.
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AlexandbroTheGreat Apr 2, 2026 +21
OK 5 day old account. Say hi to Putin for me. Assume you will be on the front lines catching an FPV drone any day now.
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YouMadeMeGetThisAcco Apr 2, 2026 +14
Russia have taken out 80%+ of Ukraines military and still have to force companies to conscript workers to keep the fight going? 🤣 Russia are on their knees forcing conscription to push against less than 20% of Ukraines military? Even if that was true, this is NOT the flex your boss told you it is, russbot 😂 no vodka bonus for you today Boris
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No_Box6187 Apr 2, 2026 +7
80%? Da onde você retirou esses números? assumo que deve haver uma grande quantidade de perdas em ambos os lados, mas falar que a Ucrânia perdeu 80% de um exército que deve hoje composto por mais de 1 milhão de soldados e loucura, e o mesmo que falar que a Rússia teve milhões de mortos
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-ratmeat- Apr 2, 2026 +5
did you ge that from ОРТ or RT News? 
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Jar545 Apr 2, 2026 +4
You wouldn't see reality if it slapped you in the face tankie.
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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 -1
It’s a special military operation dumdum. Putin is too scared to call it a war and here you are claiming it’s a war of attrition. Jeez you must really hate Russian people.
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Perfect_Opposite2113 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Just the ones that support Putin. Same as I hate Americans that support Trump. Or Israelis that support Netanyahu. Basically anyone that supports war mongers can f*** off.
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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 +9
You sitting there cheering as Russians die for nothing. How many Rubles are you being paid for that?
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justwannaedit Apr 2, 2026 +13
It's pretty clearly a war of attrition. Gain an inch today, lose an inch tomorrow.
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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 -60
Sadly, Ukraine just keeps losing more inches.
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Melstead Apr 2, 2026 +20
Least they ain't losing 100 men per inch...
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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 -52
Just 90.
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Snakebird11 Apr 2, 2026 +29
Does being a lying piece of shit pay well?
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Melstead Apr 2, 2026 +19
it's actually up to 78 russian invaders per square kilometer in some areas... Which is the worst attritional stats for any conflict since WW2.
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Aedeus Apr 3, 2026 +2
You all really have got to ask for less obvious alt accounts.There's no way there's no money in your budget to buy better ones 😭🥀
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