Clément Molin Mapped Ukrainian Fortifications and Defensive Lines on the South-Easte...

Clément Molin mapped Ukrainian fortifications and defensive lines on the southeastern front (roughly from Zaporizhzhia to Lyman): kilometers of anti-tank ditches with barbed wire.

Today The New York Times, citing Black Bird Group, wrote that at the current pace (February-April), it will take Russia three decades to capture the whole of Donbas.

I do not like these calculations because, first, for Ukraine this is about human lives, and second, the pace can change. It is obvious that Russia's spring-summer campaign has not yet gathered momentum.

Although it is just as obvious that this year Russia's offensive campaign is delayed: last year the intensification began in the final days of April and peaked in the second half of May.

I do not want to speculate about the future, but one conclusion can still be drawn from this map: Ukraine is building fortifications faster than Russia is overcoming them.