Moscow announces captures to the press before the ground confirms them. Gerasimov did this with Lyman, Sviatohirsk and Kupyansk. Negotiations should start from the map, not from the press release.

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Yes, it could be a path for them to avoiding serious negotiations while claiming a willingness. They know that Ukraine can’t accept handing over territories to them that they have not even occupied.

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5/ The corresponding map from the Ukrainian site DeepState shows a fairly similar front line, with the major exception that the drained bed of the former Kakhovka Reservoir is claimed by the Russians as being held by them (which again is not supported by independent evidence).

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4/ "A similar rhetoric was observed in the spring and autumn of 2025, when battlefield results were also actively adjusted to align with subsequent rounds of negotiations with the Americans."

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3/ …Forces: Yulivka and Malokaterynivka. Most likely, the reason for all these virtual "liberations," as well as the hasty announcement of the liberation of Dobropillia, where fighting is still ongoing, is to prepare the information ground for negotiations with Trump's envoys.

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