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2023-09-22 13:11:15 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The claim that "Ukraine has reclaimed more than half the territory Russia seized" is misleading. The re-captured sites are of minor strategic relevance, and these movements have been used by the Russian forces to lure Ukrainian and NATO strategists into attrition warfare. E.g: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ukraine-says-it-has-retaken-territory-near-the-embattled-eastern-city-of-bakhmut

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• The claim that "Ukraine has reclaimed more than half the territory Russia seized" is misleading. The re-captured sites are of minor strategic relevance, and these movements have been used by the Russian forces to lure Ukrainian and NATO strategists into attrition warfare. E.g: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ukraine-says-it-has-retaken-territory-near-the-embattled-eastern-city-of-bakhmut