How is the Ukraine war really going? The maps that help understand everythingPhoto by Iryna Olar on Pexels
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How is the Ukraine war really going? The maps that help understand everything

CNN Portugal29 August 2026 at 00:07

The front line of the war in Ukraine continues mostly stagnant, according to a specialized analysis. Despite the static situation in much of the conflict, Russia has been making circumstantial advances in some areas of the territory.

Colonel Carlos Mendes Dias is the military expert invited to analyze and explain the current situation of the conflict through the war maps. His intervention aims to help better understand the current state of the war.

The article addresses the need to understand the complete dynamics of the conflict, which is not limited only to the visible front line, but also to other factors that influence the course of the war between Ukraine and Russia.

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