[alaricus]

> Two months ago Russian forces controlled a greater fraction of the territory that they do now.

Two months ago Russians were still trying to take Mariupol and Sievierodonetsk. The first one is now taken, and the second is almost taken.

> most military experts agree that further Russian advances are extremely unlikely

Most military experts you are reading maybe. Russia has been slowly and steadily continuing its advance.

[qsort]

They were also trying to take Kyiv, from which they retired in disgrace.

You are making assertions all over the place and don't seem to care that you're getting assertion failures from all of them.

[alaricus]

I was about to say the same about you :)

Yes, Russians didn't manage to take Kiev or Kharkiv. But that doesn't change the fact that they are making progress in the east and the south. Wars have more than one front.