[RC_ITR]

Maps of territory are a terrible way of showing ANY political conflict.

It's the same as the maps of county-by-county US election results that show a sea of red that equate to a population smaller than LA county.

People are the important unit in political conflicts and Russia is very much struggling to take any meaningfully populated area (See: Chernobyl, a place where sane humans refuse to go, being one of the first trophies)

[conductr]

I fully agree but it's my go to when my level of time investment is very low. First few weeks I was checking in maybe 5 minutes a day for the headlines, saw no real ground footage and only the maps and cities under siege. The next couple weeks I checked in less frequently but began seeing more imagery of the destruction/human toll. As of now, I haven't looked at any news on the topic this week at all.

[mcguire]

See https://purplestatesofamerica.org/ (Click on "Population".)

And here's an interesting take: https://medium.com/matter/the-trouble-with-the-purple-electi...