--- title: "Russia's 2025 Offensive is Failing. Why?" description: "Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code WARFRONTS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/WARFRONTS Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly This video is #sponsored by Incogni. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Sources: Economist: https://www.economist.com/interactive/europe/2025/10/17/russia-latest-big-ukraine-offensive-gains-next-to-nothing-again Mediazona: https://en.zona.media/article/2025/10/10/casualtieseng-trl Leaked Russian fatalities document: https://t.me/hochuzhyt/4060?single Clément Molin, X: https://x.com/clementmolin/status/1980273719839805896 Tatarigami, X: https://x.com/TatarigamiUA/status/1975674068360962092 Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-lost-more-soldiers-ukraine-2025-alone/ Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-failed-summer-offensive-shatters-the-myth-of-inevitable-russian-victory/ Janis Kluge, X: https://x.com/jakluge/status/1978005507781648423 Rob Lee, X: https://x.com/RALee85/status/1975892918368980993 WarFronts: https://youtu.be/S7lqzj09uHc?si=d3M2SeMjclk0FLbh Ukraine Control Map, X: https://x.com/UAControlMap/status/1980356574037041375 Tatarigami, X: https://x.com/TatarigamiUA/status/1976078404190634005 Iuliia Mendel, X: https://x.com/IuliiaMendel/status/1980289111811387608 BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l0k4389g2o Meduza: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/20/the-battle-for-pokrovsk" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-cu-jg27ximm.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-cu-jg27ximm/ datePublished: 2025-10-24T17:00:31.000Z dateModified: 2025-10-24T17:00:31.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 598 --- Take your personal data back with Incogni! 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Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Sources: Economist: https://www.economist.com/interactive/europe/2025/10/17/russia-latest-big-ukraine-offensive-gains-next-to-nothing-again Mediazona: https://en.zona.media/article/2025/10/10/casualtieseng-trl Leaked Russian fatalities document: https://t.me/hochuzhyt/4060?single Clément Molin, X: https://x.com/clementmolin/status/1980273719839805896 Tatarigami, X: https://x.com/TatarigamiUA/status/1975674068360962092 Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-lost-more-soldiers-ukraine-2025-alone/ Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-failed-summer-offensive-shatters-the-myth-of-inevitable-russian-victory/ Janis Kluge, X: https://x.com/jakluge/status/1978005507781648423 Rob Lee, X: https://x.com/RALee85/status/1975892918368980993 WarFronts: https://youtu.be/S7lqzj09uHc?si=d3M2SeMjclk0FLbh Ukraine Control Map, X: https://x.com/UAControlMap/status/1980356574037041375 Tatarigami, X: https://x.com/TatarigamiUA/status/1976078404190634005 Iuliia Mendel, X: https://x.com/IuliiaMendel/status/1980289111811387608 BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l0k4389g2o Meduza: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/20/the-battle-for-pokrovsk --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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