>>64461508
>They didn't. That's the point, you illiterate retard. Moving laterally along the frontline means you're not advancing into enemy territory, you're just moving from one poart of your rear areas to another. Moving along a line does not push the line forward. This is basic fucking map reading you're failing at now.
All of this territory including fortified towns encircled in blue was captured by Russia from the AFU just in 2025. Did you just start paying attention to the war a month ago?

This is not "moving troops along a frontline" its moving into an area, killing all the AFU there, establishing control and then moving on to the next area. Almost the entire Poltavka-Uspenivka line has already fallen, Gulaypole is going to be another yet cauldron soon (after Debalsevo, Mairupol, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kursk and Porkroast cauldrons)