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Putin’s advances have been destroyed by Operation Vivaldi | Col Ingram analyses

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Oct 4, 2026

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“They’ve reversed more than a year of Russian advances.”

Ukraine has liberated between 125 and 140 square kilometres of territory in the Donbas through the first three movements of Operation Vivaldi, says former British Army colonel Philip Ingram, as he analyses what is happening on the ground.

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