Ukraine war briefing: Pro-Russian observers call out exaggeration of territorial gains

Kremlin intensifying propaganda effort, says ISW, because actual advances are limited and slow relative to high losses incurred. What we know on day 1,287The influential Russian war observers known as milbloggers have rounded on the defence ministry and the army chief Gen Valery Gerasimov for exaggerating battlefield progress in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Gerasimov claimed on 30 August that Russian forces had seized 3,500 sq km of territory and 149 settlement...