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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
Are you speaking in terms of distance or of the strategic impact? The two can be quite different, depending on how the Russians were defending it, the type of ground and roads intersecting there, gaining control can be massive if even only a small amount of territory.
But if both distance and strategic importance are small than I would agree, I just don’t have the info to know that.
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It can't really be massive at this point, no. A plot of land of a small village is really at best going to have somewhat outsized tactical significance, but when compared to the size of the front and the amount of fortifications at the front, we're just way past the point in the war where miniscule plots of land have much real significance. At best it moves the front a bit, but the exact positions of the battle lines are really of fairly little significance right now, unless they start moving at a much faster pace.
And yeah, as far as I can tell, these little dots on the map aren't particularly significant. Again, forward is better than backward, but really I'd be more interested to know the estimated casualty rates than the names of the villages.