I've seen a video of wounded Russian soldiers who are being held in a pigsty. They complain that many of them are wounded but aren't allowed to go home because they signed 2 year contracts and the military doesn't know what to do with them. They don't want to get rid of cannon fodder and also don't want to show them to the public because most of them lost limbs or have shrapnel wounds. It's hart do be a man in Russia these days 
In 1941 during Operation Barbarossa German forces captured many Soviet cities including Minsk, Smolensk and Kiev. The Soviets captured nothing.
Well, let's summarize the achievements of Russia and Ukraine on the front line over the past six months in 2024.
Russia captured 55 settlements in the DPR, LPR, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions, including one city (Avdeevka), two urban-type settlements (Ocheretino, Belogorovka), eight small towns (Lastochkino, Severnoye, Stepovoye, Nevelskoye, Mirnoye, Glubokoye, Shumy, Spornoye) and 44 villages. Ukraine captured nothing.
Russia captured 55 settlements in the DPR, LPR, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions, including one city (Avdeevka), two urban-type settlements (Ocheretino, Belogorovka), eight small towns (Lastochkino, Severnoye, Stepovoye, Nevelskoye, Mirnoye, Glubokoye, Shumy, Spornoye) and 44 villages. Ukraine captured nothing.
In 1941 during Operation Barbarossa German forces captured many Soviet cities including Minsk, Smolensk and Kiev. The Soviets captured nothing.