Meanwhile, General Gerasimov has once again reported directly to Putin and the world that Lugansk has been completely conquered.
But this is patently untrue.

Not even the big ZAnon shills have shaded in the claimed territories on their maps.

Here is a ISW report:

Gerasimov’s April 21 speech covered Russian operations from the past two to four months, a more expansive time period than the singular months or less that he covered in his January, February, and March 2026 speeches, likely in an attempt to disguise the lack of significant gains by presenting larger claimed gains across a greater timeframe.[9] Despite stretching the timeframe covered in his claims, Gerasimov still could not present frontline claims that even the most expansive claims from Russia’s ultranationalist milblogger community would consider realistic. Russian milbloggers have repeatedly criticized Gerasimov for exaggerating Russian gains near Kupyansk and other parts of the frontline and the practices of seizing settlements “on credit” and sending “beautiful reports,” each alleging unsubstantiated Russian advances to higher-ups from which the military command then makes operational plans and objectives for Russian forces on the ground.[10] Gerasimov also reiterated several previous claims of seizing certain settlements throughout his speech, but presented them as recent claims, attempting to create the false impression that Russian forces are rapidly advancing on the battlefield —contrary to all available evidence.[11] Gerasimov’s monthly presentation of all these aggrandized claims is part of the Kremlin’s ongoing cognitive warfare effort that aims to portray Russian forces as making simultaneous advances across the theater.

This campaign is trying to convince the West that the frontlines in Ukraine are collapsing, such that Ukraine should capitulate to Russia’s demands out of fear of intensified future Russian offensive operations.[12] Ukraine’s frontlines, in fact, are operationally stable, and Ukraine liberated more territory than Russian forces seized across the theater in February 2026.

The ISW provides good raw data but always wraps it into a poison pill of propaganda.

No, the goal is not to fool the West. The West is not fooled by these reports. The West does not get its battlefield information from Gerasimov’s pressers. The West has satellites — powerful satellites to gather its own information. The West has agents that send it information from the frontlines. This report is not intended to fool anyone with any clearance level whatsoever in the Western Deep State.

This kind of report is created with the intent to fool someone else.

The Russian people, yes, certainly. But also the Russian government, which does depend on a certain level of ideological solidarity to maintain coherence. Many employees in the military and government do indeed go to work every day with the intent to try and serve their country. Gerasimov’s reports help to deceive these under and midling chinovniks and reassure them into loyalty. https://slavlandchronicles.substack.com/p/modern-day-lady-godiva-has-saved?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9778ff8-3f30-4f1c-bdb4-9d9c84e108bd_744x719.png&open=false