Pronóstico: Which cities will Russia enter by December 31?

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Market context

Russian forces are currently advancing at a fraction of their 2025 pace, having gained control of only 7.87 per cent of the territory they infiltrated the previous year while simultaneously losing 281.1 square kilometres on the frontline[1]. Ukrainian drone activity in the Pokrovsk direction is actively hindering Russian troop rotations and accumulating personnel, effectively blunting the Spring-Summer 2026 offensive so far[1]. This stagnation mirrors historical patterns where the Kremlin’s self-imposed deadlines for seizing Donetsk and Luhansk have repeatedly diverged from actual battlefield performance, with Moscow failing to meet its early 2022 target of capturing all claimed territory by September[6].

The 22 per cent crowd-implied probability reflects a market weighing these attrition rates against the remaining six-month window, yet the catalyst for a shift lies in Ukraine’s depleted anti-ballistic interceptor stocks which Russia is exploiting to maximise strike potential[3]. Traders must monitor the next ISW daily campaign assessment for any confirmed shading of Russian control around Chasiv Yar or the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, as recent maps show only gradual encroachment rather than dramatic breakthroughs[2]. A decisive move would likely require a collapse in Ukrainian frontline drone coverage or a significant escalation in Russian missile packages targeting Kyiv and Odesa infrastructure, events that have already caused civilian casualties and damaged residential buildings[3]. Without a breakthrough in these specific sectors, the current slow advance suggests the market’s low probability is well-founded.

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