Ok so it wasn't a misreading, great.

I would just make mention of the fact that since the high water mark in March 2022, the ruzzia has taken a few sq miles, while Ukraine has liberated a whole lot more, so "the Russian military now controls an awful lot of ground they didn't control before" pretty much stopped being true by April.

https://saidit.net/s/WorldNews/comments/9grh/a_quarter_year_in_the_making_worlds_second_best/

Also, today, there are two Ukrainian offensives in the north and south which are actively gaining ground - and massive if true - luhansk province is no longer under total ruzzian control. So they are certainly collapsing, it's just taking a bit longer than some optimistic reports