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Russia's terms call for it to keep all the land it occupies, and be given all of the provinces that it claims but does not fully control. [10] Several Western-based analysts say that allowing Russia to keep the land it seized would "reward the aggressor while punishing the victim" and encourage further Russian expansionism. [11] [12]
Map of the oblasts of Ukraine.Russia had control of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk (the striped areas) prior to the 2022 invasion. This page provides information on the most recently known control of localities in Ukraine during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014 and escalated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
A Gallup poll conducted in June 2023 found that 62% of respondents in the United States wanted to support Ukraine in regaining territory that Russia had captured, even if it meant prolonging the war between Russia and Ukraine, while 32% wanted to end the war as quickly as possible, even if it meant allowing Russia to keep the territory it ...
Ukraine said on Monday it was holding 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russian territory, a week after the surprise cross-border assault that left the Kremlin scrambling and saw Kyiv ...
A US think tank estimates Russia lost about 40 troops per square mile seized in Ukraine in 2024. Russia's losses in its invasion of Ukraine are thought to have soared toward the end of the year.
Ukraine continues to claim Crimea as an integral part of its territory, supported by most foreign governments and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, [34] although Russia and some other UN member states recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation or have expressed support for the 2014 Crimean status referendum.
Russia holds 18% of Ukrainian territory, after defensive forces pushed it out of half of the area it seized following its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Council on Foreign Relations, a ...
Ukraine cut off supplies of water through the North Crimean Canal, which supplies 85% of Crimea's fresh water, [failed verification] causing the 2014 rice crop to fail, and greatly damaging the maize and soybean crops. [273] The annexation had a negative influence on Russians working in Ukraine and Ukrainians working in Russia. [274]