Ova reported what percentage of the territories of Donetsk region is under Russian occupation

In the territory of Donetsk region there are 837 settlements under the Russian occupation (447 of them – since 2014), the regional military administration reported in response to a request from the Radio Liberty Donbas Reality. Ova specified that this data as of July 1, 2025.

“The estimated area of ​​the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region is 66.7 %,” Ova noted.

The regional military administration also stated that today Donetsk region is the region that is most affected by Russia’s armed aggression.

“In these circumstances, in the context of significant escalation of hostilities, housing facilities undergo constant damage and destruction. According to the information of the Department of Housing and Communal Services, according to the operational information of district state administrations, district military administrations, for the period from 24.02.2022 to 02.07.2025 in the territories of settlements of the region, under the control of the Ukrainian authorities, 46 430 houses are damaged/destroyed.

According to the OVA, according to the group within the World Bank, the Government of Ukraine, the European Commission and the United Nations, the Donetsk region has the largest amount of total direct losses caused to the Russian Federation, which amounted to $ 43.2 billion (as of the end of 2024).

In addition, Ova reported that more than 1.5 million inhabitants of the territory of the region under the control of the Ukrainian authorities left their homes after the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia.

“According to operational information obtained from district state administrations, military district administrations, the number of residents who remained for the territories of Donetsk region -controlled Ukrainian authorities as of June 30, 2025 is 269 117 persons. The Regional State Administration does not have information regarding the population in the temporarily occupied territories of the region, ”the message reads.

Earlier this year, the OVA reported that as of February, there were 784 settlements of Donetsk region under the occupation (447 – from 2014), which was approximately 60.4% of the total number of settlements of the region. Such data of the Ova reported in response to the request of the public.

The project of Radio Liberty Donbass.Realia in May reported that Russia in the Donbass intensified the offensive in several directions, seeking to surround Konstantinovka – an important railway knot and a stronghold of Ukrainian defense.

The American Institute for the Study of the War in its report, published on the night of July 8, suggested that Russian troops were changing the priorities of the offensive in the Pokrovsky direction after several weeks of unsuccessful attempts to move to Konstantinovka. According to ISW, the command of the Russian Federation will try to force Ukrainian troops to retreat from Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad under the threat of environment before reorganizing in the Konstantinovsky direction.