“According to the analytical project DeepState, in 2025 Russia occupied 4,336 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Screenshot of the occupied territories as of the end of 2025 – DeepState Source: DeepState
Literally: “This is approximately 0.72% of the entire territory of Ukraine. In total, from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2026, the increase in the occupied territory amounted to 7,463 sq. km, or 1.28% of the entire territory. Compared to previous years, 2025 was really difficult for the Defense Forces of Ukraine.”
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Details: The project published statistics on occupation by regions:
- Dnipropetrovsk – 0.6% (+0.6 over the last year);
- Sumy – 1.0% (+1);
- Kharkiv – 4.7% (+1.3);
- Kherson – 72% (-);
- Zaporizhzhia – 74.8% (+2.1);
- Donetsk – 78.1% (+10.6);
- Luhansk – 99.6% (+0.6).
In comparison with 2022, in 3 years, the situation has changed as follows:
- Dnipropetrovsk – 0% ► 0.6%;
- Sumy – 0% ► 1%;
- Kharkiv – 1.9% ► 4.7%;
- Kherson – 72% ► 72%;
- Zaporizhzhia – 72.8% ► 74.8%;
- Donetsk – 56.7% ► 78.1%;
- Luhansk – 97.9% ► 99.6%
DeepState reports that only 116,165 sq. km of Ukrainian land is occupied.
This is 19.25% of the entire territory, or every 5th square. km
Crimea remains 100% occupied. And the percentage occupied on the Kinburn spit of the Mykolaiv region does not play a role in the numbers.