According to the calculations of ISW analysts based on geolocied filming, in November 2024 the invaders captured about 627 km² Ukrainian land, in December – 569, in January – 427, in February – 354, in March – 203.
Ukrainian forces held local counterattacks in the directions of Pokrovsk and Toretsk in the last weeks, restoring the lost positions in these areas and contributing to the slowdown of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the report said.
ISW notes that their data They differ from those that led in the intelligence of Great Britain on April 5. According to the British estimates, in March the Russians captured 143 km², in February – 195, in January – 326, in December – 393, in November – 730.
“The British Ministry of Defense is probably using another methodology to evaluate Russian promotion in Ukraine, but the British Ministry of Defense reports with ISW data, which show a reduction in the monthly Russian promotion from November 2024 to March 2025,” analysts said.
Context
The aggressor of the Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when it occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions. In the spring of the same year, the Ukrainian army was discovered by the north of the country, in the fall – part of the Kharkov and Kherson regions, in particular Kherson.
From August 6, 2024 Armed Forces An operation is performed in the aggressor country-in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
