According to the report, Russia captured 710 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in one month, which is the second largest advance by Russian forces since November last year, when the Russians captured 725 square kilometers.
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How much progress did Russia make in November?
How much Ukrainian territory has Russia gained since the beginning of the year?
What were the conditions of the US peace plan for Ukraine?
Where are the fierce battles taking place according to the report?
This means that Russia has so far gained 19.3 percent. the territory of a neighboring country, about 7% of which, i.e. Crimea and part of Donbas, was under Moscow's control before the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The report indicates that since the beginning of this year, Russia has taken over almost 5,400 km of the territory of Ukraine, i.e. by almost 2 thousand square kilometers more than in the same period in the previous year.
Ukraine is fighting for Pokrovsk
AFP noted that despite the occupation of a large amount of Ukrainian territory, Russia's progress in the Donetsk region slowed down in November. The transfer of this entire oblast to Russia was one of the conditions of the 28-point American peace plan for Ukraine, which was later reduced to 19 points and is currently being discussed by the American and Ukrainian delegations.
In the Donetsk Oblast, Russia captured an area of 130 square kilometers in November. The site of the fiercest fighting there is currently Pokrovsk, where the Ukrainian army, as Oleksandr Syrski, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported last week, is blocking attempts by small groups of Russian infantry to storm the city.
In November, the Russians made the greatest progress in the Zaporizhia Oblast, where they captured an area of 272 square kilometers, which is as much as they managed to occupy in the previous four months. In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russia captured almost 200 square kilometers in November.
