Moscow claims first whole Ukrainian region

Russia claims its forces have taken full control of Luhansk, which would make it the only Ukrainian region to have fallen in its entirety more than three years after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion

Luhansk: Region of 26,700 sq km under full control, Kremlin-installed head of region claims

Dachne: Russian forces seize first village in Dnipro region, Russian state media says

Sep 2022: President Putin unilaterally declares annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhya regions into Russia

UKRAINE
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Kharkiv
Kupiansk
Mykolaiv
Sevastopol
Odesa
Dnipro
Kherson
Melitopol
Mariupol
Donetsk
Luhansk
Kyiv
KHERSON OBLAST
LUHANSK OBLAST
DONETSK OBLAST
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA
DNIPRO OBLAST
KHARKIV OBLAST
Zaporizhya NPP
BLACK SEA
Sea of Azov
80km
50 miles

Russian control before Feb 24, 2022

Russian control and claimed territory as of Jul 1, 2025

Sources: Reuters, Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
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