US EditionPutin says Russia has captured nearly 5,000 square km in Ukraine this year
Russian forces claim control of nearly 5,000 square kilometers and 212 localities in Ukraine during 2025 while Kyiv disputes these gains and reports counteroffensive progress.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces captured nearly 5,000 square km of land in Ukraine during 2025 and claim to hold the strategic initiative on the battlefield.
- Ukrainian officials dispute these claims, asserting that their forces have made gains in the Donetsk and Sumy regions, particularly near Dobropillia.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Ukrainian forces are focusing on slowing the Russian advance in Sumy.
- Putin emphasized that the objectives of Russia's military operation remain aimed at 'demilitarizing and denazifying' Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his 73rd birthday, claimed that Russian forces had captured 5,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory by 2025. He said Russia maintained the strategic initiative, while Ukrainian forces were retreating.
More than two hundred Ukrainian settlements have been occupied, according to the Russian president. Meanwhile, Kiev points out that not a single important city has fallen into Russian hands.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured nearly 5,000 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine by 2025 and that Moscow had full strategic initiative on the battlefield.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March, that the Russian forces captured nearly 5,000 miles of Ukrainian land patrols this year, claiming that Moscow has kept "complete strategic initiative" on the battlefield.
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