The gap: territory occupied by Russia vs liberated by Ukraine, km²
The state of the war
Updated 26 days ago of Ukraine occupied
19.2%
of Donbas occupied
90%
Russia took
km² · Jan–Sept
km² · Jan–Sept
1,327
Ukraine liberated
km² · Jan–Sept
km² · Jan–Sept
450
Net change
km² · this year
km² · this year
+878
Daily advance
km²/day · this year
km²/day · this year
3.2
Calculated from DeepState Map.
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Russia gained 66 km² in September — fourth-lowest month in two years
Net monthly change in territory control over the last 12 months. Positive — Russian gains, negative — Ukrainian gains.
Territory Updated 26 days ago
Big picture: From the 2022 war of destruction to the war of attrition
Month-by-month change in the Russian-controlled area since Feb 2022. In 2022, tens of thousands of square kilometers were captured and liberated. Between January 2023 and September 2026, Russia has gained around 8,300 km².
Territory Updated today
Russia's average daily advance in 2026 is three times slower than in 2025
Day-by-day change in the Russian-occupied area, smoothed with a 7-day rolling average. In 2025, Russia advanced an average of 12 km² per day. Over the first nine months of 2026, the average tempo fell to 3.4 km² per day.
Territory Updated 26 days ago
How many km² does Russia capture and Ukraine liberate each month
The chart visualizes what stands behind the usual net figure of territorial change.
Air war Updated 26 days ago
Ukrainian Air Force is no longer reporting the full scope of the missile attacks
Lowest estimate of the number of missiles Russia launched and Ukraine shot down.
Air war Updated 26 days ago
Russia launched at least 6,649 long-range attack drones in September
Number of long-range attack drones launched by Russia and neutralised by Ukrainian air defence.
Territory Updated 26 days ago
How much territory does Russia control in the regions it considers its own
Russian-controlled share of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, tracked monthly since September 2022.
Civilians Updated 26 days ago
At least 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured in Ukraine in September
Civilian deaths and injuries verified by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, per month since 24 February 2022. The figures are a floor: they count only verified cases.
The pace, to scale
A snail is 4 times faster than the Russian army in Donetsk
0 m~18 m / day (snail)
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▲ Russian advance ~4.8 m/day
Illustrative: in the Donetsk region, where much of the Russian advance happens, Russia has taken ~616 km² along a ~466 km front this year, per DeepState Map. On average the frontline moved ~4.8 m per day. A garden snail covers on the order of 18 m a day (~1 m/h while awake).