The gap: territory occupied by Russia vs liberated by Ukraine, km²
The state of the war
Updated 12 days ago of Ukraine occupied
19.1%
of Donbas occupied
89.9%
Russia took
km² · Jan–Aug
km² · Jan–Aug
1,171
Ukraine liberated
km² · Jan–Aug
km² · Jan–Aug
359
Net change
km² · this year
km² · this year
+812
Daily advance
km²/day · this year
km²/day · this year
3.7
Calculated from DeepState Map.
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Russia gained 5 km² in August — lowest month in two years
Net monthly change in territory control over the last 12 months. Positive — Russian gains, negative — Ukrainian gains.
Territory Updated 12 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 August 2026, Russia has gained around 8,300 km².
Territory Updated 2 days ago
Russia's daily advance slowed to about a third of its 2025 pace
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 eight months of 2026, the average tempo fell to 3.5 km² per day.
Territory Updated 12 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 12 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 12 days ago
Russia launched almost 4,800 Shahed-type drones in August
Number of long-range attack drones launched by Russia and neutralised by Ukrainian air defence.
Territory Updated 12 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.
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 ~4.7 m/day
Illustrative: in the Donetsk region, where much of the Russian advance happens, Russia has taken ~570 km² along a ~495 km front this year, per DeepState Map. On average the frontline moved ~4.7 m per day. A garden snail covers on the order of 18 m a day (~1 m/h while awake).