2/ Russian forces controlled between 17.9 and 18.52 percent of Ukraine in 2023 and 2024, and this figure rose to 19.32 percent by the end of 2025. Russian forces have thus occupied an additional 1.5 percent of Ukraine’s territory in the last three years.
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jan 16, 2026
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MORE: Ukrainian defenses are not on the verge of collapse, and Ukrainian forces have been able to prevent Russian forces from militarily achieving Putin’s goal of subjugating all of Ukraine. Russian gains will likely continue to be slow and grinding, and are unlikely to lead to a quick collapse of the frontline. ⬇️
At the height of Russian gains in Ukraine in March 2022, Russian forces had seized 26.16 percent of Ukraine. The subsequent Ukrainian counteroffensive to push Russian forces back from Kyiv City and northern Ukraine, however, reduced this to 20.21 percent by the end of April 2022.
Russia’s territorial control continued to decrease to 17.84 percent by the end of 2022 following Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives. The extent of Russia’s control over Ukraine stayed relatively constant in 2023, 2024, and 2025.Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to demonstrate that he will not be satisfied with a peace settlement that only pertains to Ukraine and does not radically restructure NATO.
The Kremlin continues to forward the false narrative that Ukraine’s defenses are on the verge of collapse, but data on Russian gains since the start of the full-scale invasion demonstrate otherwise.
Russian General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov continues to offer demonstrable lies and exaggerations about Russian battlefield gains to forward the Kremlin’s false narrative that a Russian military victory is inevitable.
Other Key Takeaways:— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2011973472743014625
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jan 16, 2026
Israel says it is striking Hezbollah targets in several areas in Lebanon https://t.co/EzJCQyJZaJ https://t.co/EzJCQyJZaJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 16, 2026
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump during her visit to the White House on Thursday. Machado has praised Mr. Trump for ordering the raid that captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Erica Brown reports.
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