Zelenskiy says Ukraine recaptured 745 square km of occupied territory this year
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said 26 settlements across three southeastern regions were returned to Kyiv’s control.
Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have liberated 745 square km of Russian-occupied territory this year along the southeastern front, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.
He said 26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions had returned to Kyiv’s control during an operation carried out “exactly as planned”.
Operation and territory
The settlements are located along an approximately 60 km stretch of the front where the borders of the three regions meet.
Zelenskiy said on X that Ukraine’s air-assault forces and other units had carried out the offensive operation with precision.
A video released by Ukraine’s General Staff on Wednesday showed mainly drone footage of troops displaying Ukrainian flags in the settlements. Reuters could not independently verify the footage.
Frontline situation
Ukraine’s military has sought to increase pressure on Moscow’s war effort in recent months, launching counterattacks along parts of the 1,200 km front and striking logistics and energy infrastructure.
A battlefield map published by Ukrainian open-source group DeepState showed that much of the area remains a grey zone not fully controlled by either side, while some areas are still marked as Russian-controlled.
Analysts say Russia’s advances have slowed this year across much of the front, although Russian forces continue to move towards key cities in the eastern Donetsk region.
Moscow has demanded that Kyiv surrender the remaining territory of the industrialised Donetsk region, a demand Ukraine has rejected.
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