The world spent a year collecting news on this subject. war in ukraine and counting dead, wounded and refugees in a conflict that upsets all international balances. The reality at the front is very different from what the Kremlin envisioned when it invaded the country: Quickly take control of and overthrow all of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky. But Ukrainian resistance forced the troops. Vladimir Putin withdraw from key areas in the east and south of the country and forced the Russian president to order a partial military mobilization to deal with Ukraine’s counterattack.
On the map, the development of events shows that the war is in a stalemate. impasse almost six months. according to incoming data Institute of War Studies The final breakthrough of the USA (ISW), Russia came in mid-August, when Russian troops managed to capture it. 1,623.9 square kilometers From the territory of Ukraine. Since then, Putin’s only significant advance in Ukraine was 496 square kilometers earlier this February.
Progress of both sides, week by week
The chart below summarizes the changes in control of Ukrainian territory. week to week Since February 24, 2022, the date when Russia invaded Ukraine. As can be seen, there has been almost no change in the ground since mid-November. The turning point that led to the stalemate of the war was the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson.
Only in the first two weeks of the conflict, Russia almost took over. 78,000 square kilometers on the territory of Ukraine, mainly in the region Donbassin the east of the country. From then on, however, the pace of Russian advances dwindled from week to week, although they conquered territory almost weekly until August. Since then, all success fell on the Ukrainian side.
There were three wonderful moments in the counterattack of Zelensky’s troops. At the beginning of April last year, Ukraine recovered within a week. 26,376.5 square kilometers It forces Russia to withdraw from the north of the country. In mid-September, almost recovery 6,000 square kilometers This was Russia’s first defeat at Kherson and resulted in their withdrawal from the city on 10 November after losing the others. 3,500 square kilometers local.
The following loop allows you to check the status of each side in the area on the map on three different dates of the war.
Dead civilians month after month
Another data exemplifying the limited situation Putin’s Ukraine Move The balance of civilians killed in this first year of war. In the absence of a reliable official source, several international organizations and NGOs have attempted to compile the total number of deaths. The map below is located on the ground attacks and the evolution of dead civilians month to month. You can check the dates, locations and deaths of each attack by pausing the interactive and magnifying the view.
The previous map and the following clearly show that the victims of the war are concentrated in the north, and above all in the region. Donbass, in the east and southeast of the country. On the contrary, in some parts of central and especially western Ukraine (the border Poland And Moldova) There was no loss of life in these 365 days.