A deal that froze the war would leave Russia in control of a swath of Ukrainian territory

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Ukraine

Russia

Dnipro River

Kharkiv

Luhansk

Regions 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Crimea

annexed

in 2014

Black Sea

Kyiv

200 km

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Ukraine

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Luhansk

Dnipro River

Regions 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Crimea

annexed

in 2014

200 km

Black Sea

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Belarus

Kursk

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Luhansk

Dnipro River

Regions 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Moldova

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Crimea

annexed

in 2014

200 km

Black Sea

Romania

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Belarus

Kursk

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Luhansk

Dnipro River

Regions 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Moldova

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Romania

Sea of Azov

Crimea

annexed

in 2014

200 km

Black Sea

200 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: the Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project. 12 Feb 2025