Russian advances in Ukraine from January to December 2025

Russian control and most recent advances*,

21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy oblast

Russia

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Dnipro

River

Kharkiv oblast

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy

Sumy oblast

Russia

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Kharkiv oblast

Dnipro River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy

Sumy oblast

Russia

Ukraine

Kharkiv

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Kharkiv oblast

Dnipro River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Sumy

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy oblast

Ukraine

Russia

Kharkiv

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Dnipro River

Kharkiv oblast

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*,

21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy oblast

Russia

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Dnipro

River

Kharkiv oblast

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy

Sumy oblast

Russia

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Dnipro River

Kharkiv oblast

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy

Sumy oblast

Russia

Ukraine

Kharkiv

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Dnipro River

Kharkiv oblast

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Russian control and most recent advances*, 21 Dec 2025

Claimed advances

Sumy

Line of Russian control and

advances on 2 Jan 2025

Sumy oblast

Ukraine

Russia

Kharkiv

Kupiansk

Luhansk

oblast

Kharkiv oblast

Dnipro River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Pokrovsk

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Nikopol

Donetsk

oblast

Zaporizhzhia

oblast

Kherson

Kherson

oblast

Kyiv

100 km

100 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project. *Areas where ISW assesses Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks against but do not control. 21 December 2025