Welcome to the peace initiative for Ukraine in which you can contibute by raising your awareness as well as your consciousness[+] and spirit to the modes[+] of neutrality[*], decency, respectfulness, wisdom[*], objectivity, mastery of the intellect, surrender (ego and mind to God’s will), and finally peace (inner then outer). To properly grasp everything, we recommend reading the articles of this peace initiative in the order that we[*] designed it, which is listed in the Contents.
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You can also check out the Timelines on Wikipedia but keep in mind that it operates in a Western media ecosystem, thus its framing leans toward Western and Ukrainian interests as its lens tilts West (overusing NATO-sphere sources risks skewing the frame)—e.g., more coverage of Russian faults than Ukrainian ones as these pages are edited by CIA[+][+] and Kyiv operatives who are engaged in (dis)information warfare, which also means that Russian triumphs are not promptly or fully updated, and focus is on what Russia did wrong (killed, attacked…) rather on its victories or achievements:
· 3 March 2022 Russian forces seized Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant[+] and Enerhodar city[+]
· 6 March – Russia captured Novoselivske village[+]
· 25 February – 12 March, Russia won the major battle of Volnovakha[+] city in Donetsk
Apr 2022
· March – 2 April, Russia and Ukraine agree on a framework that would end the war, including Ukraine pledging not to join NATO. The US and UK blocked it.
· 4 April, Kyiv retreat – the Russian army left Kyiv Oblast (Kyiv city left on 2 April)
· 6 April, Chernihiv retreat – the Russian army left Chernihiv Oblast
· 7 April, Sumy retreat – the governor of Sumy Oblast said that Russian troops were gone
· 9 April, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson flies to Kyiv to tell Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to stop negotiating with Russia.
· 9 April 2022 – Zelensky cancelled peace talks[+][+] that took place in Istanbul
· 14 April – Ukrainian missile sinks the Moskva warship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet[+]
· 18–19 April – Russia won the battle of Kreminna[+]
Ma 2022
· 3 March – 7 May – Russia won the battle of Popasna[+] (PMC Wagner)
· 21 May – Zelenskyy: “Ukraine had 700.000 servicemembers on active duty”[+]
· 26 February – 20 May 2022, Russia won the battle of Mariupol[+]
On 20 April, Putin said that the siege of Mariupol could be considered tactically complete. Only Azovstal with 500 Ukrainian troops and estimated 1.000 civilians but they were entrenched in bunkers and completely sealed off[+]
· 18 May – Sweden and Finland unveil their bids to join NATO but there was political opposition from Turkey and Hungary. Finland formally became a member of NATO on 4 April 2023, Sweden on 7 March 2024
Jun 2022
· 9 May – 21 June – Russia won the major battle of Toshkivka[+]
· 6 May – 25 June – Russia won the major battle of Sievierodonetsk[+]
· 30 June – Russia withdrew from the Snake Island
Jul 2022
· 25 June – 3 July 2022 – Russia won the battle of Lysychansk[+][+]
· Ukraine and Russia agree to a landmark grain deal[+] allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported across the Black Sea.
· Zelensky Curse[+] – British PM Boris Johnson[+], Italian Premier Mario Draghi[+] and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced their resignation but Kallas stayed
Aug 2022
· 4 August – Amnesty International publishes a report[+] that accuses Ukraine of risking civilian life by placing its military in residential areas.
· 20 August – Russian TV commentator Darya Dugina was assassinated by Ukrainian SBU with a car bomb in Moscow (the intended target may have been her father Aleksandr Dugin[+] – dubbed ‘Putin’s brain’).
· 28 July – 24 August – Russia won the battle of Pisky[+]
· 31 August – all Russian gas exports to Europe are halted (but some resume later)
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov resigned
Sept 2022
· 6 September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region[+], Russia retreated immediately to regroup with no fighting back
2 October 2022 counteroffensive ended (3 weeks and 5 days)
· 10 September – Zelenskyy raises the Ukrainian flag in the city of Izium, occupied by Russia for six months, it is a big strategic win for Kyiv.
· Zelensky's presented his 10-point “peace formula”[+] – an ultimatum to force Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991, put the Russian leadership on trial, force them to pay compensations, and limit their ability to defend their territory.
· 21 September 2022, Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization – 300.000 reservists were called on a compulsory basis. Almost 1.200 protestors were arrested in cities across Russia after the mobilization call-up.
· 26 September 2022 – Nord Stream pipeline sabotage[+] by the US and Norway
· 30 September 2022, Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions[+] in an address to both houses of the Russian parliament following referendums of those regions, which overwhelmingly voted to join the Russian Federation.
Oct 2022
· 2 October – Ukraine reseized Lyman city in Donetsk region
· 4 October – Zelensky signed a decree[+][+][+] officially banning any peace negotiation with Russian President Vladimir Putin
· 8 October – the Crimean Bridge[+] (the Kerch Strait road-and-rail bridge) was hit by an explosion[+] (the 2nd attack was on17 July) caused by Ukrainian SBU.
· 10 October – Kyiv blackout – Russia retaliated for bridge attack with missile strikes on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure
· 11 October – Ukrainian forces re-entered Kherson city after Russians retreated
· Zelensky Curse[+] – British PM Liz Truss and Swedish PM Andersson resigned
Nov 2022
· 29 August – 11 November 2022 Kherson counteroffensive[+] – Russian retreat
· 11 November – Russia re-captured Opytne[+] (pro-Russian separatists captured it from Mid-April 2014 until 6 November 2014)
· 15 November – Poland (the village of Przewodów) was hit by a Ukrainian air defense missile near the Ukrainian border killing two
· 15 November – the European Parliament declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" calling for more sanctions
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen resigned[+]
· 9 December – Russia re-occupied the Dnipro river island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin close to Kherson
· 13 December – Denis Pushilin, Acting head of Donetsk's People of Republic claimed[+] that half of Donetsk Oblast was under Russian control
· 25 Dec – Putin stated that Russia was ready for negotiation but Kyiv refused[+]
· 30 December – Ukraine captured Novoselivske village[+]
2022 Russia occupied 1.874 Ukrainian cities and villages by the end of 2022
Jan 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 1 🇷🇺
· 5–7 January – Russian Christmas truce proposal[+] – rejected by Ukrainian leaders. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on both sides of the war in Ukraine for an Eastern Orthodox Christmas truce.
· 11 January 2023 – general Valery Gerasimov was appointed as the overall commander of the Russian military (the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces)
· 3 August 2022 – 16 January 2023 – Russia won the major battle of Soledar[+] (PMC Wagner). The Russian military stated that it captured Soledar on 13 January
· 17 January 2023 – UN concerned by restrictions to freedom of religion across Ukraine[+] Kyiv’s campaign against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church – a total ban on the UOC, including the Zelensky regime’s decision to evict its clergy from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.[+]
· 18 January 2023 – a helicopter crashed in Brovary on the eastern outskirts of the Kyiv region, killing the entire leadership of the Ukrainian Department of the Interior[+]
Febr 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 2 🇷🇺 (total=1877)
· 1 February – Russia captured Sakko I Vantsetti village (PMC Wagner). Also, a big corruption scandal[+] hits Ukraine's Defence Ministry
· 8 February – Seymour Hersh publishes the article “How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline” [+] On 15 February – Seymour Hersh published the article “The Crap on the Wall”[+], which is a follow-up to his previous article on the topic of the Nord Stream
· 12 February – Russia captured the village of Krasna Hora north of Bakhmut (PMC Wagner)[+]
· 24 February – China presented a 12-point plan for a cease-fire and peace talks to end the war. Ukraine rejected it.
· 25 February 2023 – Zelensky said[+]: Russia occupies 1.877 Ukrainian cities and villages
Marc 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 0 🇷🇺
· 10 March 2023 – two Kinzhal missiles hit NATO’s Western Command Center near Lvov 80 meters underground, killing 300, incl. 40 high ranking NATO officers.
· 17 March 2023 – the ICC issued a warrant for Putin's arrest, alleging that Putin held criminal responsibility for the illegal deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia[+][+]
· 18-19 March – Russian President Putin visits Sevastopol and Mariupol
· 20-22 March 2023, Chinese president Xi Jinping visits Russia[+]
· 22 March – Seymour Hersh publishes the article “Cover Up”[+], which is a follow-up to his February article on How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline[+], which is followed by his other article on 5 April “The Nord Stream Ghost Ship”[+]
· 28 March – Ukraine gets its first delivery of Western heavy tanks -14 British Challengers and 85 German Leopard 2s. Polish fighter jets also arrive.
· On 29 March – religious persecution – the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) was ordered by Zelensky to leave the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the lower grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra[+][+] (UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990). They refused to do so and have therefore filed a lawsuit against the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve. Ukrainian authorities have arrested 30 clergymen on charges relating to support for the Kremlin and treason.
Apr 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 0 🇷🇺
· 1 April – religious persecution – a court in Kyiv ordered[+] the house arrest of Metropolitan Pavlo (born Petro Lebid) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) for allegedly supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was later taken under police custody on 14 July and released in early August for further house arrest[+].
· 2 April – Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by an Ukrainian SBU explosion in a cafe in St Petersburg. The explosion injured around 24 people of which 6 were in critical condition. The cafe where the explosion occurred belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin (leader of PMC Wagner).
· 4 April – Finland formally became a member of NATO[+], finalizing the fastest accession process in the treaty's history. Finland has a 1,340 km (832 mi) border with Russia, which more than doubles NATO's border with Russia.
· 12 April – Seymour Hersh publishes the article “Trading With The Enemy”[+], which reveals rampant corruption in Kyiv, in particular by Zelensky and many generals
· 16 April – Pentagon document leaksleaks – classified documents of US–NATO counter-offensive plan details[+]
· 15-17 April – Poland, Hungary and Slovakia banned the import of grain from Ukraine
· 17 April – Russian President Putin visited military commanders in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson Oblast and troops in Luhansk.
· 26 April – Zelensky holds first war phone call with China's President Xi Jinping
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Finish Prime Minister Sanna Marin[+][+]was defeated in the April 2023 election
· 17 January-21 May – Russia won the major battle of Bakhmut[+] (PMC Wagner)
· 30 May – Russia destroyed the HQ of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kyiv. Moscow was attacked by at least eight drones, causing minor damage to several buildings.
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger resigned[+] and Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová announced that she would not run for re-election in 2024 due to the growing pro-Russia segment of the population eager to foster ties with Russia[+].
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2 = 1.879 Ukrainian cities and villages
Jun 2023
🇺🇦 9 : 0 🇷🇺
· 4 June – Ukrainian counteroffensive started in South Donetsk
· 6 June – destruction of the Kakhovka dam/Hydroelectric Power Plant[+] after Ukraine lost a 3-day battle of Vremevka ledge in South Donetsk[+]
· 7 June – counteroffensive started in the Orekhovsky sector in Zaporizhzhia
· 11-12 June – Ukraine captured 7 villages: Blahodatne, Makarivka and Neskuchne in South Donetsk as well as Lobkove[ꚛ], Levadne, Novodarivka and Storozheve in Zaporizhzhia – totaling around 90 km2
· 16 June – African leaders came to Kyiv as part of a peace mission. Ukraine rejected their peace proposal.
· 15–18 June 2022 – St. Petersburg International Economic Forum[+] was attended by participants from 130 countries[+], showing support for Russia despite threats from NATO leaders pushing for Russia's isolation
· 16 June – Ukraine captured Piatykhatky village (in Zaporizhzhia)
· 22 June – Zelenskyy signed a law banning the import and distribution of books from Russia and Belarus
· 24 June – Wagner mutiny (“march of justice”) fails after 24 hours. Wagner leader Yevegny Prigozhin takes a deal to go into exile in Belarus. The Wagner army is absorbed into the Russian army.
· 26 June – Ukraine captured Rivnopil[ꚛ] village in South Donetsk (and then lost it again in November 2024)
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă resigned[+]
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9 = 1.870 Ukrainian cities and villages
Jul 2023
🇺🇦 1 : 0 🇷🇺
· 11 July – NATO's 2023 Vilnius summit (major disappointment for Ukraine)
· 17 July – the Crimean Bridge attack[+] (the Kerch Strait road-and-rail bridge) was hit by an explosion (the 1st attack was on 10 October) – it was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy[+]
18-23 July – Odesa missile and drone attacks[+][+][+] – Russia retaliated for the Crimean Bridge attack with airstrikes in Odesa and many other places
· 17 July – Russia suspended participation in the grain deal[+] (Black Sea Grain Initiative that let Ukraine ship its grain through its ports on the Black Sea)
· 27 July – Ukraine captured Staromaiorske village (in South Donetsk)
· 27–28 July – The Russia-Africa Summit[+] attended by official delegations from 48 African countries
· 30 July – a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow damaged two office buildings
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte[+][+] had to resign[+] after the collapse of his government
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1 = 1.869 Ukrainian cities and villages
Aug 2023
🇺🇦 2 : 1 🇷🇺
· 5 August – Russia re-captured Novoselivske village[+], Luhansk Oblast, in the Kupyansk sector
· 16 August – Ukraine captured Urozhaine village (in South Donetsk)
· 23 August – Wagner Group leaders Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin and Valery Chekalov died in a plane crash
· 22-24 August – BRICS summit[+], 6 more countries joined
· 28 August – Ukraine captured Robotyne village (in Zaporizhzhia)
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš resigned
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1-2+1 = 1.868 Ukrainian cities and villages
Sept 2023
🇺🇦 2 : 0 🇷🇺
· 3 September – Ukraine president Zelensky fired Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov – replaced by Rustem Umierov
· 9 September – the G20 issued a joint declaration at the end of its summit in New Delhi, which was favorable to Russia
· 17 September – Ukraine captured Klishchiivka and Andriivka villages in Donetsk but a few months later, Ukraine lost them again (Ukraine recaptured altogether 14 villages in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia in 2023, with a total pre-war population of around 5.000, over 370 km2 of territory, less than half of what Russia captured in all of 2023[+][+]).
· 22 September – scandal at the Canadian parliament, Zelensky and all parliamentarians gave a standing ovation[»] to Ukrainian veteran Nazi[+][*], Yaroslav Hunka, calling him a hero
· 25 September – Ukraine receives the first batch out of 31 Abrams tanks
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1-2+1-2 = 1.866 Ukrainian cities and villages
Oct 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 0 🇷🇺
· 5 October – North Korea begun delivering artillery shells to Russia
· 7 October – Hamas attack on Israel; Israel declares war against Hamas
· 16 October – Ukraine receives the rest of 31 Abrams tanks and ATACMS missiles
· 26 October – the new Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico officially announced that Slovakia would provide no further military aid to Ukraine and oppose further sanctions against Russia
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Slovakian Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor stepped down after after a pro-Russian candidate won the election. This was already 4th Slovakian PM[+] who had to step down since Zelensky came to power and the 3rd since the Russian SMO. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stepped down after losing the election
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1-2+1-2 = 1.866 Ukrainian cities and villages
Nov 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 1 🇷🇺
· 6 November – Polish truckers had blocked several crossings on the Poland-Ukraine border in protest over falling revenues, blocking aid to Ukraine
· 29 November – Russia captured Khromove village (next to Bakhmut) in Donetsk
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1-2+1-2+1 = 1.867 Ukrainian cities and villages
Dec 2023
🇺🇦 0 : 2 🇷🇺
· 1 December – Russia won the battle of Timkovka village[»]
· 6 December – the US Senate blocked a funding bill that included aid for Ukraine, with every Republican senator voting against it.
· 11 December – Slovak truckers began blockading the Slovakia–Ukraine border demanding that the EU restore entry restrictions on Ukrainian trucking firms that were removed following the Russian invasion
· 15 December – Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was placed on Ukraine's wanted list for "abetting the conflict"[+]
· 25 December – Russia won the battle of Maryinka town[+]
Russia occupied 1.877[+] +2-9-1-2+1-2+1+2 = 1.869 Ukrainian cities and villages. ➡ 2022 Russia occupied 1.874 Ukrainian cities and villages by the end of 2022 ➡ 2023 🇺🇦 14 : 8 🇷🇺 (1.869 Ukrainian cities and villages) or 🇺🇦 370 km2 : 857 km2 🇷🇺 — Although Ukraine captured more villages than Russia in 2023 due to Ukrainian counteroffensive and Russia being on the deffensive, Russia captured more territories altogether because Ukraine did not capture any towns or cities while Russia did (Bakhmut and Soledar). As NYT reported[+][+], Ukraine gained 143 square miles (370 km2), Russia gained 331 square miles (857 km2), which means that Russia gained 188 square miles (487 km2) more than Ukraine. Moreover, in first half of 2024, Ukraine lost almost all that it gained in 2023 as Russia had retaken it.
Januar 2024
🇺🇦 0 : 3 🇷🇺
· Zelensky Curse[+] – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned[+]
· Russia captured 3 villages: Vesele1[ꚛ], Khrokhmalne[ꚛ], and Tabayevka (Kupyansk front in Kharkiv region)
Russia occupied 1.877[+]+6-14 = 1.869 + 3 = 1.872 Ukrainian cities and villages.
Februar 2024
🇺🇦 0 : 7 🇷🇺
· 8 February – Zelensky fired Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and replaced him by (Russian) General Oleksandr Syrskyi
· 17 February – Russia won the battle of Avdeevka city[+] and by the end of the month Russia captured nearby 3 towns and villages – Stepove, Sjeverne, Lastochkyne, as well as half of Tonenkoye, Orlovka, and Berdychi
· Russia won the battles for 3 villages: Pobjeda (south of Marynka, Donetsk), Krynky (in Kherson), and Andriivka (in Donetsk)
Russia occupied 1.877[+]+6-14=1.869+3+7= 1.879 Ukrainian cities and villages.
Mar 2024
🇺🇦 0 : 4 🇷🇺
· 7 March – Sweden joined NATO
· Russia captured 4 towns and villages: Myrne1[+][ꚛ] (Zaporozhye), Tonenke[ꚛ], Orlivka[ꚛ], Ivanivske/Krasny[ꚛ], and dacha village “Rassvet”[+][+]
· 12-21 March – Russia won the battles in Kursk and Belgorod regions where Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian terrorists invaded villages in Russia but failed
· 15-17 March – Russian Presidential election – Putin won with 88% of votes
· 22 March – terrorist attack[+] at Krasnogorsk concert venue "Crocus City Hall" and the adjacent shopping mall north west of Moscow killing 145 civilians and injuring more than 500 others
· 22 March-May – Russian attacks on Ukraine energy system (thermal and hydropower stations as well as main networks) caused $1 bln in damages
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov resigned[+], Finnish President Sauli Niinistö stepped down[+], US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland[+] a.k.a. “the real ruler of Ukraine”[+], “Notorious Neocon Architect of Ukraine War”[+][ꚛ] resigned[+]
Russia occupied 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+3+7+4 = 1.883 Ukrainian cities and villages.
Apri 2024
🇺🇦 0 : 10 🇷🇺
· 7 and 9 April – the IAEA reported three direct strikes on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (by Ukraine since Russia occupies it)
· 20 April – the US House of Representatives passed an aid package for Ukraine ($61 billion), which was then passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Biden. The Ukraine aid bill was passed on Adolf Hitler’s 135th birthday.
· 25 April – Zelensky arrested Bishop/Metropolitan Arseny of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on suspicion of revealing[+] the locations of Ukraine Army checkpoints in Donetsk. He faces up to 8 years in prison
· Russia captured 10 towns and villages: Pervomaiske[ꚛ], Vodyane[ꚛ], Semenivka, Novomykhailivka1[ꚛ][+] town, Bohdanivka1[ꚛ], Novobakhmutovka, Ocheretyne[ꚛ]town, Soloviove , Keramik[ꚛ], and Novokalinovo
Russia occupied 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+3+7+4+10= 1.893 Ukr. towns & villages
On 23 April 2024, Ministry of national unity of Ukraine updated its list[+]of territories in which hostilities are ( were) carried out or temporarily occupied by Russia
Mai 2024
🇺🇦 0 : 25 🇷🇺
· Russia captured of 11 villages in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporozhia regions: Berdychi, Kyselivka, Kotlyarivka, Arkhanhelske, Umanske, Robotyne, Bilohorivka[ꚛ], Klishchiivka, Netailove, Ivanovka, and Berestove[ꚛ]
· 1 May Day - Trophy Exhibition of captured NATO equipment opened at Victory Parade in Moscow (huge embarrassment to NATO)
· 4 May – Moscow puts Zelensky, Poroshenko (former President) and Alexander Pavlyuk (Commander of Ukraine’s ground forces) on the wanted list on criminal charges[+]
· 10 May – Russian 2024 Kharkiv offensive[+] started – Russia captured 14 villages: Strilecha, Pylna, Borysivka, Ohirtseve, Pletenivka, Krasne, Morokhovets, Oliinykove, Hatyshche, Hlyboke, Lukyantsi, Buhruvatka, Starytsia, and Tykhe[ꚛ](Tykhe was the only village UAF managed to recapture later in June)
· 12 May – Upon reelection and right after inauguration, as usual, old government resigned allowing a reshuffle[+] – Putin replaced Russian defense and security chiefs, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was replaced by Andrei Belousov and promoted/appointed as Secretary of Russia's Security Council (replacing Patrushev), while Nikolai Patrushev was promoted to the post of Aide to the President of Russia
· 15 May – attempted assassination[+] of Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico by a pro-Ukrainian man and a group[+]
· 20 May – last day of Zelensky's legitimate presidency; after this day, Russia considers him illegitimate president
28 towns and villages liberated in May – Russian Defense Minister Belousov[»]
Russian Army has taken control of 880 km2 (340 mi2) of territory in 2024[+]
Russia occupied 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+3+7+4+10+25= 1.918 Ukraine towns & villages
Junee 2024
🇺🇦 1 : 16 🇷🇺
· Russia captured 13 villages in Donbas: Paraskoviivka, Heorhiivka[ꚛ], Staromayorske, Miasozharivka[ꚛ], Novooleksandrivka1[ꚛ], Zahirne[ꚛ], Shumy[ꚛ], Rozdolivka[ꚛ], Sokil[ꚛ], Spirne[ꚛ], Kalynivka[ꚛ], Yasnobrodivka[ꚛ], and Pivdenne[ꚛ].
· Russia captured 2 villages in Kharkiv region: Tymkivka[+][ꚛ]and Sotnytskyi Kozachok[ꚛ]
· 7 June – Russia has captured 47 Ukrainian towns and villages since the start of 2024, said[+] President Vladimir Putin but he did not count Krynky (in Kherson, which AFU captured partially and Russia recaptured) nor 2 villages captured in June by then, as well as 1 more villages that we counted by then
· 10 June – Russian offensive in Summy region – Russia won the battle of Ryzhivka[ꚛ]village
· 15-16 June – June 2024 Ukraine peace or rather war summit in Swizerland[+]
· 17 June – Ukraine recaptured the village of Tykhe[ꚛ] in Kharkiv region
· Zelensky Curse[+] – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was replaced[+] (taking effect in October 2024)
Russia occupied 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+3+7+4+10+25+16-1= 1.933 UA towns & villages
· Zelensky Curse[+] – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had to step down[+] as well as British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, and others. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal resigned[+]. US President Joe Biden was forced to withdraw his candidacy to run for a second term
Russia occupied 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+3+7+4+10+25+16-1+16 [Jan-July 2024]= 1.949 towns & villages
Very funny! Those US “officials” and “experts” keep on making false predictions and underestimating Russia, yet their opinions keep on being publicized for propaganda purposes, which is why it is safe to call them NATO propagandists
NATO propagandists keep embarassing themselves as Russia keeps on seizing ever more villages almost daily. The fact is, they are just projecting and should have switch words Ukraine and Russia in their title.
Augus 2024
🇺🇦 1 : 37 🇷🇺; in Russia (Kursk) 🇺🇦 60 : 3 🇷🇺
· Russia captured 37 villages (and in September lost one) in Donbas: Tymofiivka[ꚛ], Vesele2[ꚛ], Serhiivka[ꚛ], Lysychne[ꚛ], Ivanivka[ꚛ], Svyrydonivka[ꚛ], Zhelanne[ꚛ], Orlivka[ꚛ], Mykolaivka[ꚛ], Novotoretske[ꚛ], Zhuravka[ꚛ], Novozhelanne[ꚛ], Mezhove[ꚛ], Skuchne[ꚛ], Zavitne[ꚛ], Krutyi Yar[ꚛ], Niu-York/Novgorodskoye[ꚛ]2[ꚛ][?], Nepilivka[ꚛ], Pivnichne[ꚛ], Komyshivka[ꚛ], Ptyche[ꚛ], Mezhove[ꚛ], Krasnyi Yar[ꚛ], Novogrodivka[ꚛ], Kalynove1[ꚛ], Stel'makhivka[ꚛ], Syn'kivka[ꚛ], Memryk[ꚛ], Mykhailivka[ꚛ], Marynivka[ꚛ], Karlivka[ꚛ], Halytsynivka[ꚛ], Dolynivka[ꚛ], Hrodivka[ꚛ], Pivnichne[ꚛ], Berestove[ꚛ] (Kharkiv region), and Kostyantynivka[ꚛ].
· 6 August – start of the Ukrainian invasion of Russia; Ukraine captured 60 (and then lost most of them with time, the crossed-out ones) villages in Russia’s Kursk region (when no Russian military was there to defend it, just civilians and a small number 18-year old conscripts who mostly just surrendered): Nikolaevo-Dar'ino[ꚛ], Dar'ino[ꚛ], Nizhnii Klin[ꚛ], Obukhovka1[ꚛ], Pokrovskii[ꚛ], Tolstyi Lug[ꚛ], Liubimovka[ꚛ], Zelenyi Shlyakh[ꚛ], Novoivanovka[ꚛ], Leonidovo[ꚛ], Aleksandriya[ꚛ], Sverdlikovo[ꚛ], Lebedevka[ꚛ], Oleshnya[ꚛ],Gogolevka[ꚛ], Rubanschchina[ꚛ], Goncharovka[ꚛ], Podol[ꚛ], Melovoi[ꚛ], Kurilovka[ꚛ], Guevo[ꚛ], Gornal[ꚛ], Snagost[ꚛ], Nikolskii[ꚛ], Loknya[ꚛ], Yuzhnyi[ꚛ], Kazach'ya Loknya[ꚛ], Knyazhiy[ꚛ], Zaoleshenka[ꚛ], Zamoste[ꚛ], Makhnovka[ꚛ], Kositsa[ꚛ], Pravda[ꚛ], Ivashkovskii[ꚛ], Zazulevka[ꚛ], Kubatkin[ꚛ], Plekhovo[ꚛ], Spalnoe[ꚛ], Olgovka[ꚛ], Matveeka[ꚛ], Krupets[ꚛ], Borki[ꚛ], Vnezapnoe[ꚛ], Viktorovka1[ꚛ], Gordeevka[ꚛ], Uspenovka[ꚛ], Sudzha[ꚛ], Mirnyi[ꚛ], Mikhailovka[ꚛ], Bondarevka[ꚛ], Cherkasskaya Konopel'ka[ꚛ], Dmitriukov[ꚛ], Agronom[ꚛ], Kruglen'koe[ꚛ], Vishnevka[ꚛ], Apanasovka[ꚛ], Byakhovo[ꚛ], Russkoe Porechnoe[ꚛ], Krasnooktyabr'skoe[ꚛ], and Martynovka[ꚛ]
p.s. We striketrough theplaces that were captured but then lost later (no longer occupied)
· Ukraine liberated 1 village in Kharkiv region: Sotnytskyi Kozachok[ꚛ]
· since 12 August – Russia liberated 3 villages in Kursk region: Krupets[ꚛ], Spalnoe[ꚛ], and Olgovka[ꚛ]
Russia occupies 1.985 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+116 (3+7+4+10+25+16-1+16+37-1) [Jan-Aug 2024]
p.s. some places change hands several times, so we do not report on each capture but the current state or that at the end of the month. We striketrough some places that were captured some time ago but then lost later.
· Russia captured 1 villagein Kharkiv: Vyshneve2[ꚛ][+]
· Russia captured 1 villagein Zaporizhia: Levadne[ꚛ]
· Russia liberated 8 villages (then later lost two of them) in Kurskregion: Nizhnii Klin[ꚛ], Zelenyi Shlyakh[ꚛ], Novoivanovka[ꚛ], Tolstyi Lug[ꚛ], Novaya Sorochina[ꚛ], Staraya Sorochina[ꚛ], Novyi Put[ꚛ]
Russia occupies 2.019 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023]=1.869+150[Jan-Oct 2024] (3+7+4+10+25+16-1+16+37-1-1+14+21)
· 5 November – former US President Donald Trump was re-elected, raising concerns in Kyiv due to potential changes in US support for Ukraine
· 16 November 2024 – Biden allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles ATACMS to strike Russia, followed by France and Britain also granting permission for Ukraine to use SCALP and Storm Shadow to strike Russia
· 19 November 2024 – the first time Kyiv used long-range missiles to strike Russia
· Zelensky Curse[+] – US Vice President Kamala Harris lost the November 2024 presidential election
· Russia captured 3 villagein Chernihiv: Murav'i[ꚛ], Novoselivka[ꚛ], and Kolos[ꚛ]
· Ukraine liberated 1 village in Donetsk: Leonidivka[ꚛ]
· Russia captured Makarivka[ꚛ] but then Ukraine recaptured it
Russia occupied 2.048 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023] = 1.869+179[Jan-Nov 2024] (3+7+4+10+25+16-1+16+37-1-1+14+21+30-1)
· Ukraine re-captured 2 villages in Russia (Kursk region): Staraya Sorochina[ꚛ], Novaya Sorochina[ꚛ]
· Russia liberated 2 villages in Russia (Kursk): Pogrevki[ꚛ], Mar'evka[ꚛ]
· Ukraine recaptured Nikolaevo-Dar'ino[ꚛ] but then Russia recaptured it again
· 16 November 2024 – Biden allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles ATACMS to strike Russia, followed by France and Britain also granting permission for Ukraine to use SCALP and Storm Shadow to strike Russia
· 19 November 2024 – the first time Kyiv used long-range missiles to strike Russia
· Russia captured 2 villagesin Kharkiv: Dvorichne[ꚛ], Lozova[ꚛ]
Russia captured Zahryzove[ꚛ] but Ukraine took it back, then Russia recaptured it again next month (January) and later Ukraine again took back a part of the village
· Russia liberated 3 villages in Russia (Kursk region): Russkoe Porechnoe[ꚛ], Plekhovo[ꚛ], Cherkasskaya Konopel'ka[ꚛ]
Russia occupied 2.078 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023] = 1.869[2022+2023]+209 [2024] (3+7+4+10+25+16-1+16+37-1-1+14+21+30-1+30)
🇺🇦 0 : 26 🇷🇺 (192 km2); in Russia (Kursk) 🇺🇦 0 : 5 🇷🇺
☮ 18 February – the high-level meeting between American and Russian officials held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia capital, the first of its kind since the war in Ukraine[+]
🔵 Annual Munich Security Conference ended in panic and tears[»] (from the organizer)
😰 Zelensky said[+] that more than 46.000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and nearly 380.000 others had been injured since 2022
😱 Zelensky Curse[+] – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigned[+]
✅ Russia captured 17 towns and villages in Donbas: Kryms'ke[ꚛ], Novoandriivka[ꚛ],Sribne[ꚛ], Vodyane Druhe[ꚛ], Dachne1[ꚛ], Zelene Pole[ꚛ], Yampolivka[ꚛ], Andriivka[ꚛ], Zaporizhzhia[ꚛ], Berezivka[ꚛ], Novosilka[ꚛ], Hryhorivka2[ꚛ], Novoocheretuvate[ꚛ], Nadiivka[ꚛ], Ulakly[ꚛ], Lysivka[ꚛ], Novolyubivka[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 4 villagesin Kharkiv: Novomlyns'k[ꚛ], Fyholivka[ꚛ], Topoli[ꚛ], Kalynove2[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 1 villageinZaporizhia: Piatykhatky[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 3 villagesin Chernihiv: Kolos[ꚛ], Novoselivka[ꚛ], Murav'i[ꚛ]
List of territories where military operations are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by Russia
March 2025
🇺🇦 2 : 18 🇷🇺 (133 km2); in Russia 🇺🇦 0 : 30 🇷🇺
➡ 3-12 March – The US government suspended all military aid to Ukraine
☮ 11 March – the high-level meeting between American and Ukrainian officials held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Ukraine agreed to 30 day ceasefire
☮ 13 March – Trump's envoy Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow
☮ 24-26 March – the high-level meeting between American and Ukrainian and Russian officials held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Russia emerged as the winner[+][+]
😱 Zelensky Curse[+] – Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro lost a confidence vote in Parliament and Portugal's government collapsed[+]
✅ Russia captured 11 towns and villages in Donbas: Pryvilne[ꚛ], Burlatske[ꚛ], Skudne[ꚛ], Kostyantynopil[ꚛ]5, Dniproenerhiya[ꚛ], Uspenivka2[ꚛ], Oleksandropil/Rozovka[ꚛ], Bilohorivka[ꚛ], Panteleimonivka[ꚛ], Preobrazhenka[ꚛ], Rozlyv[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 3 villagesin Summy: Zhurava[ꚛ], Basivka[ꚛ], Veselivka[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 3 villagesinZaporizhia: Stepove[ꚛ], Mali Shcherbaky[ꚛ], Lobkove[ꚛ], Shcherbaky[ꚛ]
✅ Russia captured 1 villagein Kharkiv: Krasne Pershe[ꚛ]
☑ Ukraine liberated 2 villages in Donbas: Fyholivka[ꚛ], Nadiya[ꚛ]
Russia occupied 2.144 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023] = 1.869[2022+2023]+ 209[2024]+ 67[2025] (24[Jan]+ 26[Feb]+ 18-2[Mar])
🇺🇦 Ukraine occupied 4 Rus villages (60-3[Aug]+12-16[9]-8[10]+2-2[11]-3[12]-3[1]-5[Feb]-30[Mar])
April 2025
🇺🇦 0 : 13 🇷🇺 (177 km2); in Russia 🇺🇦 0 : 3 🇷🇺
😱 Zelensky Curse[+] – Pope Francis (head of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State since March 2013) died on 21 April 2025, just a few months after he last met with Zelensky in October 2024 in Vatican
🇺🇦 Ukraine occupied 1 Russian village Otruba[ꚛ] which is on the other side of the Seim river – this natural barrier makes it indefensible for Russia if it would retake it (60-3[Aug]+12-16[Sept]-8[Oct]+2-2[Nov]-3[Dec]-3[Jan]-5[Feb]-30[Mar]-3[Apr])
June 2025
🇺🇦 0 : 28 🇷🇺
· 1 June – Ukrainian saboteurs blew up 4 civilian trains and attacked 5 airfields but only 2 were successful with 13[+][+][+][+] destroyed and damaged decommissioned Soviet-era[+] warplanes from the graveyard used for spare parts[+]. Due to Ukrainian army being totally crashed and humiliated on all fronts, humiliated Kyiv regime resorts to using saboteurs and terrorists to create triumphalistic PR stunts at great cost/losses to its both reputation and resources (1,5 years of planning and executing)
· 2 June – Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for the 2nd round of peace talks
· 8 June – After 1200 days since Russian-Ukrainian War began Russia currently controls 89.357 km2, which corresponds to 14,8% of Ukraine (19,28% with Crimea Peninsula included)[+]. Russia controls 19.450 km2 (73,37%) of Donetsk and 26519 km2 (99,38%) of Luhansk
Russian military entered the Dnepropetrovsk region[+][»]
· 13-24 June – Israel started the war against Iran by launching a massive attack, the large-scale "Operation Rising Lion"[+][»]7 Iran responded with "Operation True Promise-3."[+] On 22 June – the US entered[+] the war against Iran by illegally attacking a sovereign country (that posed no threat to the US) with bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities (that turned out to be empty/evacuated), not military targets, violating UN Charter, US Constitution, and risking a nuclear catastrophe. They call it "Operation Midnight Hammer". Medvedev lists[+] American accomplishments.
· 24-25 June – NATO Summit in The Hague, Pentagon chief (Pete Hegseth) will not attend the meeting on Ukraine for the first time.
· Zelensky Curse[+] – Polish President Andrzej Duda8, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof[+]
· Russia captured 4 villagesin Summy: Novomykolaivka[ꚛ], Kindrativka[ꚛ], Novokostiantynivka[ꚛ], Yablunivka[ꚛ]
· Russia captured 1 villageinZaporizhia: Vyshneve3[ꚛ]
· Russia captured 2 villagesin Kharkiv: Holubivka[ꚛ], Nova Kruhlyakivka[ꚛ]
· Russia captured first villageinDnipropetrovsk: Dachne3[ꚛ]
· Military Summary claims[»][ꚛ] Russia captured also: Radkivka[ꚛ] and Moskovka/Myrove[ꚛ] in Kharkiv
· Russia captured Andriivka[ꚛ] and Varachyne[ꚛ]in Summy but then Ukraine counterattacked and took them back
Average daily advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the SVO zone.
🇷🇺 Russia occupies 2.218 Ukrainian towns & villages: 1.877[+][until Feb 2023]+6-14[March-Dec 2023] = 1.869[2022+2023]+ 209[2024]+ 139[2025] (24[Jan]+26[Feb]+18-2[Mar]+13[Apr]+ 32[May]+ 28[June])
🇺🇦 Ukraine occupies 1 Russian village Otruba[ꚛ] which is on the other side of the Seim river – this natural barrier makes it indefensible for Russia if it would retake it (60-3[Aug]+12-16[Sept]-8[Oct]+2-2[Nov]-3[Dec]-3[Jan]-5[Feb]-30[Mar]-3[Apr])
List of territories where military operations are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by Russia
⚔ Contested area (partially captured by the Russians):
Zaporizhia: Kamyanske[ꚛ], Bilohirya[ꚛ], Malynivka[ꚛ], Mala Tokmachka[ꚛ]
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➡ 2024 Ukrainian losses: 592.927[+] military personnel (total losses since 2022 is: 991.020[+] military personnel) according to Russian MoD
➡ 2024 Russian losses: 20.364[+]confirmed military deathsor 421.000[+] casualties according to Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi (total losses since 2022 is: 790.800[+][+][ꚛ] military personnel or 84.761[+]confirmed military deaths)
Russian losses figures given by Ukrainian Ministry of Defence[+] or General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine[+][+]or Ukrainian Ministry of Finance (MinFin)[+] are highly untrustworthy and vastly exaggerated (also admitted[+] by an Ukrainian politician) as compared to all other Western sources and indicators, which is why a better source is pro-Ukraine Mediazona1 & BBC[+] – as of 28 April 2025: 104.763 confirmed deaths
Wikipedia: Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War[+]
Sorry for the misspelings of the months in headlines, which was intentional because to link those titles, the first word (name of the month) must be differently spelled in different years, otherwise the link would lead to the same month when first put in a headline in 2022. This is an Substack issue that they need to solve.
We base the data on most of all territorial gains on the reports from independent, neutral Military Summary YouTube channel[»], which has a several channels in different languages[en][de][fr][ru][rs][ind], and the neutral Suriyak map[+]. They report based on geolocated evidence (such as video footage from drone operators from both sides — so, if Ukrainian drones attack a location, it means that this location is under Russians and vice versa, as well as footage of a flag raised on a final point of a town or village).
Russian Ministry of Defense officially confirms[+] a capture of individual towns and villages a few days later than they are actually captured because oftentimes Ukrainians counterattack and then in some rare cases Russians withdraw from their new positions if they don’t have the time to consolidate their control, no time to build fortifications. So, Russian MoD confirms late, when they’re sure no counterattack will occur anymore. That implies that the Russian units already moved on further. It seems like they're playing it super safe before they make any calls. Probably don't want to jump the gun and end up look foolish if things flip back.
Ukrainian authorities such as Ministry of Defense officially confirm[+] a capture of individual towns and villages even before they are fully captured. They also do not report if Russians retaken some positions afterwards by counterattacking, leaving impression a settlement is further fully captured by AFU when it is not.
This is why we rely more on independent, neutral sources such as Military Summary YouTube channel[en][de][fr][ru][rs][ind]with map[+] as well as another neutral Suriyak map[+]
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Three years ago, Petro Poroshenko, already a former president at that time, personally came to rename Novgorodskoye in New York. He also brought the sign himself[+]. It only lasted for 3 years as now Russians renamed it back to Novgorodskoye.
the village was fully captured by the Russians and later Ukrainian counteracked and got a part of it back but not fully — we make changes only when one side fully gets control of a settlement. To be fair, we will change it to Ukrainian capture, only if it does it fully, just like we did with changing it to Russian capture. This applies to all other similar cases when the links show just a partial control in the meantime.
the town was fully captured by the Russians and later Ukrainian counteracked and got a part of it back but not fully — we make changes only when one side fully gets control of a settlement. To be fair, we will change it to Ukrainian capture, only if it does it fully, just like we did with changing it to Russian capture. This applies to all other similar cases when the links show just a partial control in the meantime.
the village was fully captured by the Russians and later Ukrainian counteracked and got a part of it back but not fully — we make changes only when one side fully gets control of a settlement. To be fair, we will change it to Ukrainian capture, only if it does it fully, just like we did with changing it to Russian capture. This applies to all other similar cases when the links show just a partial control in the meantime.
Russian MoD announced[+][+] the capture of Bohdanivka (they call it Bogdanovka) on 24 April (and Russian military bloggers much earlier in April) but for some reason SuriyakMap did not mark it under Russian control (perhaps due to the lack of video evidence). Russian MoD has never lied about captures and always declare the capture much later than it actually occured so as to be sure, as often Ukrainians counter-attack and often it takes days or weeks before Russian army consolidates their victory
The name “Operation Rising Lion” indicates that this was a (failed) regime change operation[»] as they named it after the Shah’s Flag featuring a Rising Lion - so, they wanted to install shah’s son back to power, their puppet the exiled Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi, the pretender to the Iranian throne (here[»] is he bowing to the Jew’s Wall) who lives in the United States since 1979 when his father was overthrown in a revolution. Once upon a time, the King of the Persians killed the "Rising Lion" Ahriman, the embodiment of evil. Lion symbolism was an integral part of national symbols in Shah's time, and since the 1979 revolution, the Lion in their flag has been changed to the name of God. Putting back the puppet prince is the “rising lion”, a monarchy controlled by Zionists.
old flag of Iran during the time when Iran was ruled by a shah (now dead)
Also, Israel's Defense Minister Katz confirmed it was a regime change operation as he said[»] that Israel tried to kill Ayatollah Khamenei but they couldn’t find him. They wanted to eliminate him so that an obedient shah could come back to power in Iran. Only, Iranians would never accept that exiled Western puppet, who even speaks[»] to them in ENGLISH rather than Iranian language. He lives in
Polish preesident Andrzej Duda may not be a classic case of Zelensky curse because his second presidency ended naturally, but the loss of power is still an unfavorable although not due to Zelensky. However, the curse is manifested in the fact that Duda not only lost power but was replaced by Nawrocki (pro-Trump, opposes EU defense initiatives, NATO expansion, and NATO membership for Ukraine citing unresolved issues from WWII, and emphasizes strengthening the Polish-American alliance over EU-led security frameworks), who opposes Duda’s full support for Ukraine:
he opposes[+] Ukraine becoming a member of the EU and under him,
he signed a 2016 parliamentary resolution that Duda did not want to sign, so in June 2025, with Nawrocki’s approval, Poland declared a new national holiday commemorating Polish victims of the WWII genocide done by those whom Ukraine glorifies as national heroes, which was a huge blow[+][+] to Ukraine and Zelensky.
Pro-Trump, anti-NATO Nawrocki's win is a big blow to the EU, NATO, and the PM Tusk, so it may be viewed as a curse, too.
Russia seized the Shevchenko lithium deposit in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in June 2025, and Krutaya Balka lithium deposit in Zaporizhzhia region in early 2022. Russia now controls two of Ukraine’s four major lithium deposits (Shevchenko and Krutaya Balka) while Ukraine retains two in the Kirovohrad region (Polokhovskoye and Dobra). Shevchenko contains at least 13.8 million tons of lithium ore reserves which would make ~110.000 tons of pure lithium, according to a 2018 Ukrainian State Geology and Subsoil Service study. Krutaya Balka likely holds ~110,500 tons of pure lithium.
The Shevchenko and Dobra deposits were sold in 2021 for measly €184 million to Australians through European Lithium Ukraine LLC (formerly Petro-Consulting), which is a Ukrainian firm linked to former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, although their estimated market value was approximately $141 billion then (in the meantime the lithium price fell due to oversupply from Chinese mines). Some sources suggest undisclosed personal payments to Poroshenko, though no concrete evidence supports this claim.
The Ukrainian State Geology and Subsoil Service (headed by corrupt Opimakh[+]) sold the two lithium deposits to European Lithium Ltd, an Australian company led by British businessman Tony Sage with major stakeholders tied to British interests. Russian media frames the deal as a British maneuver to secure strategic resources. The firm acquired permits for extraction and processing in 2021 but the deal was finalized in January 2024 (delay due to legal battles in Ukrainian courts over permit rights, bureaucratic hurdles, and the ongoing war’s impact on investment timelines), at the same time when then-British PM Sunak visited Kyiv giving a security agreement. It seems that the UK offered a security deal in January 2024 to push Ukraine to finalize the Shevchenko deal with European Lithium Ltd (Australian), as the UK buys lithium from Australia and aims to access Ukraine’s lithium indirectly via Australia and the EU. No wonder Russians put two and two together and claimed that the desperate Kyiv regime sold off part of Ukrainian land to get some pitiful security deal right after their failed 2023 counteroffensive.
European Lithium Ltd and its subsidiary European Lithium Ukraine LLC lost control of the Shevchenko deposit when Russian forces captured it in June 2025. The company had invested €184 million and years of legal efforts to secure permits, only to lose the asset due to the war. The EU and UK also lost potential access to a key lithium source, impacting their energy transition plans. Ukraine, as the host country, lost economic benefits from royalties and investment. Clearly, the EU and UK posture as saviors of Ukraine is all a deceit, when it is clear that those predators have been doing it only because they had plans to exploit Ukraine's natural resources! It’s like inviting a fox to dinner and wondering why the chickens are gone!😊
Discovered in the 1970s–1980s during the Soviet era, Ukraine's four lithium deposits were never developed due to various reasons, including lack of investment and technological limitations. Ukraine's lithium deposits are significant nowadays due to lithium’s role as a critical material for batteries in electronics and electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy storage, often called “white gold.”
Ukraine’s estimated 500.000 tons of pure lithium reserves (different from lithium ore) across all four lithium deposits – 110.000 (Shevchenko) + 110.500 (Krutaya Balka) + 270.000 (Polokhovskoye) + 9.500 (Dobra) make it a key player in Europe’s green energy transition – EU’s European Green Deal and Fit for 55 Plan, which aim for carbon neutrality by 2050 and a 55% emissions reduction by 2030, aligning with the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act to reduce reliance on Chinese lithium as well as Russian gas. The EU’s lithium demand is projected to surge to 800.000 tons annually by 2030 for EV batteries and energy storage. The UK’s lithium demand is tied to its net-zero by 2050 goal, requiring 100–150.000 tons annually by 2030. The EU and UK rely on imports from Australia, Chile, and China, as they have no lithium mines.
The loss of control over two huge lithium deposits (nearly half of lithium reserves) to Russian forces is seen as a major blow to Ukraine and Western interests. Their green agenda and independence from Chinese and Russian natural resources is totally shattered. This is huge! No wonder they are furious and calling Putin all sorts of names as well as pledging to help Ukraine restore its territories even if it takes the last Ukrainian (whom they use as cannon fodder to achieve their economic goals while unwilling to sacrifice their own troops).
Although Ukraine captured more villages than Russia in 2023 due to Ukrainian counteroffensive and Russia being on the deffensive, Russia captured 487 km2 more territories altogether because Ukraine did not capture any towns or cities while Russia did (Bakhmut and Soledar). As NYT reported[+][+], Ukraine gained 143 square miles (370 km2), Russia gained 331 square miles (857 km2), which means that Russia gained 188 square miles (487 km2) more than Ukraine. Moreover, in following months, Russia pushed Ukrainians back and in first half of 2024, Ukraine lost almost all that it gained in 2023 as Russia had retaken it.
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You deleted my other replies. 🤣🤣🤣
The Russian retreat in Kharkiv was all along the front. Why do you gloss over that? It wasn't the result of any Ukrainian offensive.
It was the brilliant deception by an outstanding analyst.
They ran because they thought NATO was coming.
Why are you hiding that?