Russia has captured seven states, and the Eastern Ukrainian battlefield has presented a new pattern.
The Russian military front is steadily advancing, eighty percent of the territory of the four states of Ukraine has fallen into Russian hands, and the northern buffer zone is also quietly formed.
With the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield entering the fall of 2025, the Russian army continues to exert pressure on the eastern and northern fronts of Ukraine.
According to recent data released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian military has further consolidated control of the four states of Utah through the spring-summer offensive, while establishing a buffer belt in the northern border area.
The Russian army has actually controlled most of the four eastern Ukrainian regions and has made certain breakthroughs in the three regions of Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk.
Donetsk Oblast has become the main direction of Russian troops 'advancement, and about 79% of the state has fallen into Russian hands. When summarizing the results of the Spring and Summer Campaign, Gerasimov said that Russian troops had invested a large number of troops in this area.
The control of Lugansk is almost complete, with the Russian army currently controlling 99.7% of the state’s territory, while the Ukrainian army has less than 60 square kilometers of territory.
On the southern front, 74 percent and 76 percent of the territories of Zaporizhia and Herzegovina are under Russian control, respectively. These two states connect Crimea and the eastern region, strategically important, and the Russian army has formed a practical dividing line along the Dnipro.
Russian troops have opened a new front on the northern border.
The Sumei state direction has controlled about 210 square kilometers of land, forming a tactical security zone.
The region was largely unaffected by war by 2025 and the defense construction was relatively weak.
In the state of Kharkov, the Russian military controlled an area of about 542 square kilometers, accounting for about 4% of the total area of the state.
It is worth noting that Russian troops invaded Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time and controlled 175 square kilometers of land. This advance cut off part of the Ukrainian army's logistics supply lines.
Russia has adopted a tactic of choking forward, gradually expanding its zone of control through slow but continuous consumption.
Although this strategy is not fast, the effect is remarkable.
The Russian army has controlled 4,714 square kilometers of land in the first nine months of 2025, exceeding the full-year record of 2024.
The Russian military front is steadily advancing, eighty percent of the territory of the four states of Ukraine has fallen into Russian hands, and the northern buffer zone is also quietly formed.
With the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield entering the fall of 2025, the Russian army continues to exert pressure on the eastern and northern fronts of Ukraine.
According to recent data released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian military has further consolidated control of the four states of Utah through the spring-summer offensive, while establishing a buffer belt in the northern border area.
The Russian army has actually controlled most of the four eastern Ukrainian regions and has made certain breakthroughs in the three regions of Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk.
Donetsk Oblast has become the main direction of Russian troops 'advancement, and about 79% of the state has fallen into Russian hands. When summarizing the results of the Spring and Summer Campaign, Gerasimov said that Russian troops had invested a large number of troops in this area.
The control of Lugansk is almost complete, with the Russian army currently controlling 99.7% of the state’s territory, while the Ukrainian army has less than 60 square kilometers of territory.
On the southern front, 74 percent and 76 percent of the territories of Zaporizhia and Herzegovina are under Russian control, respectively. These two states connect Crimea and the eastern region, strategically important, and the Russian army has formed a practical dividing line along the Dnipro.
Russian troops have opened a new front on the northern border.
The Sumei state direction has controlled about 210 square kilometers of land, forming a tactical security zone.
The region was largely unaffected by war by 2025 and the defense construction was relatively weak.
In the state of Kharkov, the Russian military controlled an area of about 542 square kilometers, accounting for about 4% of the total area of the state.
It is worth noting that Russian troops invaded Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time and controlled 175 square kilometers of land. This advance cut off part of the Ukrainian army's logistics supply lines.
Russia has adopted a tactic of choking forward, gradually expanding its zone of control through slow but continuous consumption.
Although this strategy is not fast, the effect is remarkable.
The Russian army has controlled 4,714 square kilometers of land in the first nine months of 2025, exceeding the full-year record of 2024.