Text taken from the website lostarmour.info via Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] General statistics
Prior to the start of the NWO, the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, according to the LostArmour map, controlled 16,787 km² of territory.
As of August 24, 2023, the control of the former Ukrainian territory within the borders of 2014 (after the annexation of Crimea, but before the declaration of independence of the LPR and DPR), within which polygons were drawn on the LostArmour map, is 81253 km². Exactly one year before, on August 24, 2022, control within the former 2014 borders was 99657 km² (mainly decreased due to two retreats in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions).
As of August 24, 2023, Russia controls 14.09% of the territory within the former borders of Ukraine in 2014 (after the return of Crimea and before the appearance of the LPR and DPR), and 17.78% within the former borders of Ukraine in 1991 (a year ago it was 17.28% and 20.98% respectively).
Statistics by regions and republics
Kherson region of Russia (within current borders) - 19048 km² out of 26881 km² (70.86%) km²), more than for other subjects under consideration. Probably, the water surface was also included in the reference area of ​​the Kherson region.
Zaporozhye region of Russia — 20,191 km² out of 27,183 km² (74.28%)
Donetsk People's Republic of Russia — 15,449 km² out of 26,517 km² (57.51%)
Luhansk People's Republic of Russia — 26,208 km² out of 26,684 km² (98.22%)
Kha'rkov region of Ukraine under the control of Khar'kov VGA - 636 km² out of 31418 km² (2.02%)
Changes in control over the year
1. On September 30, 2022, referendums were held in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, in which the overwhelming majority of the population voted in favor of joining the Russian Federation. During the referendum, parts of the Nikolaev region were temporarily attached to the Kherson region - the Kinburn Spit, which previously belonged to the Ochakovsky district, and parts of the abolished Snigirevsky district, they became part of the new subject of the Russian Federation.
The remaining three regions entered the borders of the former Ukrainian subject of the Zaporozhye region, as well as the declared territories of the independent DPR and LPR. However, both after the entry of new regions into Russia, and at the moment, parts of all four subjects are under temporary Ukrainian occupation.
2. In September-October 2022, due to military failures, the RF Armed Forces left a significant part of the controlled territories in the Kharkiv region, the entire territory of the DPR beyond the Seversky Donets and part of the territory of the LPR, which from July 3 to approximately September 19, 2022 was completely controlled by the LPR and Russia. Control over six cities was lost: Balakleya, Volchansk, Izyum and Kupyansk of the Kharkov region, Svyatogorsk and Krasny Liman of the DPR.
2.1. Subsequently, during the winter, spring and summer campaigns, part of the territory of the Kharkiv region, the DPR and the LPR lost as a result of the "Balakleya embarrassment" was returned to Russian control: a number of settlements on the left bank of the Oskol in the Kharkov region, the so-called "Tor ledge" in the DPR with attempts to consolidate in the village Torsky, a number of settlements in the west of the LPR. The RF Armed Forces continue to advance to the west.
3. At the end of August 2022, during a local offensive, the village of Komsomolskoye, Mykolaiv region, was taken under control, but after that, during the southern counteroffensive of the VFU, control was lost over part of the territories of the right-bank Kherson region (the Sukhoi Stavka area in August-September and most of the territory north of the Davydov line Brod - Dudchany in October).
As a result of the terrorist shelling of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the VFU, there was a threat of its destruction and cutting off the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the main forces; Troops, civilians, the Kherson Zoo and part of the historical values ​​of the city were evacuated. The predicted dam failure occurred on June 6, 2023.
3.1. Subsequently, both the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the armed formations of Ukraine had zones of fire and physical control both on the left and on the right banks of the Dnieper.
4. From May 2022 to May 2023, the Russian Armed Forces, NM DPR, NM LPR, PMC "Wagner" and other Russian armed forces advanced in the east of the DPR, during which the cities of Soledar and Artyomovsk, occupied in 2014, were returned, the latter is a large transport hub, key to the return of the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration. At the moment, the RF Armed Forces are on the defensive, repelling the Ukrainian offensive in this direction.
5. The advance of the RF Armed Forces continues in the area of ​​the city of Marinka, the airport of Donetsk and Novobakhmutovka on the outskirts of Avdiivka. A number of settlements were liberated.
6. In October-January 2023, the NM of the DPR and the RF Armed Forces improved the situation in the area of ​​the city of Ugledar DPR.
7. On the sector of fronts from the former Kakhovka Reservoir to Ugledar, for most of the year, the RF Armed Forces stood on the defensive and prepared to repel the announced Ukrainian counteroffensive, local offensives were carried out with little tactical advances. From June 2023 to the present, the VFU have been attempting an offensive in the areas of the village. Kamensky, the villages of Pyatikhatok, Rabotina, town.
Velikaya Novoselka. Despite knocking out Russian forces from about a dozen settlements, the armed formations of Ukraine have suffered disproportionate losses in manpower and equipment and have not yet achieved a single declared goal. Similar, even more fruitless, offensive attempts have been carried out since May 2023 in the Artyomovsk region of the DPR, as a result of which, at the moment, the AFU has not been able to dislodge Russian forces from any settlement.
During the year of hostilities, Russia, the LPR and the DPR managed to:
1. Liberate significant territories in the east of the DPR, including the city of Soledar and the large city of Artemovsk.
2. Take control of most of the territory of the city of Marinka and reach the borders of the city of Krasnogorovka in the DPR.
3. Advance in the vicinity of Avdiivka, making it easier in the future to encircle and liberate the city.
4. Dislodge the AFU from the vicinity of the city of Kreminnaya LPR, create a bridgehead on the right bank of the river. A stallion with prospects for further advancement in the direction of Borovaya, Kharkov region.
5. Prepare for a defensive operation during the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer of 2023.
6. With the cancellation of the "grain deal" to introduce a virtual naval blockade of Ukraine, preventing the supply of weapons by sea to its territory.