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![UKRAINE FACT SHEET, FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025 - ISW Press
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Ukraine Fact Sheet
February 21, 2025
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Zelensky does not imminently risk losing all of Ukraine.
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control.
At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian forces over 83 years to capture the remaining 80 percent of Ukraine, assuming that they can sustain massive personnel losses indefinitely.
Russia's rate of advance on the frontline has slowed significantly over the past three months.[1]
Russian forces are making small territorial gains at the cost of massive personnel losses.[2]
Russian forces advanced at an average rate of 27.94 square kilometers per day in November 2024, 18.1 square kilometers per day in December 2024, and 16.1 square kilometers per day in January 2025.[3]
Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed.
Many of Ukraine's largest cities, including Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa, have avoided destruction and continue to function. Russia has leveled some Ukrainian cities as it has attacked and occupied them, such as Mariupol.[4] Cities throughout the 80 percent of Ukraine that Russian forces have not occupied have remained largely intact during Russia's invasion, apart from deliberate Russian strikes against critical and civilian infrastructure.[5]
Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
Ukraine's Constitution prevents the Ukrainian government from holding elections or amending the constitution in times of martial law.[6]
Russia triggered Ukraine's martial law provisions when it launched its illegal invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government cannot constitutionally suspend martial law while Russia continues to attack Ukraine.
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