Ukraine has lost 18% of its territory since 2014: CNN analysis

In the three years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has lost 11% of its territory. The total area of land lost to Russia since 2014 is about 18%. This is reported by UNN with reference to CNN analysis.

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According to CNN, at the beginning of the war, Ukraine kept Russian troops from capturing its capital and then won in parts of Kharkiv and Kherson regions. At the same time, it suffered heavy losses in the eastern regions around Donetsk and Bakhmut.

In 2014, Russian troops illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine, shortly after the Maidan events sparked political unrest in Kyiv. Later that year, Russian-sponsored separatists took control of parts of the Donbas region

It is noted that Ukraine has been able to hold on to, and in some cases retake, the seized territories, largely due to military assistance from Western allies.