In Donbas, Russia controls nearly all

of Luhansk and around 70% of the

Donetsk region

Luhansk

DONETSK

Chernobyl

Sumy

Kyiv

Kharkiv

UKRAINE

Zaporizhzhia

kherson

Controlled by

Russian-backed

separatists

since 2014

CRIMEA

Annexed

by Russia

in 2014

Assessed Russian control

Assessed Russian advances

In Donbas, Russia controls nearly

all of Luhansk and around 70% of

the Donetsk region

Chernobyl

Sumy

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Luhansk

UKRAINE

Dnipro

DONETSK

Zaporizhzhia

Controlled by

Russian-backed

separatists

since 2014

Odesa

kherson

CRIMEA

Assessed Russian control

Annexed

by Russia

in 2014

Assessed Russian advances

In Donbas, Russia controls nearly

all of Luhansk and around 70% of

the Donetsk region

Luhansk

DONETSK

Sumy

Kyiv

Kharkiv

UKRAINE

Zaporizhzhia

kherson

Controlled by

Russian-backed

separatists

since 2014

CRIMEA

Annexed

by Russia

in 2014

Assessed Russian control

Assessed Russian advances

Data as of January 22, 2026.

Notes: “Assessed” means the Institute for the Study of War has received reliable and independently verifiable information to demonstrate Russian control or advances in those areas.

Source: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project

Graphic: Rachel Wilson and Soph Warnes, CNN