Trump Putin’s meeting: How much is Russia’s lands in Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine, news war

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet on Friday in Alaska to discuss the end of the three -year Moscow war in Ukraine.

The leaders are expected to discuss “land replacement”, indicating that Trump may support an agreement as Russia will maintain control of some of the Ukrainian lands currently occupy, but not all.

At a White House press conference on Tuesday, Trump said: “Russia has occupied a large part of Ukraine. They have occupied the main lands. We will try to restore some of these lands to Ukraine.”

But the idea of swap also indicates that Ukraine may need to abandon some of the currently controlled lands.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski has repeatedly said that any deal involved the Ukrainian lands to Russia will not succeed.

What does Putin want?

Last month, Trump warned that more stringent sanctions will be imposed unless Russia stops with Ukraine within 50 days. This deadline has passed now, and no new measures have reached Moscow, but the United States has imposed a 50 percent tariff on India for punishing its continuous purchase of Russian oil.

Trump demanded that Putin’s approval to the ceasefire on Friday to avoid the United States imposing more customs tariffs on other countries that buy Russian energy assets.

Putin stated that he wanted full control over the eastern regions of Ukraine, including Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizia and Kheson, and its parts are Russia extension In 2022, along with the Crimea, which it included in 2014.

If Kiev agrees, this means withdrawing the forces from parts of Luhansk and Donitsk, where a lot of last fighting focuses.

Bloomberg I mentioned On August 8, US and Russian officials were working for an agreement that would freeze the war, “and they allow Moscow to preserve the lands it took.

In addition, Putin has constantly demanded that Ukraine remain a neutral country, to give up its ambitions to join NATO.

Can Ukraine waive its lands?

Ukraine abandoned the lands it lost during this war, and in 2014, it is not a welcome option.

On Saturday, Zelinski said he would not be a “gift” on Russia, and that the Ukrainians would not abandon their lands for the Russian occupiers.

More than this, the waiver of any illegal land will be under the Ukrainian constitution.

How many Ukraine does Russia control?

Russia occupies fifth 114,500 square kilometers (44600 square miles) – from Ukraine.

The active front line extends about 1000 km (620 miles) across the areas of Kharkif, Luannsk, Dunitsk, Zaporizia and Kheson.

Russia controls about three quarters of the Zaburisia and Sherison regions.

In addition, small parts of the areas of Kharkif, Sumi, Miklav and Dniproptrovsk in Ukraine are subject to the Russian occupation. Through the areas of Sumi and Carkif, Russia controls about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of land. In Dniproptrovsk, Russia has taken a small area near the border.

Russia dominates about 46,570 square kilometers (17,981 square miles), or 88 percent of lands known as Donbas, consisting of Luhansk and Donbas regions. Russia occupies almost all of Lotansk and three quarters of Donetsk.

Ukraine still possesses about 6,600 square kilometers (2550 square miles), although Russia was focusing most of its capacity along the introduction in Donetsk, where it is heading towards the last remaining main cities that do not control it.

This was part of his efforts to secure what is known as the “Castle Belt”.

What is the castle belt?

The “Castle Belt” extends about 50 km (31 miles) along a strategic highway between the cities of Kostiantynivka and Sloviansk.

The castle belt includes major cities-Selofansk, Kramorsk, Drozcivka, Olixievo Drozvka and Costantinvka-which has been under the control of Ukrainian forces since 2014, and is of great strategic importance such as logistical and administrative center.

The Russian forces’ attempts to seize Slovinsk and the cities of the castle belt in 2022-2023 were not successful, and Ukrainian bonuses led the Russian forces far from the main positions.

“The Ukraine Castle belt has been a major obstacle to the Kremlin’s regional ambitions in Ukraine over the past 11 years.”

Russian progress: What is the situation on the ground now?

In August, Russian forces made great gains, as they advanced about 10 km (6 miles) outside the front lines, where efforts to seize the castle belt from the southwest, where the forces focused on Toretsk and Eastern Pokrovsk trends.

“I am not sure of what Ukraine is offered in terms of land. Russia has everything and slowly win this conflict, albeit at a great cost,” said Al Jazeera Military expert Alex Gatapolos.

“There is already a movement around Boucrovsk in the east, and Konistinienifka is at the risk of Twitter. If Ukraine has not built in -depth defensive sites, the Russian forces will have the ability to go out to an open country. This is a really dangerous time for Ukraine. They have lost all the Russian lives they took in Cork while ignoring a little.”

How has the war advanced over the past three years?

In the first weeks of the war, Russia advanced from the north, east and south, as it quickly seized vast areas of Ukrainian territory, with fierce battles in Airbin, Pucha and Mariolol – the latter fell on Russian forces in May 2022. The Mariolol Party was one of the most fatal and most destructive cases. Ukrainian officials estimated tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

By March 2022, Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, and by April of that year, Russia took control of 27 percent of Ukraine.

By late 2022, Ukraine had transformed the main tide in Kharkif and Khairsson, with Kiev recovering 54 percent of the lands that Russia has seized since the beginning of the war, according to ISW data, which reduced the Russian lands to only 18 percent of the country.

In August 2024, Ukraine launched a major penetration into the Russian Corsec region, which represents a remarkable escalation in the conflict. This attack witnessed the Ukrainian forces offered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) to Russian territory, and the control of an estimated 250 square kilometers (96.5 square miles), which all of Russia have regained since then.

By late 2024 until 2025, the war was settled on a dead end, where both sides suffer from heavy losses. However, the recent incursions into Russia, which is pushing towards Sloviansk, hinted at the possibility of taking another attack on the lands that have been historically fought to capture.

What is the situation before the war?

Before Russia’s invasion of 2022 to Ukraine, Russia had included Crimea, which it included from Ukraine in 2014.

Moscow also supported the separatists in the Donbas region, which led to the establishment of the self -declared republics of the people and Luhansk. Russia officially recognized these entities on February 21, 2022, and launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine after three days.

The war in Ukraine has resulted in one of the largest and fastest displacement crises in Europe since World War II. According to the United Nations, approximately 10 million Ukrainians were DrainThat is, about 21 percent of the population before the war in the country.

Among them, 3.7 million are still internally parts inside Ukraine, while 6.9 million people fled from abroad as refugees.