Ukraine Fact Sheet, February 21, 2025

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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

Ukraine Factsheet - February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025

Key Takeaways:

  • Zelensky does not imminently risk losing all of Ukraine.
  • Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed.
  • Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
  • Ukraine has not suffered millions of losses.
  • Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States.
  • European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine.
  • Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided.
  • Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022.

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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 l...
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