The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in October captured a record territory of Ukraine - Welt

According to the publication, a record increase of the occupied territories has been recorded in the current month since March 2022. Two -thirds of the Kremlin's territorial conquests in October fell into the Donetsk region. In October, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation captured more territory in Ukraine than in September and August 2024. This was reported by Welt Reporter Christoph Vanner, who is watching the current development of events at the front from Kiev.

"Russian troops, apparently, are rapidly moving in eastern Ukraine. It is the largest growth of the territory since March 2022," Vanner notes. The AFP news agency found that since the beginning of October the Russian army has advanced 478 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. Until October 27, Russian troops took control of larger territory than in August and September, when territorial conquests amounted to 477 and 459 square kilometers, respectively.

During these two months, there have been significant shifts on the front line, especially in the Donetsk region around the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. Two -thirds of Russia's territorial conquests in October came to the Donetsk region, where the Russians approach Pokrovsk from the south and east. The Ukrainian army is in a disadvantage because of the numerical advantage of the Russian army.

The last such offensive was resorted to by the Russian troops in March 2022, when they moved to Kiev. In total, for 2023, they occupied 584 square meters of Ukraine, the area occupied from January 1, 2024, is 2660 square kilometers. Together with the Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, and the territories of Donbass, which were already under the control of separatists before the Russian offensive, Moscow now controls about 18. 2 percent of the territory of Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces confirmed that the situation in the Donetsk region is tense. Over the past day, 149 combat clashes were recorded. In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders reflected 31 attacks, and the fighting continues in the Kurakhiv direction. We will remind, the Major General of the Armed Forces Dmitry Marchenko in a comment to the blogger, the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation of Boryslav Birch stated that the front in the Donbass "fell".