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UKRAINE WAR: Significant losses in 2024 - Can Kiev's troops recover next year? According to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, the Russian armed forces have so far captured 189 locations in the neighboring country in their war against Ukraine this year. "The Russian armed forces are firmly in possession of the strategic initiative along the entire contact line," Putin said in Moscow at a meeting of the Defense Ministry. Minister Andrei Belousov said that a total area of 4,500 square kilometers in Ukraine had been conquered. In the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, the Ukrainian armed forces still controlled between 25 and 30 percent of the area; in the Luhansk region, only 1 percent. The Russian figures cannot be independently verified. However, independent observers have certified that the Russians have made massive territorial gains this year. According to calculations by the Ukrainian Telegram channel UA War Infographics, Russian troops have conquered a good 2,800 square kilometers since the beginning of the year - an area larger than Saarland. This means that Russian territorial gains are already almost 20 times higher than last year. #worldnewschannel #ukraine #russia #war Subscribe to the WELT YouTube Channel / weltvideotv WELT DOKU Channel / weltdoku WELT Podcast Channel / weltpodcast WELT Netzreporter Channel / dienetzreporter The WELT news livestream http://bit.ly/2fwuMPg The top news on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2rQQD9Q The media library on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2Iydxv8 WELT news channel on Instagram / welt.newschannel WELT on Instagram / welt On a personal note: Due to the high volume of irrelevant and offensive posts, we are currently unable to accept any more comments. Thank you for your understanding - the WELT team created Video 2024