Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are the areas Putin is illegally annexing, as Russian forces suffer setbacks around the eastern city of Lyman.
Sources: Institute for the Study of War, AEI’s Critical Threats Project
Russia’s formal annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia ostensibly gives it control over 15 percent of Ukrainian territory. It expands Moscow’s authority over wider portions of Donetsk and Luhansk, collectively known as Donbas. It also broadens Russia’s reach to include Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south.But while Russian forces and their local allies occupy parts of the four regions, they don’t fully control them either militarily or politically.
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