The Trump-Putin Summit’s Focal Point is the Devastated by War Ukrainian Territory

There has been much conjecture on whether the Trump-Putin summit would lead to a profound and violent change in the map of Ukraine. Since President Vladimir Putin initially asserted his claim in 2014, Russia has claimed large swathes of Ukraine.

At that time, Moscow occupied and annexed the Crimean peninsula in a relatively bloodless manner in a few of months. However, a separatist movement supported by Russia quickly emerged in the eastern Donbas area, particularly in the two “oblasts” known as Donetsk and Luhansk.

During this time, Ukraine lost over 14,000 troops and civilians.
However, Putin began his full-scale invasion in February 2022. Russian forces swiftly advanced to Kyiv’s outskirts and captured vast areas of the south, including sizable portions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, two more oblasts.

Since then, the fighting has fluctuated in intensity. About 20% of the land is currently under Russian control, down from roughly 27% in the spring of 2022. Russian soldiers are making gradual but costly progress in the east.

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