From the Donbass industrial region “northeast” to the Crimea peninsula “south”, Russia has so far annexed five regions in Ukraine in whole or in part, after referendums condemned by the international community.
Here is some information about these areas, which constitute 19.4% of the Ukrainian lands, of which 11.9% have been controlled by the Russians since the beginning of the war on February 24, according to estimates by the Institute for the Study of War.