Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine#Before February 2022

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{{See also|Euromaidan|Revolution of Dignity|}}

File:Euromaidan 01.JPG demonstration in Kyiv, 27 November 2013, during the Euromaidan protests]]

With the Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity since November 2013, popular protests across Ukraine led to the dismissal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), as he fled to Russia.{{Cite magazine|last=Frizell|first=Sam|date=2014-02-22|title=Ukraine Protestors Seize Kiev As President Flees|magazine=Time|url=https://world.time.com/2014/02/22/ukraines-president-flees-protestors-capture-kiev/|access-date=2022-10-03|issn=0040-781X}} The growing pro-European sentiment at the center of this period of upheaval caused unease in the Kremlin, and Russian president Vladimir Putin immediately mobilized Russian army and airborne forces to invade Crimea, and they swiftly took control of major government buildings and blockaded the Ukrainian military in their bases across the peninsula.{{Cite news|last1=Higgins|first1=Andrew|last2=Erlanger|first2=Steven|date=2014-02-27|title=Gunmen Seize Government Buildings in Crimea|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/world/europe/crimea-ukraine.html|access-date=2022-10-03|issn=0362-4331}} Soon after, Russian-installed officials announced and carried out a referendum for the region to join Russia, which western and independent organizations labeled as illegitimate.{{Cite news|title=Crimea Overwhelmingly Supports Split From Ukraine To Join Russia|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/16/290525623/crimeans-vote-on-splitting-from-ukraine-to-join-russia|access-date=2022-10-03}} The Kremlin rejected these claims and soon officially annexed Crimea into Russia, with western nations issuing sanctions against Russia in response.{{Cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Steven Lee|last2=Baker|first2=Peter|date=2014-03-17|title=Putin Recognizes Crimea Secession, Defying the West|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/world/europe/us-imposes-new-sanctions-on-russian-officials.html|access-date=2022-10-03|issn=0362-4331}} In addition, with pro-Russian counter-protests across Eastern and Southern Ukraine in response to the ousting of Yanukovych,{{Cite news|title=Pro-Russia protests in Ukraine|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-26400276|access-date=2022-10-03}} Russia allegedly supported Russian and pro-Russian militant separatists in the Donbas region in taking control of major government buildings.{{Cite news|date=2014-04-06|title=Ukraine: Pro-Russians storm offices in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|access-date=2022-10-03}} These separatists eventually created the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics,{{Cite web|date=2014-11-06|title=Ukraine's rebel 'people's republics' begin work of building new states|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/06/ukraine-rebel-peoples-republic-states|access-date=2022-10-03|website=the Guardian}} and have since been at conflict with the now-pro-European Ukrainian government, known as the war in Donbas (Russia announced their "annexation" after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine).

In response to Russian military intervention, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted government laws (with further updates and extensions) to qualify the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions as temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories:

1. Autonomous Republic of Crimea:
2. * Law of Ukraine No. 1207-VII (15 April 2014) "Assurance of Citizens' Rights and Freedom, and Legal Regulations on Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine".{{Cite web|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1207-VII|title=Про забезпечення прав і свобод громадян та правовий режим на тимчасово окупованій території України|work=Законодавство України |trans-title=On ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens and the legal regime in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225104842/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1207-vii|url-status=live}}
3. Separate Raions of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts:
4. * Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1085-р (7 November 2014) "A List of Settlements on Territory Temporarily Uncontrolled by Government Authorities, and a List of Landmarks Located at the Contact Line".{{cite web|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1085-2014-%D1%80|title=Про затвердження переліку населених пунктів, на території ... – від 07.11.2014 № 1085-р|website=zakon4.rada.gov.ua|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223013909/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1085-2014-%D1%80|url-status=live}}
5. * Law of Ukraine No. 254-19-VIII (17 March 2015) "On Recognition of Separate Raions, Cities, Towns and Villages in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions as Temporarily Occupied Territories".{{Cite web|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254-VIII|title=Про визнання окремих районів, міст, селищ і сіл Донецької та Луганської областей тимчасово окупованими територіями|trans-title=About recognition of separate areas, cities, settlements and villages of Donetsk and Luhansk areas as temporarily occupied territories|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2019-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512074534/https://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254-VIII|url-status=live}}

Petro Poroshenko, one of the opposition leaders during Euromaidan, won a landslide victory in the election to succeed interim president Turchynov, three months after the ousting of Yanukovych.{{Cite news|date=2014-05-25|title=Petro Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27569057|access-date=2022-10-03}}

The following chart summarizes some estimates of the total area of Ukrainian territory under Russian control, presented by various publishers at different instances during the conflict. Note that some of the estimates from the end of 2022 were conflicting.

{{Further|Russian occupation of Crimea|Russian occupation of Donetsk Oblast|Russian occupation of Luhansk Oblast}}{{See also|Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|War in Donbas (2014–2022)}}File:Map of Ukraine with Cities.png (2014 – February 2022), with the annexed Crimea at bottom and two self-proclaimed separatist republics in Donbas at right]]Since Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, it administers the peninsula under two federal subjects: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. Ukraine continues to claim the peninsula as an integral part of its territory, which is supported by most foreign governments through the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262,{{cite news|date=18 March 2014|title=Kremlin: Crimea and Sevastopol are now part of Russia, not Ukraine|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/18/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/|url-status=live|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117190740/http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/18/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/|archive-date=17 November 2017}} even though Russia and some other UN member states have expressed support for the 2014 Crimean referendum, implying recognition of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation. In 2015, the Ukrainian parliament officially set 20 February 2014 as the date of "the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia".{{Cite web|date=2022-07-11|title="Няша" Поклонська обіцяє бійцям "Беркута" покарати учасників Майдану|url=https://www.segodnya.ua/ua/regions/krym/nyasha-poklonskaya-obeshchaet-boycam-berkuta-nakazat-uchastnikov-maydana-700800.html|access-date=2023-11-10|website=www.segodnya.ua|language=uk}}

The uncontrolled portions of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts are commonly abbreviated as "ORDLO" from Ukrainian, especially among Ukrainian news media. ("certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts", {{langx|uk|Окремі райони Донецької та Луганської областей|translit=Okremi raiony Donetskoi ta Luhanskoi oblastei}}){{cite news|date=7 October 2017|title=Poroshenko signs law extending ORDLO special status|newspaper=Kyiv Post|agency=Interfax-Ukraine|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/poroshenko-signs-law-extending-ordlo-special-status.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034202/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/poroshenko-signs-law-extending-ordlo-special-status.html|archive-date=1 December 2017}} The term first appeared in Law of Ukraine No.1680-VII (October 2014).{{cite web|date=10 October 2017|script-title=uk:Про особливий порядок місцевого самоврядування в окремих районах Донецької та Луганської областей|trans-title=On the special order of local self-governance in separate raions of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts|url=http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1680-VII|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041812/http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1680-VII|archive-date=1 December 2017|access-date=29 October 2017|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Legislation of Ukraine|language=uk}} Documents of the Minsk Protocol and the OSCE refer to them as "certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions" (CADLR) of Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 22 July 2020 |url=https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/457885|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028080825/https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/457885|archive-date=2021-10-28|access-date=2021-10-31|website=osce.org}}

The Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories is the Ukrainian government ministry that oversees government policy towards the regions. {{As of|2019}}, the government considered 7% of Ukraine's territory to be under occupation.{{cite web|date=20 February 2019|title=Speakers Urge Peaceful Settlement to Conflict in Ukraine, Underline Support for Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity of Crimea, Donbas Region|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12122.doc.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223202440/https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12122.doc.htm|archive-date=23 February 2022|access-date=16 May 2019|publisher=United Nations}} The United Nations General Assembly resolution 73/194, adopted on 17 December 2018, designated Crimea as under "temporary occupation".{{cite web|date=17 December 2018|title=General Assembly Adopts Resolution Urging Russian Federation to Withdraw Its Armed Forces from Crimea, Expressing Grave Concern about Rising Military Presence|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/ga12108.doc.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424022052/https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/ga12108.doc.htm|archive-date=24 April 2019|access-date=19 May 2019|publisher=United Nations}}

The Ukrainian army was concerned in 2019 about the deployment of 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missiles on Russian naval and coast guard vessels operating in the Sea of Azov, which is adjacent to the temporarily occupied territories. As a result, Mariupol and Berdiansk, two main Pryazovian seaports, suffer from an increase in insecurity{{cite news|last1=Hurska|first1=Alla|date=12 February 2019|title=Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two)|volume=16|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation|agency=Eurasia Daily Monitor|issue=18|url=https://jamestown.org/program/russias-hybrid-strategy-in-the-sea-of-azov-divide-and-antagonize-part-two/|url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213082517/https://jamestown.org/program/russias-hybrid-strategy-in-the-sea-of-azov-divide-and-antagonize-part-two/|archive-date=13 February 2019}} (both cities were captured in 2022).

Temryuk and Taganrog, two other ports on the Sea of Azov, have allegedly been used to disguise the provenance of anthracite coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the temporarily occupied territories.

File:2014-03-08. Митинг в Донецке 113.jpg in Donetsk on 8 March 2014, as the Kremlin deliberately stoked separatist sentiment among some local residents.{{cite news|title=In the Donbas region, 20 years of Russian propaganda led to war|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/04/23/in-the-donbas-region-twenty-years-of-russian-propaganda-led-to-war_5981389_4.html|work=Le Monde|date=23 April 2022}}]]

File:2018-05-09. День Победы в Донецке f223.jpg in Donetsk, May 2018]]

File:День Победы в Сакском районе, 2022, 33.jpg in Saky, Crimea, 9 May 2022]]

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, the Government of Ukraine is issuing (as extension to government order no. 1085-р and law no. 254-VIII) up-to-date "List of Temporarily Occupied Regions and Settlements" and a "List of Landmarks Bordering the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone".{{Cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/1085-2014-%D1%80|language=uk|title=Про затвердження переліку населених пунктів, на території яких органи державної влади тимчасово не здійснюють свої повноваження, та переліку населених пунктів, що розташовані на лінії розмежування|website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України|trans-title=List of Temporarily Occupied Regions and Settlements}} As of 16 September 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has made four updates to order no. 1085-р and law no. 254-VIII:

• Addendum No. 128-р as of 18 February 2015{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додаток до розпорядження Кабінету Міні... – від 18.02.2015 № 128-р |trans-title=On amendments to the appendix to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers ... – dated 18.02.2015 № 128-r|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/128-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408210227/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/128-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|archive-date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|newspaper=Офіційний Вебпортал Парламенту України}}
• Addendum No. 428-р as of 5 May 2015{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів Укра... – від 05.05.2015 № 428-р |trans-title=On amendments to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ... – dated 05.05.2015 № 428-r|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/428-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408205934/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/428-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|archive-date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|website=zakon4.rada.gov.ua}}
• Addendum No. 1276-р as of 2 December 2015{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додатки 1 і 2 до розпорядження Кабінет... – від 02.12.2015 № 1276-р |trans-title=On amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 to the order of the Cabinet ... – from 02.12.2015 № 1276-r|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1276-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043117/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1276-2015-%D1%80/paran2#n2|archive-date=9 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|website=zakon4.rada.gov.ua}}
• Addendum No. 79-р as of 7 February 2018{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додатки 1 і 2 до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України від 7 листопада 2014 р. № 1085 від від 7 лютого 2018 р. № 79-р |trans-title=On Amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 7, 2014 № 1085 of February 7, 2018 № 79-r|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/79-2018-%D1%80/paran2#n2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031950/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/79-2018-%D1%80/paran2#n2|archive-date=25 April 2018|access-date=24 April 2018|website=zakon4.rada.gov.ua}}
• Addendum No. 410-р as of 13 June 2018{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додатки 1 і 2 до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України від 7 листопада 2014 р. № 1085 (410–2018) |trans-title=On Amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 7, 2014 № 1085 (410–2018)|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/410-2018-%D1%80#n2|access-date=9 April 2022|website=zakon.rada.gov.ua}}
• Addendum No. 505-р as of 5 July 2019{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додатки 1 і 2 до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України від 7 листопада 2014 р. № 1085 (505–2019) |trans-title=On Amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 7, 2014 № 1085 (505–2019)|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/505-2019-%D1%80#n2|access-date=9 April 2022|newspaper=Офіційний Вебпортал Парламенту України}}
• Addendum No. 1125-р as of 16 September 2020{{cite web|title=Про внесення змін у додатки 1 і 2 до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України від 7 листопада 2014 р. № 1085 (1125–2020) |trans-title=On Amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 7, 2014 № 1085 (1125–2020)|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1125-2020-%D1%80|access-date=9 April 2022|website=zakon.rada.gov.ua}}

Some settlements' names are the result of 2016 Decommunization in Ukraine.{{cite web|title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України (Донецька область)|trans-title=Official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Donetsk region)|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7503/A005?rdat1=01.01.2017&rf7571=6942|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408210333/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7503/A005?rdat1=01.01.2017&rf7571=6942|archive-date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|website=w1.c1.rada.gov.ua}}{{cite web|title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України (Луганська область)|trans-title=Official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Luhansk region)|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7503/A005?rdat1=01.01.2017&rf7571=17814|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043118/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7503/A005?rdat1=01.01.2017&rf7571=17814|archive-date=9 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|website=w1.c1.rada.gov.ua}}

The list below is based on the extension as of 7 February 2018. The borders of some raions have changed since 2015.

• Autonomous Republic of Crimea (entire region)
• Donetsk Oblast
• Cities of regional importance and nearby settlements:
• Donetsk
• Horlivka
• Debaltseve
• Dokuchaievsk
• Yenakiieve
• Zhdanivka
• Khrestivka
• Makiivka
• Snizhne
• Chystiakove
• Khartsyzk
• Shakhtarsk
• Ridkodub
• Yasynuvata
• Amvrosiivka Raion (all settlements)
• Bakhmut Raion:
• Bulavynske
• Vuhlehirsk
• Oleksandrivske
• Olenivka
• Vesela Dolyna
• Danylove
• Illinka
• Kamianka
• Bulavyne
• Hrozne
• Kaiutyne
• Vozdvyzhenka
• Stupakove
• Savelivka
• Debaltsivske
• Kalynivka
• Lohvynove
• Novohryhorivka
• Nyzhnie Lozove
• Sanzharivka
• Olkhovatka
• Pryberezhne
• Dolomitne
• Travneve
• Lozove
• Volnovakha Raion:
• Andriivka
• Dolia
• Liubivka
• Malynove
• Molodizhne
• Novomykolaivka
• Nova Olenivka
• Petrivske
• Chervone
• Pikuzy
• Mariinka Raion:
• Kreminets
• Luhanske
• Oleksandrivka
• Staromykhailivka
• Syhnalne
• Novoazovsk Raion (all settlements)
• Starobesheve Raion (all settlements)
• Boikivske Raion (all settlements)
• Shakhtarsk Raion (all settlements)
• Yasynuvata Raion:
• Vesele
• Bétmanove
• Mineralne
• Spartak
• Yakovlivka
• Kruta Balka
• Kashtanove
• Lozove
• Vasylivka
• Luhansk Oblast
• Cities of regional importance and nearby settlements:
• Luhansk
• Alchevsk
• Antratsyt
• Brianka
• Holubivka
• Khrustalnyi
• Sorokyne
• Pervomaisk (known as Oleksandrivka)
• Rovenky
• Dovzhansk
• Kadiivka
• Antratsyt Raion (all settlements)
• Sorokyne Raion (all settlements)
• Lutuhyne Raion (all settlements)
• Novoaidar Raion:
• Sokilnyky
• Perevalsk Raion (all settlements)
• Popasna Raion:
• Berezivske
• Holubivske
• Zholobok
• Kalynove
• Kalynove-Borshchuvate
• Kruhlyk
• Molodizhne
• Mius
• Novooleksandrivka
• Chornukhyne
• Zolote (except Zolote-1,2,3,4)
• Dovzhánsk Raion (all settlements)
• Slovianoserbsk Raion (all settlements)
• Stanytsia Luhanska Raion:
• Burchak-Mykhailivka
• Lobacheve
• Mykolaivka
• Sukhodil
• Sevastopol (entire city)

{{Main|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Southern Ukraine campaign|Eastern Ukraine offensive|Northern Ukraine campaign}}{{See also|Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine}}

File:Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine.svg

File:United Nations OHCHR map of Russian-occupied Ukraine in 2023 (2024).png

After Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Russian military and Russian proxy forces further occupied additional Ukrainian territory. By early April, Russian forces withdrew from Northern Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv,{{Cite news|title=Russian Forces Pull Back From Kyiv and Chernihiv|url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-04-06/card/russian-forces-pull-back-from-kyiv-and-chernihiv-ZOdI7iPGsxgm44oSaXyW|access-date=2022-08-17|website=WSJ}} after stagnating progress amid fierce Ukrainian resistance in order to focus on consolidating control over Eastern and Southern Ukraine. On June 2, 2022, Zelenskyy announced that Russia occupied approximately 20% of Ukrainian territory.

Before 2022, Russia occupied {{convert|42000|km2|abbr=on}} of Ukrainian territory (Crimea, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk), and occupied a further {{convert|119000|km2|abbr=on}} after its full-scale invasion by March 2022, a total of {{convert|161000|km2|abbr=on}} or almost 27% of Ukraine.{{cite news|work=CNN|title=The turning points in Russia's invasion of Ukraine|url=https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/09/europe/russia-territory-control-ukraine-shift-dg/|date=30 September 2022|first1=Natalie|last1=Croker|first2=Byron|last2=Manley|first3=Tim|last3=Lister|quote=Territory under assessed Russian control or advances}} By 11 November 2022, the Institute for the Study of War calculated that Ukrainian forces had liberated an area of {{convert|74443|km2|abbr=on}} from Russian occupation,{{cite news|work=DenikN|url=https://denikn.cz/minuta/1008179/|title=Ukrajina od února osvobodila území o velikosti Česka|language=Czech|date=13 November 2022}} leaving Russia with control of about 18% of Ukraine.{{Cite news|date=2022-02-14|title=Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion of Ukraine|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html|access-date=2023-02-03|issn=0362-4331}} During the whole of 2023, Russian forces captured an estimated net {{convert|487|km2|abbr=on}} of Ukrainian territory.{{cite news|date=28 September 2023|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-map-front-line.html|work=The New York Times|title=Who's Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One.|author=Josh Holder|access-date=21 March 2024}}

In 2024, Russian forces captured an estimated {{convert|4168|km2|abbr=on}} in both Ukraine and Russia's Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine had previously launched a cross-border offensive. The majority of the Russian advances took place in the months of September, October, and November 2024.{{cite web|last1=Trotter |first1=Nate |last2=Wolkov |first2=Nicole |last3=Stepanenko |first3=Kateryna |last4=Evans |first4=Angelica |last5=Kagan |first5=Frederick W. |last6=Runkel |first6=William |date=31 December 2024 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-31-2024 |work=Institute for the Study of War}}

As of 2024, Ukraine's peace terms include Russia withdrawing its troops from the occupied territories. Russia's terms include Russia keeping all the land it occupies, and being given all of the oblasts that it claims but does not fully control.{{cite news |title=Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c033eyyr20do|access-date=14 June 2024|work=BBC News|date=14 June 2024|language=English}}
{{cite news |title=Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/14/vladimir-putin-issues-fresh-demands-to-ukraine-to-end-war|access-date=14 June 2024|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 2024|language=English}}
{{cite news |title=Putin states Ukrainian Armed Forces must withdraw from 4 Ukrainian oblasts to begin peace talks|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/14/7460781/|access-date=14 June 2024|work=Ukrainska Pravda|date=14 June 2024|language=English}}

Several Western-based analysts say that allowing Russia to keep the land it seized would "reward the aggressor while punishing the victim" and set a dangerous precedent.{{cite web |title=How to end Russia's war on Ukraine |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-end-russias-war-ukraine |publisher=Chatham House |date=3 October 2023}} They predict that this would encourage Russia "to continue its imperialist campaign of expansionism" against Ukraine and its other neighbors, and embolden other expansionist regimes.{{cite web |last1=Karatnycky |first1=Adrian |title=What a Russian Victory Would Mean for Ukraine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/19/ukraine-russia-war-stalemate-victory-congress-military-aid/ |website=Foreign Policy |date=19 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Danylyuk |first1=Oleksandr |title=What Ukraine's Defeat Would Mean for the US, Europe and the World |url=https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/what-ukraines-defeat-would-mean-us-europe-and-world |website=Royal United Services Institute |date=24 January 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Beketova |first1=Elena |title=Russian Victory Would Bring Darkness to the Heart of Europe |url=https://cepa.org/article/russian-victory-would-bring-darkness-to-the-heart-of-europe/ |website=Center for European Policy Analysis |date=20 October 2023}} Zelenskyy commented: "It's the same thing Hitler did, when he said 'give me a part of Czechoslovakia and it'll end here'."{{cite news |title=Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c033eyyr20do|access-date=14 June 2024|work=BBC News|date=14 June 2024|language=English}} Leo Litra of the European Council on Foreign Relations pointed out that allowing Russia to annex Crimea in 2014 did not stop further Russian aggression. Opinion polls show that the majority of Ukrainians oppose giving up any of their country for peace.{{cite web |last1=Litra |first1=Leo |title=The US election, Ukraine, and the meaning of peace |url=https://ecfr.eu/article/the-us-election-ukraine-and-the-meaning-of-peace/ |publisher=European Council on Foreign Relations |date=5 November 2024}}

{{Further|Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast}}

The occupation began on February 24, 2022, immediately after Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began seizing parts of the Kharkiv Oblast. Since April, Russian forces tried to consolidate control in the region and capture the major city of Kharkiv after their withdrawal from Northern Ukraine. However, by mid-May, the Ukrainian forces pushed the Russians back towards the periphery of the Russian border,{{Cite news|date=2022-05-16|title=Troops defending Kharkiv reached Russian border, Ukraine says|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-troops-defending-kharkiv-reach-state-border-with-russia-governor-2022-05-16/|access-date=2022-08-17}} indicating that Ukrainians continue to garner stiff resistance against Russian advances. In early September 2022, Ukrainian forces began a major counteroffensive and by 11 September 2022, Russia had retreated from most of the settlements it previously occupied in the oblast,{{Cite web|title=Ukraine recaptures territory from Russian forces in Kharkiv|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/surprise-offensive-ukraine-recaptures-territory-russian-forces-kharkiv-rcna47188|access-date=2022-10-07|website=NBC News|date=11 September 2022}} and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a formal withdrawal of Russian forces from nearly all of Kharkiv Oblast stating that an "operation to curtail and transfer troops" was underway."{{cite news|title=Russian defense ministry shows retreat from most of Kharkiv region|url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/09/11/russian-defense-ministry-shows-retreat-from-most-of-kharkiv-region|work=Meduza|date=11 September 2022|access-date=11 September 2022}}[https://charter97.org/en/news/2022/9/11/515204/ Russian Defence Ministry Showed Map Of New Frontline In Kharkiv Region], Хартии'97, 11 September 2022.

{{Further|Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast}}

File:Сергей Кириенко (08-04-2020) (cropped).jpg became Putin's point man in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.{{cite news|last1=Bershidsky|first1=Leonid|title=Putin Prepares to Declare Himself a Conqueror|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-15/putin-prepares-to-declare-himself-a-conqueror|work=Bloomberg|date=15 June 2022}}]]

On February 24, 2022, Russian troops from Crimea invaded Henichesk and Skadovsk Raions. During the first days of the offensive, the Russians surrounded most of the cities and towns in the oblast, blocking the entrances to them with roadblocks, but not entering the cities themselves. Significant battles were fought for the Antonivskyi Bridge, which crosses the Dnipro River between Russian positions on the South bank and the Ukrainian city of Kherson on the North bank. The Russian military's overwhelming firepower forced the Ukrainian forces to retreat, and the city fell to Russian control on March 2.{{Cite news|last1=Schwirtz|first1=Michael|last2=Pérez-Peña|first2=Richard|date=2022-03-02|title=First Ukraine City Falls as Russia Strikes More Civilian Targets|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/kherson-ukraine-russia.html|access-date=2022-08-17|issn=0362-4331}} On June 29, the Russian occupation authorities in Kherson Oblast announced preparations for holding a referendum of annexation.{{Cite news|date=2022-06-29|title=Moscow-administered Kherson prepares referendum on joining Russia|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-administered-kherson-prepares-referendum-joining-russia-tass-2022-06-29/|access-date=2022-08-18}} On July 9, the Ukrainian government announced preparations for an imminent counteroffensive in the South, and urged the residents of occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts to shelter or evacuate to minimize civilian casualties in the operation.{{Cite web|title=Residents of Kherson Oblast are urged to prepare shelters to "survive the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/9/7357244/|access-date=2022-08-18|website=Ukrainska Pravda}} Following the destruction of the Antonivskyi Bridge and the advance of Ukrainian troops from the west, the lack of sustainable supply lines amid heavy Ukrainian shelling compelled the Russian forces to retreat. They eventually retreated from all areas on the north bank of the Dnipro River, including the city of Kherson, which the Ukrainian forces recaptured soon after, known as the liberation of Kherson.

File:Kherson after Russian shelling, 2023-01-15 (02).jpg after shelling by the Russian army on 15 January 2023]]

Raions of Kherson Oblast that are occupied:

• Henichesk Raion
• Kakhovka Raion
• Skadovsk Raion
• Half of Kherson Raion

{{Further|Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast}}

File:Zaporizhzhia after Russian shelling, 2022-10-09 (41).jpg following the airstrike of 9 October 2022]]

On February 26, 2022, the city of Berdiansk came under Russian control, followed by Melitopol on March 1 after fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Russian troops also besieged and captured the city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is located, which came under Russian control on March 4. Since July, there have been increased tensions around the power plant as both Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of missile strikes around the plant,{{Cite news|date=2022-08-05|title=Moscow, Kyiv exchange accusations after Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-nuclear-plant-power-lines-shelled-2022-08-05/|access-date=2022-08-18}} causing fears of a potential repeat of the Chernobyl Disaster.

Raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast that are occupied:

• Melitopol Raion
• Berdiansk Raion
• Most of Vasylivka Raion
• Most of Polohy Raion

{{Further|Donetsk People's Republic}}

File:Russians Ukraine 2001.PNG by region (2001 census). Russia used the "protection" of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine as one of the pretexts for the invasion and occupation.{{cite news|title=Vladimir Putin's false war claims|url=https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-do-vladimir-putins-justifications-for-going-to-war-against-ukraine-add-up/a-60917168|work=Deutsche Welle|date=25 February 2022}}{{cite news|title='Smells of genocide': How Putin justifies Russia's war in Ukraine|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/9/smells-of-genocide-how-putin-justifies-russias-war-in-ukraine|work=Al Jazeera|date=9 March 2022}}]]

Since the invasion, the Russian military, along with the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic, built on territorial gains they have made during the war in Donbas and captured additional territory, most significantly the port of Mariupol after a prolonged siege.

By February 24, 2022, the following raions of Donetsk Oblast were occupied:

• Horlivka Raion
• Donetsk Raion
• Kalmiuske Raion

After February 24, 2022, the following raions of Donetsk Oblast were captured:

• Mariupol Raion
• Half of Volnovakha Raion
• Portions of Bakhmut Raion, Kramatorsk Raion, and Pokrovsk Raion

{{Further|Luhansk People's Republic}}

By February 24, 2022, the following raions of Luhansk Oblast were occupied:

• Alchevsk Raion
• Dovzhansk Raion
• Luhansk Raion
• Rovenky Raion

After February 24, 2022, the following raions of Luhansk Oblast were captured:

• Shchastia Raion
• Staroblisk Raion
• Most of Svatove Raion
• Most of Sievierodonetsk Raion

On July 3, 2022, the Russian military claimed that the entire Luhansk Oblast has been "liberated",{{Cite web|title=Russia says its forces now have full control of east Ukraine region|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/03/russian-minister-tells-putin-ukraines-luhansk-region-has-been-liberated.html|access-date=2022-08-17|website=CNBC|date=3 July 2022}} suggesting that Russian forces had succeeded in occupying the entire oblast and marked a major milestone for their goal of capturing the Donbas.

In late September, Ukraine said that Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast had been recaptured.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-09-19|title=Governor: Ukraine liberates Bilohorivka village in Luhansk Oblast|url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/governor-ukraine-liberates-bilohorivka-village-in-luhansk-oblast|access-date=2022-10-07|website=The Kyiv Independent}} By early October 2022, Ukrainian forces had recaptured several more settlements as their counteroffensive operations shifted focus into the main territory of the oblast.{{Cite web|last=Lester|first=Tim|date=2022-10-05|title=Ukrainian forces advance into Luhansk region for first time since conflict began, social media images show|url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-10-05-22#h_04974b9421ca53764e3b8e8a7784e954|access-date=2022-10-07|website=CNN}} In September 2024, Russian forces controlled an estimated 98.5% of Luhansk Oblast.{{cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Russia captures Ukrainsk in east Ukraine, state media and war bloggers say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-captures-ukrainsk-east-ukraine-state-media-war-bloggers-say-2024-09-17/ |website=Reuters}}

{{Further|Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast}}

The occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast began on February 26, 2022, with Russian troops crossing into the oblast through the Kherson Oblast from Crimea. In March, Russia attempted to advance towards Voznesensk, Mykolaiv and Nova Odesa, but were met with stiff resistance and failed. By May, Russia occupied Snihurivka, Tsentralne, Novopetrivka and numerous other small villages within the oblast. All these were retaken on 10–11 November 2022 during the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which followed the withdrawal of Russian troops from the right bank of the Dnieper.

Raions of Mykolaiv Oblast that are occupied:

• Extreme southern portion of Mykolaiv Raion (Kinburn Peninsula)

{{See also|Russian invasion of Ukraine|Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

File:President of Ukraine presented state awards to the Ukrainian servicemen who liberated the Kherson region. (52501682261).jpg with soldiers who distinguished themselves during the liberation of Kherson, 14 November 2022]]

File:Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in hoisting the State Flag of Ukraine in liberated Kherson. (52502133553).jpg, 14 November 2022]]

{{Further|Russian occupation of Chernihiv Oblast}}

Russia started the occupation as part of the northern campaign in the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The occupying forces occupied a large part of the oblast, and eventually laid siege to the oblast capital, but failed to capture the city. Eventually, their stagnant progress led to their complete withdrawal from the oblast by early April, ending the occupation.

{{Further|Russian occupation of Kyiv Oblast}}

File:Working trip of the President of Ukraine to the Kyiv region 71.jpg

Russia started the occupation as part of the northern offensive in the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian troops occupied a large part of the oblast, even approaching the borders of Kyiv city proper. However, the invaders' stagnant progress led to their failure to capture the Ukrainian capital, and eventually led to a complete withdrawal from the oblast by early April, ending the occupation.

{{Further|2022 Snake Island campaign}}

From 24 February to 30 June 2022, Russian forces occupied Snake Island in Odesa Oblast, but later withdrew after suffering heavy missile, artillery and drone strikes from the Ukrainian forces.{{Cite news|date=2022-06-30|title=Snake Island: Why Russia couldn't hold on to strategic Black Sea outcrop|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61992491|access-date=2023-01-25}}

During the battles of Lebedyn and Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast, Russian forces spilled over and attacked Hadiach on 4 March 2022,{{cite tweet |last=Schlottman |first=Henry |user=HN_Schlottman |number=1497983676910612484 |date=27 February 2022 |title=This is also making the rounds on social media: a Russian armored vehicle reportedly fell into a river near Hadyach (Гадяч). https://t.co/SyMIPkJMq5 https://t.co/KAcrFEN8Hn |language=en |access-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311185934/https://twitter.com/HN_Schlottman/status/1497983676910612484 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Вражескую колонну остановил старый мост: под.. {{!}} Victor Yarmoshuk {{!}} VK |url=https://vk.com/wall33464206_1607 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=vk.com |language=en}}{{better source needed|date=August 2024}} and captured small areas around it, and advanced near Zinkiv and occupied Pirky on 3 March, but were repelled.{{Cite web|url=https://gfsis.org.ge/russian-monitor/view/3139|title=The Battle of Ukraine, Special Issue 3, 1 March 2022, 18:00 Kyiv Time}}{{Cite web|url=https://gfsis.org.ge/russian-monitor/view/3140|title=The Battle of Ukraine, Special Issue 4, 3 March 2022, 18:00 Kyiv Time}} According to Pro-ukraine sources, they were soon afterwards repelled which was known as the "Hadiach Safari", since people used shotguns and rifles to hunt for Russian soldiers.{{Cite web|url=https://rubryka.com/en/2022/03/18/gadyatske-safari-na-pivnochi-poltavshhyni-myslyvtsi-vidibraly-u-voroga-10-tankiv-ta-inshu-tehniku/|title="Hadiach Safari": in the north of Poltava region, hunters took away 10 tanks and other equipment from the enemy – Rubryka|date=18 March 2022 }} Some notable areas captured were Pirky and Bobryk.{{Cite web |title=DeepStateMAP {{!}} Мапа війни в Україні |url=https://deepstatemap.live/#12/50.3891495/34.2629242 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=DeepStateMap.Live |language=uk}}

{{Further|Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast}}

Russia started the occupation as part of the northern offensive in the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian military occupied a large part of the oblast, but failed to take the oblast capital. Eventually, the stagnant progress of the Russian Ground Forces led to their complete withdrawal from the oblast by early April, ending the occupation.

{{Further|Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast}}

Russia started the occupation as part of the Northern offensive in the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Russians occupied a small portion of the oblast, and never attempted to capture the oblast capital. Eventually, the culmination of the drive on Kyiv led to their complete withdrawal from the oblast by early April, ending the occupation.

The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that Russia is committing severe human rights violations in occupied Ukraine. These include arbitrary detentions, torture, looting, and enforced disappearances by Russian soldiers acting with "impunity". Peaceful protests and freedom of speech have been suppressed, while freedom of movement is severely restricted.{{cite news|title=UN report details 'climate of fear' in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine| work=UN News| url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147776|date=20 March 2024}} Anyone suspected of opposing the occupation has been targeted, while people have been "encouraged to inform on one another, leaving them afraid even of their own friends and neighbours".

Ukrainians have been coerced into taking Russian passports and becoming Russian citizens. Those who refuse are denied healthcare, freedom of movement, public sector employment and social security benefits. From July 2024, anyone in occupied Ukraine who does not have a Russian passport can be imprisoned as a "foreign citizen". Ukrainian men who take a Russian passport are then drafted to fight against the Ukrainian army.{{cite news |title=Takeaways into AP investigation into Russian system to force its passports on occupied Ukraine |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupation-passports-citizenship-fa49f7f348f6283ab06db0512fd23eda |work=Associated Press |date=15 March 2024}}

The UN reports that Ukrainian children are the worst affected. Schools are forced to teach the Russian curriculum, with textbooks that seek to justify the invasion. Children are also enlisted into youth groups that indoctrinate them with Russian nationalism. There are reports of parents who refuse Russian passports having their children taken away from them.{{cite news |title=Ukraine war: Locals forced to take Russian passports, report says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67427840 |work=BBC News |date=16 November 2023}} The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognized Russia's abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children as genocidal.{{cite news|title=Ombudsman says Putin's 'deportation' decree an attempt to 'intimidate' in people in occupied territories|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ombudsman-says-putin-deportation-decree-145200116.html#:~:text=On%20April%2027%2C%20Putin%20signed,to%20receive%20a%20Russian%20passport.|agency=New Voice of Ukraine|publisher=Yahoo News|date=28 April 2023}}

Ukrainian language and media has been replaced by Russian language and media.

Russia has been accused of neo-colonialism and colonization in Crimea by enforced Russification, passportization, and by settling Russian citizens on the peninsula and forcing out Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars.{{cite journal |last1=Yermakova |first1=Olena |title=The silent Russian colonisation of Crimea |journal=New Eastern Europe |date=August 2021 |url=https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/06/23/the-silent-russian-colonisation-of-crimea/}}

{{further|Ukrainian culture during the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

United Nations special rapporteurs have condemned the Russian occupation authorities for attempting "to erase local [Ukrainian] culture, history, and language" and to forcibly replace it with Russian language and culture. Monuments and places of worship have been razed, while Ukrainian history books and literature deemed to be "extremist" have been seized from public libraries and destroyed. Civil servants and teachers have been detained for their refusal to implement Russian policy.{{cite web|title=Targeted destruction of Ukraine's culture must stop: UN experts|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/02/targeted-destruction-ukraines-culture-must-stop-un-experts|publisher=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|date=22 February 2023}} The International Court of Justice ruled that Russia had broken the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by restricting school classes in the Ukrainian language in occupied Crimea.{{cite news|title=Russia Ukraine war: ICJ finds Moscow violated terrorism and anti-discrimination treaties|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68161532|work=BBC News|date=31 January 2024}}

{{Expand section|date=May 2025}}{{main|Ukrainian resistance in Russian-occupied Ukraine|2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine}}

{{main|Collaboration with Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

Following the liberation of occupied territories, thousands of civilians were accused of collaboration. They are tried by a single judge without a jury. The offense is punished by up to ten years of prison, with some of those convicted getting three or five years of prison. The accused include people who worked as volunteers and held administrative positions during the occupation.{{cite news|title=I was jailed by Ukraine for 'collaborating with Russia' for keeping my town's lights on|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/i-was-jailed-by-ukraine-for-collaborating-with-russia-for-keeping-my-towns-lights-on-xk3cc3bch|access-date=10 October 2023|work=The Times|date=30 September 2023}}

{{See also|International reactions to the Euromaidan|International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War|International reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic}}

File:United Nations General Assembly resolution ES-11 L.5 vote.svg adopted Resolution ES 11/4 declaring that the staged referendums and attempted annexation are invalid and illegal under international law.
{{Legend|#74C365|In favour: 143}}{{Legend|#ab4e52|Against: 5}}{{Legend|#FADA5E|Abstained: 35}}{{Legend|#89CFF0|Absent: 10}}]]

On 20 April 2016 Ukraine officially established government Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons.{{citation|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/04/20/7106169/|script-title=uk:У Гройсмана створили нове міністерство|trans-title=The Cabinet decided to create the Ministry of temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons|work=Ukrayinska Pravda|date=20 April 2016|language=uk|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328142100/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/04/20/7106169/|url-status=live}} It was subsequently renamed the Temporarily Occupied Territories, IDPs and veterans and then the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories. The current minister is Iryna Vereshchuk, appointed on 4 November 2021.{{Cite web|title=Vereshchuk appointed Ukraine's deputy prime minister|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3344875-vereshchuk-appointed-ukraines-deputy-prime-minister.html|access-date=2021-12-02|website=www.ukrinform.net|date=4 November 2021|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130131129/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3344875-vereshchuk-appointed-ukraines-deputy-prime-minister.html|url-status=live}}

In March 2014, in a vote at the United Nations, 100 member states out of 193{{citation|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/68/PV.80|title=General Assembly Sixty-eighth session, 80th plenary meeting Thursday, 27 March 2014, 10 a.m. |id=A/68/PV.80 and 14-27868|date=27 March 2014|page=17|publisher=United Nations|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728020405/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F68%2FPV.80|url-status=live}} did not recognize the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, with only Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe voting against the resolution{{citation|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/262|title=United Nations General Assembly, Sixty-eighth session, Agenda item 33 (b), Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.39 and Add.1)] 68/262. Territorial integrity of Ukraine|date=1 April 2014|id=A/RES/68/262|publisher=United Nations|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006110417/https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2FRES%2F68%2F262|url-status=live}} [http://undocs.org/A/RES/68/262 Alternative URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023080207/http://undocs.org/A/RES/68/262|date=2018-10-23}}
{{citation|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ga11493.doc.htm|title=General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes in Status of Crimea Region|id=GA/11493|date=27 March 2014|publisher=United Nations|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914152530/https://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ga11493.doc.htm|url-status=live}} (see United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262).

The United Nations passed three resolutions regarding the issue of "human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol", first in December 2016,{{citation|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016, on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.3), 71/205. Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) |date=1 February 2017|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/71/205|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025111957/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2FRES%2F71%2F205|publisher=United Nations|id=A/RES/71/205|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=25 October 2018|url-status=live}}
{{citation|title=United Nations General Assembly, Seventy-first session, 65th plenary meeting, Monday, 19 December 2016, 10 a.m. New York |date=18 December 2016|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/71/PV.65|pages=34–43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024233303/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F71%2FPV.65|publisher=United Nations|id=A/RES/71/205|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=24 October 2018|url-status=live}}
{{citation|title=General Assembly Adopts 50 Third Committee Resolutions, as Diverging Views on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Animate Voting|date=19 December 2016|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/ga11879.doc.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219213314/http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/ga11879.doc.htm|publisher=United Nations|id=GA/11879|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=19 December 2017|url-status=live}} then again a year later in December 2017,{{citation|url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/72/190|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2017 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/439/Add.3)] 2/190. Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine|date=19 January 2018|id=A/RES/72/190|publisher=United Nations|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725043307/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2FRES%2F72%2F190|url-status=live}} [https://mfa.gov.ua/mediafiles/sites/vienna/files/72-190.pdf Alternative URL (pdf)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034845/https://mfa.gov.ua/mediafiles/sites/vienna/files/72-190.pdf|date=2018-10-23}}
{{citation|url=http://undocs.org/A/72/439/Add.3|title=United Nations General Assembly, Seventy-second session, Agenda item 72 (c), Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives|date=6 December 2017|id=A/72/439/Add.3|access-date=22 October 2018|pages=22–25|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023080105/http://undocs.org/A/72/439/Add.3|url-status=live}} and lastly yet another in December 2018.

The UN's position according to the resolution adopted in 2018:

{{cquote|Condemning the ongoing temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine, namely, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (hereinafter referred to as "Crimea"), by the Russian Federation, and reaffirming the non-recognition of its annexation

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In April 2018, PACE's emergency assembly recognized occupied regions of Ukraine as "territories under effective control by the Russian Federation".{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?fileid=24505&lang=2|title=Doc. 14506 (Report) State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights – PACE resolution|website=assembly.coe.int|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428134907/http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?fileid=24505&lang=2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2449375-pace-urges-russia-to-stop-supplying-arms-to-donbas.html|title=PACE urges Russia to stop supplying arms to Donbas|website=www.ukrinform.net|date=26 April 2018|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114016/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2449375-pace-urges-russia-to-stop-supplying-arms-to-donbas.html|url-status=live}} Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, MP Volodymyr Aryev mentioned that recognition of the fact that part of the occupied Donbas is under Russia's control is so important for Ukraine. "The responsibility for all the crimes committed in the uncontrolled territories is removed from Ukraine. Russia becomes responsible", Aryev wrote on Facebook.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2448804-aryev-explains-why-pace-resolution-is-important-for-ukraine.html|title=Aryev explains why PACE resolution is important for Ukraine|website=www.ukrinform.net|date=25 April 2018|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430045834/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2448804-aryev-explains-why-pace-resolution-is-important-for-ukraine.html|url-status=live}}

In early March 2022, in response to Russia's invasion, the United Nations General Assembly convened an emergency special session to discuss the latest developments regarding the peace situation in Ukraine, and adopted the United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1 to condemn Russia's invasion and Belarus's involvement.{{Cite web|date=2022-03-02|title=General Assembly resolution demands end to Russian offensive in Ukraine|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113152|access-date=2022-08-26|website=UN News}}

• {{Annotated link |2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine}}
• {{Annotated link |List of military occupations}}
• {{Annotated link |Joint Forces Operation (Ukraine)}}
• {{Annotated link |Malaysia Airlines Flight 17}}
• {{Annotated link |Revanchism}}
• {{Annotated link |Russian military presence in Transnistria}}
• {{Annotated link |Russian-occupied territories}}
• {{Annotated link |Russian-occupied territories in Georgia}}
• {{Annotated link |Russian temporary administrative agencies in Occupied Ukraine}}
• {{Annotated link |Sudeten Crisis}}
• {{Annotated link |Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War}}
• {{Annotated link |Ukrainian occupation of Kursk Oblast}}

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• {{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Daniel|date=2025 |title=Occupation: Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1nbEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |location=London |publisher=Hurst & Company |isbn=978-1-911723-08-0}}

{{Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation}}

{{Irredentism}}

{{Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

{{Russo-Ukrainian War}}

{{War in Donbass}}

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