Occupied territories
- 8 October
The occupied territories are territories of Ukraine that Russia has seized since 2014.
As of August 2025, Russia effectively controls Crimea, almost all of Luhansk region, parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and some territories of Kharkiv, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions.
Read the latest news about politicians' statements on when the war in Ukraine will end.
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Columns
Mykola Kuleba
Head of the charitable foundation Save Ukraine. Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights in 2014 – 2021.
Our children in the occupied territories are being indoctrinated to dream of killing Ukrainians
Irina Uzlova
Journalist and presenter of Channel 24