How Much Of Ukraine Does Russia Control 2024. Despite ukraine’s recent success, russia controls about 116,000 square kilometers of what is internationally recognized as ukrainian territory, including crimea, annexed in 2014. Ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country's forces now control nearly 400 square miles of russian territory.

Almost 200,000 people were evacuated from areas along the border by the russian government and president vladimir putin condemned the ukrainian offensive as a major provocation. Russian officials have largely confirmed this.