Recently—I won’t give an exact figure for the number of settlements, as I’m afraid of getting it wrong—but the Russian army has brought approximately 2’440’000 square kilometres [in Ukraine] under its control.

Ukraine's territory in its internationally recognized borders is 603'600 km2 Путин заявил, что захватил «две тысячи четыреста сорок тысяч квадратных километров» Украины. Это в 4 раза больше всей ее территории, The Moscow Times (5 June 2026)