#WAR IN UKRAINE# HOW MUCH OF UKRAINE IS UNDER RUSSIAN CONTROL

The "temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Тимчасово окупована територія України, romanized: Tymchasovo okupovana terytoriia Ukrainy) were defined as such in Ukrainian law following the Russian military occupation that resulted in the loss of Ukrainian control over the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The situation regarding the Crimean peninsula is more complex since Russia annexed the territory in March 2014 and administers it as two federal subjects: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. Ukraine continues to claim Crimea as an integral part of its territory, supported by most foreign governments and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262,[1] although Russia and some other UN member states recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, or have expressed support for the 2014 Crimean referendum. In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada officially set 20 February 2014 as the date of "the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia"

The Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories is the Ukrainian government ministry that oversees government policy towards the regions.[6] As of 2019, the government considers 7% of Ukraine's territory to be under occupation.[7] The United Nations General Assembly resolution A/73/L.47, adopted on 17 December 2018, designated Crimea as under "temporary occupation".[8]