As President Trump attempts to help negotiate an end to Russia's war in Ukraine , questions have grown about what will happen to Ukrainian territory claimed by the Kremlin and held by Russian forces.

Mr. Trump has said any ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine would involve "some land swapping," though it isn't clear exactly what that means.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and controls or claims about 20% of Ukraine's land.

The map below shows those areas, highlighted in red, based on recent data from two nonprofit think tanks, the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project.

Infographic with a map of Ukraine locating territories claimed by Russia as of Aug. 17, 2025, according to data from

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