Russia’s advance into Ukraine slowed by almost half in September with Moscow capturing its smallest amount of territory since May, CNN quoted the monitoring group DeepState.

“The Russians managed to capture 259 square kilometers (100 square miles)" in September, DeepState, a Ukrainian open-source mapping site that charts the war’s front lines, said in a report released Wednesday.

“Last month, the enemy occupied 44% less territory than in August," it said. “Over the course of the month, the Russians managed to occupy 0.04% of the country’s total area, bringing the total figure to 19.04%," it stated.

On Wednesday, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Oleksandr Syrskyi said his army has regained control of over 2.2 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory over the past day.

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