Russian forces managed to capture 63.13 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory over the past week, from April 6 to April 12. This is significantly more than the week before, when Russian forces increased the occupied area by only 5.77 square kilometers, but less than the last week of March, when Russian forces seized 68.61 square kilometers, according to maps from the OSINT project DeepState.
Most of the Russian forces’ gains were on the Kupiansk axis in the Kharkiv region, where Russian forces captured 23.55 square kilometers near the village of Pishchane. Additional advances were recorded on the Sumy axis, where Russian forces crossed the state border at two new sections east of the regional center near the villages of Myropilske, Maryine, and Prokhody, capturing 20.33 square kilometers. The penetration zone near Pishchane decreased by 11.23 square kilometers, while in Sumy region it expanded by 52.01 square kilometers.
Last week, Russian forces also crossed the border near the village of Veterynarne in the Kharkiv region north of the regional center, but managed to capture only 1.04 square kilometers there; the penetration zone increased by 1.64 square kilometers.
Across all front-line directions in Donetsk region — including Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, and Siversk — Russian forces significantly increased their rate of advance, capturing 15.82 square kilometers over the week. This is much more than the previous week (6.22 square kilometers), but significantly less than the last week of March (34 square kilometers). At the same time, the penetration zone on these axes decreased by 9 square kilometers, meaning Russian forces mostly advanced by consolidating control in the “gray zone.”
The offensive on the Huliaipole axis in the northeast of Zaporizhzhia region, which had nearly stalled the previous week, was not resumed, except for a small advance near the village of Myrne, where Russian forces captured 2.39 square kilometers shortly before the weekend.
On the adjacent Zaporizhzhia and Oleksandrivka axes in Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as in other areas of Kharkiv region where minor Russian forces’ advances were previously recorded, there were no changes over the past week.
Thus, according to DeepState data, the total area of Ukrainian territory under occupation increased by 63.13 square kilometers over the week, while the penetration zone grew by 32.98 square kilometers.
On average, during the past week, Russian forces advanced by 9 square kilometers per day, while the penetration zone expanded by an average of 4.7 square kilometers per day.
In the previous week, Russian forces advanced by an average of 0.8 square kilometers per day.
