Summer offensive failure: As Russia set an absolute record of losses in Ukraine
In the second week of September 2025, the ROV captured 29 km² of the territory of Ukraine, which is a minimum weekly since the beginning of 2025. Let me remind you that in the first week of September, the swarm was captured 54 km², which was also one of the lowest rates of seizure of territories of Ukraine. The total, 83 km² was captured in the first half of the month.
The tendency indicates that September 2025 can be comparable to the territory of Ukraine in its indicators of the territories of Ukraine. It is noteworthy that September, since 2023, has often been a month or an increase in territories, or an average stable indicator, and as long as we see a clear decline that can be compared by figures with the exit of moles from winter anabiosis. But the winter anabiosis is far away, while the point in the summer offensive is placed. And this point is sluggish.
The losses of the ROV personnel for the second week of September were 6 460, which is the next lowest rate of roar losses during the week from April 2024, but given the proportion of losses on the captured square kilometer is a record! The proportion of personnel losses per 1 km² of Ukrainian land on average was 222 bodies of the invaders. And here it is worth noting that in the weekly terms it is a record for the entire full -scale invasion of Ukraine.
But I do not advise you to draw preliminary conclusions, it is a situational parameter that will be adjusted by the end of the month. But it is noteworthy that since the beginning of September there has been a sharp break in the ratio of captured territories, first with a ratio of 54 km² per loss of 6 070 or 112 bodies/1 km², and now we see the capture of 29 km² per week per 460 and proportions of 222 bodies/1 km².