Enemy occupies 12% less territory in April despite increase in assaults – DeepState

Russian occupation forces slowed their pace of advance in April, occupying 11.9% less territory than in March, despite the number of assault actions increasing by 2.2%, the OSINT project DeepState has said.

According to DeepState, the largest advances in April were recorded in Donetsk region – 36%, or 53 square kilometers. This is almost half as much as in March and 6.5 times less than in December. It is followed by Sumy region – 30%, or 44 square kilometers, Kharkiv region – 22%, and Zaporizhia region – 12%.

"In addition, the total amount of occupied territory in Dnipropetrovsk region decreased from 105 square kilometers to 98 square kilometers. Over three months, Ukraine’s Defense Forces reduced the occupation zone by 89 square kilometers; at its peak in January, the enemy held 187 square kilometers of the region," the analysts said.

Analysts note that to advance by one square kilometer, the enemy needs to carry out 36 assault actions.

"The Russians need to conduct 36 assault actions to achieve one square kilometer," DeepState said.

As reported, in March, the Russians occupied 27% more territory than in February, namely 160 square kilometers.

"In March, the enemy occupied 27% more territory than in February – 160 square kilometers. At the same time, it cannot be said that there were significantly fewer attacks – the difference is only 2%, but it is felt that the scale and quality of attacks have increased," the analysts said.