An investigation carried out by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and published by the AFP agency has revealed that Ukraine is for the last few days.
Specifically, he got recover 201 square kilometers between last Wednesday and Sunday. That is, the average is a territorial gain of 40 square kilometers per day.
To put that figure in perspective, it is worth noting that it is a near surface to the conquered by Russian forces throughout the entire December 2025: 244 square kilometers.
It should be noted that we must go back to the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 to find some territorial advances so rapid by Ukrainian troops.
The territory that Ukraine has managed to recover is located above all in the Zaporizhia regionan area in which Russia had made significant advances over the past summer.
The reason for the rapid recovery of Ukrainian territories
From the ISW they point out that the rapid recovery of territories by Ukraine is probably due to the fact that Russia has stopped having access to Starlinkthe satellite internet service developed by SpaceX (a company owned by Elon Musk).
It was the American magnate himself who announced a few weeks ago that he was going to stop the improper use of the Starlink satellite network, blocking its access to the Russian military. And Musk has complied. Since February 5different Russian military bloggers have warned of the existence of communications problems at the fronta circumstance that seems to have been taken advantage of by Ukrainian forces.
In this sense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have repeatedly reported that Moscow was using Starlink satellites for, among other things, Precisely direct your drones.
The end of the Russian military’s access to the Starlink service opens a new stage in the war in Ukraine that could be used by kyiv to try to give a turn in the development of the armed conflict.
