Russian forces occupied 4,336 square kilometers (1,674 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in 2025, accounting for less than 1% of the country, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState reported in an year-end assessment published on Jan. 1.
No they can’t, they’re suffering shutdowns, slowdowns and guerilla action in their own country. You can only throw so many young men into the meat grinder before you end up having open rebellion which in this case likely means assassination attempts which are fairly likely to have already started but been surprised in the news.