Ukraine War Front Line Remains Largely Frozen in June 2026

The Ukraine war front line remained largely frozen in June 2026, extending a longer-term trend of stalled Russian momentum, Euronews reported. An analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War carried out by the AFP news agency showed Russian forces recorded a net gain of 30 square kilometres, focused in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Those gains were largely the result of previous Russian incursions being upgraded to advances as more evidence came to light, the analysis said.

Ukrainian forces gained 11 square kilometres in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and 18 square kilometres in the central Dnipropetrovsk region. "The extent and scope of the ongoing Ukrainian counterattacks in these oblasts are unclear," the ISW's Geospatial Intelligence Team said.

"The outcomes from these continuing combat operations remain unclear and will likely be reflected in the data in the coming weeks," it added.

Moscow lost around 403 square kilometres in April and May combined. Russian forces have advanced an average of 15 square kilometres per month so far in 2026, compared with 405 square kilometres per month in 2025. Moscow occupies just over 19 percent of Ukraine as of July 2026.

That includes around 7 percent, Crimea and parts of the industrial Donbas region, that was already under Russian or pro-Russian separatist control before the February 2022 full-scale invasion. The war has caused more than 2 million military casualties, with Moscow's forces bearing the brunt of the losses, according to a study published by a US think tank on Wednesday.

Hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions forced from their homes since Russia invaded in February 2022.