Ukraine has been resisting Russian troops for 1367 days of full-scale war
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Executive summary
Ukraine’s full‑scale war with Russia began in February 2022 and by December 2025 remains a grinding, attritional conflict with steady front‑line fighting and high human and materiel costs; ISW and allied analysts report that Russian forces controlled roughly 15–19% of Ukrainian territory as of late 2025 and that both sides suffered heavy casualties and territorial churn [1] [2]. Recent ISW updates in December 2025 describe local advances and contested towns (Siversk, Pokrovsk‑Myrnohrad) and ongoing information and economic campaigns tied to negotiations [3] [4] [5].
1. What “1367 days” would mean — timeline and arithmetic
Counting 1367 days backward from December 13, 2025 would place the start of the period around early February 2022, which aligns with the widely reported start of Russia’s full‑scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Major public timelines and summaries of the war mark the conflict’s escalation from that February 2022 invasion and trace continuous military and political events through 2025 [1] [6]. Available sources do not provide a day‑by‑day tally called out as “1367 days,” but the broad timeline is consistent with a roughly three‑year, ongoing conflict [1].
2. The battlefield today: attrition, local gains, and contested towns
Independent battlefield assessments in early–mid December 2025 show fighting concentrated along multiple tactical axes, with both sides making local gains and suffering losses. ISW reported contested operations around Siversk and the Pokrovsk‑Myrnohrad pocket, noting claims and counterclaims about encirclement and seizure while flagging that some Russian claims (for example, seizure of Siversk) were unconfirmed in its December 11 update [3] [4]. The ISW series of daily assessments from December 5–11 repeatedly describes grinding operations, probing advances, and Ukraine holding positions in key towns such as Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad while Russian forces attempt to complicate Ukrainian logistics [4] [7].
3. Territory, casualties and the scale of the stalemate
Public aggregations and think‑tank compilations place Russian control at different levels: Wikipedia’s synthesis noted that as of December 2025 Russian troops occupied almost 15% of Ukraine, while an OSINT map cited in Russia Matters estimated about 19% in November 2025 — underlining variation in estimates and methodology [1] [2]. Independent sources also report very high casualty figures and heavy personnel costs for Russia and Ukraine across 2022–2025, illustrating the attritional nature of the conflict [2]. ISW likewise described Russia’s limited net territorial gains in 2025 and stressed Russia’s disproportionate personnel costs for those gains [8].
4. Information warfare and political signaling shaping the narrative
ISW and other analysts emphasize that Moscow conducts “cognitive warfare” — using claims of imminent victories, selective disclosures, and public rejection of peace proposals to shape domestic and international perceptions. ISW highlighted Kremlin rhetoric rejecting key elements of Western peace proposals and repeatedly portraying battlefield claims (for example Siversk) as part of an information campaign even when ground confirmation lags [3] [5]. Conversely, Ukrainian and Western officials continue public diplomacy aimed at securing security guarantees and reconstruction commitments as part of any negotiated settlement [7] [9].
5. Winter campaigning, strikes on infrastructure, and humanitarian risk
Defence and ISW reporting in December 2025 show Russia’s intensive long‑range and UAS campaigns targeting Ukrainian energy and critical infrastructure over winter: the UK Defence Intelligence noted thousands of one‑way UAS launches in November 2025 and a concentrated deep‑strike campaign intended to produce humanitarian strain [10]. ISW catalogued strikes on rail and energy and reported Ukraine’s own strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in 2025 as part of reciprocal campaign logic [7] [9].
6. What this means for claims of “resistance” and public messaging
Saying “Ukraine has been resisting Russian troops for 1367 days” is consistent with the broad chronology of a full‑scale invasion that began in February 2022 and continued through late 2025, and that narrative aligns with multiple reporting strands that describe sustained Ukrainian defense, periodic counterattacks, and ongoing negotiations [1] [7]. Sources stress, however, that the situation is not static: territory changes, information claims are disputed, and casualty and equipment costs remain very high for both sides [8] [2]. ISW explicitly cautions that some Kremlin battlefield claims are part of cognitive warfare and are not independently confirmed [3].
Limitations and caveats: these conclusions use only the provided reporting and analytical snapshots from December 2025; they do not include other contemporaneous reporting or classified data not cited in these sources. Where sources disagree (territorial percentages, casualty tallies), I have reported both figures and their provenance [1] [2].