Russia's territorial gains halved for the second consecutive month while assault intensity barely changed, Ukrainian frontline monitoring project Deep State reported on 1 March.
Gains halve again as attacks hold steady
Deep State says Russian forces occupied 126 km² in February — half of the 245 km² recorded in January and the smallest figure since July 2024. The project recorded just a 4% drop in reported assault operations compared to January, closely mirroring the January pattern when gains also halved against near-constant attack tempo.
"The only thing is that assault operations became smaller in the number of participants, so it is important to wait for the announcement of the number of verified eliminations from Ukraine's Defense Ministry," Deep State wrote.
Pokrovsk and Huliaipole absorb half of all assaults
The sector-by-sector breakdown remained virtually identical to January. The Pokrovsk sector drew 31% of all Russian assault operations, followed by Huliaipole at 21%, Kostiantynivka at 13%, and Lyman at 7%. Deep State described the distribution as stable.
The Pokrovsk sector accounted for 32% of all territorial advances — roughly matching its share of attacks. But the Sloviansk and Kramatorsk sectors together produced 39% of all Russian advances despite absorbing just 9% of assaults. Kostiantynivka accounted for 21% of advances, and Sumy Oblast for 7%.
The disparity between the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk front and other sectors echoes a pattern Deep State flagged in January, when the Sloviansk direction yielded nearly 20% of territorial losses from just 3% of attacks — a record ratio for the reporting period.
