Russia controls 20% of Ukraine, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine also claimed a counteroffensive had made gains in the south, while Moscow tried to encircle a key city in the east

As the Russia-Ukraine war neared its 100th day, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Luxembourg parliament via a video link, on Thursday,  that Russian forces had seized 20 percent of his nation’s territory, including the annexed Crimean peninsula and territory in the east held by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.

“Today, about 20 percent of our territory is under the control of the occupiers,” he said during an address to lawmakers in Luxembourg, as Russian forces were solidifying their hold on the eastern Donbas region and pushing towards Ukraine’s de facto administrative centre there.

Ukraine also claimed a counteroffensive had made gains in