{"id":586251,"date":"2026-05-03T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/05\/586251\/in-april-2026-the-russian-army-lost-more-territory-than-it-captured-for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:32:24","slug":"in-april-2026-the-russian-army-lost-more-territory-than-it-captured-for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/05\/586251\/in-april-2026-the-russian-army-lost-more-territory-than-it-captured-for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"In April 2026, the Russian army lost more territory than it captured for the first time in a long time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April <strong>2026<\/strong>, Russian forces for the first time in a long period recorded not an increase but a net reduction in controlled area along the front line in Ukraine of <strong>116<\/strong> sq. km, according to a new assessment by the <a href=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/research\/russia-ukraine\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-2-2026\/\">Institute for the Study of War (ISW)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last similar case was observed in August <strong>2024<\/strong>, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) launched an operation in Kursk Oblast, after which Russian units lost positions in some areas and were forced to reorganize their defenses.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes that the pace of the Russian offensive has been steadily declining since November <strong>2025<\/strong>, driven by active counterattacks by the AFU and targeted strikes on logistics routes and rear infrastructure that are forcing the enemy to shift to defensive operations.<\/p>\n<p>Among the factors weakening Russia&#8217;s offensive capabilities, analysts name:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>systematic blocking of Starlink in occupied territories, which degrades communications and coordination;<\/li>\n<li>restrictions on Telegram, which have disrupted horizontal interaction between units;<\/li>\n<li>strikes by the AFU on depots and command posts, which have exacerbated the logistics crisis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Weather has been an additional brake on mechanized operations: a severe winter and spring rains churned the soils and turned field routes into a trap for armored vehicles, reducing the maneuverability of Russian units.<\/p>\n<p>ISW separately draws attention to Moscow&#8217;s information narratives, which try to present advances into &#8216;gray zones&#8217; as full-fledged gains, but the aggregated figures indicate the opposite.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the period November <strong>2025<\/strong> \u2014 April <strong>2026<\/strong>, Russian forces captured a total of <strong>1443<\/strong> sq. km.<\/li>\n<li>In the same period a year earlier the figure was <strong>2368<\/strong> sq. km.<\/li>\n<li>The average rate of advance in <strong>2026<\/strong> was only <strong>2.9<\/strong> sq. km per day versus <strong>9.76<\/strong> sq. km per day in <strong>2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysts emphasize that even in areas of so-called new gains, the level of actual Russian control is minimal; most of these territories remain disputed and vulnerable to AFU counterattacks.<\/p>\n<h3>Earlier we wrote:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/03\/574338\/ukraina-u-liutomu-povernula-bilshe-terytorij-nizh-zakhopyla-rosiia\/\">Ukraine recaptured more territory in February than Russia captured<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/02\/572148\/ukraina-zvilnyla-201-kvadratnykh-kilometriv-za-p-iat-dniv-i-dosiahla-najbilshoho-prosuvannia-za-2-5-roku\/\">Ukraine liberated 201 square kilometers in five days and achieved the largest advance in 2.5 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/02\/570665\/bez-starlink-bez-upravlinnia-u-rf-zirvalasia-taktyka-malykh-shturmovykh-hrup\/\">Without Starlink \u2014 without command: Russia&#8217;s small assault-group tactics have collapsed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2025\/10\/557682\/zakhidni-analityky-spivvidnoshennia-vtrat-mizh-zsu-ta-armiieiu-rf-vrazhaie-svit\/\">Western analysts: the loss ratio between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian army astonishes the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2024\/09\/472311\/zsu-rozshyryly-platsdarm-u-kurskij-oblasti-a-rf-prosunulas-na-donbasi\/\">The AFU expanded a bridgehead in Kursk Oblast, while Russia advanced in Donbas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISW reports: since November 2025 Russia has taken only 1,443 km\u00b2 compared to 2,368 last year. 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