The villages of Prohres and Vivchye in the Donetsk region have been lost by Ukraine. This information was disclosed by the battalion commander of the 47th Brigade of the AFU🇺🇦, Oleksander Shirshin, the call sign Genius.#Ukraine #Russia #USA #NATO #WWIII☢️ pic.twitter.com/vcPcRWIf4V— Chronology (@Chronology22) July 28, 2024
Other sources confirm Prohres, but Vivchye (Vovche? a mile south) not so much.
If you're keeping score, here is a tally of Ukrainian towns captured by Russian forces so far in 2024, along with my estimates of Russian casualties, square miles captured and remaining to be captured.
Bottom line: at the rate Russians are going, it will take them something like 50 years and 20 million casualties just to conquer the remaining Ukrainian territories in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts.
Ukraine Pres. Zelensky reported in June that average ratios of Russian to Ukrainian casualties have risen from three-to-one to now six-to-one.
2024 Ukraine towns captured, by month -- to date
Number of Ukrainian towns by Oblast, captured by Russians each month with estimated Russian casualties per town.
Typical pre-war population of these towns was circa 250.
| Month | Donetsk Oblast | Karkiv Oblast | Zaporhizia Oblast | Kherson Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | Total Ukraine towns Captured | Russian Casualties Per Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9,000 | |||
| February | 5 | 5 | 5,000 | ||||
| March | 4 | 4 | 7,000 | ||||
| April | 10 | 10 | 3,000 | ||||
| May | 12 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 1,400 | ||
| June | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4,500 | |||
| July | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4,100 | ||
| Total to date | 46 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 3,000 | |
| Conquered square miles | 92 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 132 | 1,600 | |
| Unconquered square miles** | 4,710 | 12,120 | 3,146 | 4,396 | 1,030 | 13,285 | 20,000,000 |
** Not including Kharkiv
