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2023-09-11 12:43:57 UTC - HELPFUL
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Original Note:
Blinken originally claimed this in July 2023 https://www.reuters.com/world/blinken-says-ukraine-has-taken-back-50-territory-that-russia-seized-2023-07-23/ ISW (@TheStudyofWar) estimated it to be 53% in their assessment https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-23-2023#:~:text=2023%20Maxar%20Technologies.-,US%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Antony%20Blinken%20told%20CNN,-on%20July%2023 Some sources claim 50% to have happened in November 2022 https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1589326021547167744 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html Main variations come from measuring how much area was occupied north-east of Kyiv (compare maps): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/21/russia-territory-gains-ukraine-war/#:~:text=change%20in%20russian-controlled%20territory%20during%20three%20turning%20points%20in%20the%20war https://deepstatemap.live/en#8/51.126/32.624 https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/DraftUkraineCoTMarch31%2C2022.png
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