MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, summed up the results of the spring-summer campaign of 2025 and specified the tasks for battlegroups for the longer-term perspective, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
"The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces - Commander of the Joint Grouping of Forces in the zone of the special military operation, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, summed up the results of the spring-summer campaign of 2025 and specified the tasks for battlegroups for the longer-term perspective," the ministry stated.
Gerasimov stressed that the strategic initiative currently rests entirely with Russian forces. At the same time, Russia’s forces are conducting an uninterrupted offensive along virtually the entire frontline in the course of the special military operation. "The Joint Grouping of Forces continues its uninterrupted offensive along virtually the entire frontline," he stated.
As of now, Russian forces have liberated 99.7% of the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), with less than 60 sq km remaining under Ukrainian control, as well as 79% of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). "At present, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated 99.7% of the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic (with less than 60 sq km remaining) and 79% of the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic," he said.
