For the purposes of this question, "additional territory" means any Ukrainian territory other than territory in the oblasts of Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, or Zaporizhzhia. Forces that are not formally part of the Russian military (e.g., Wagner Group) would not count.

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NOTE 18 January 2023: The movement and presence of Russian troops where they were already deployed as of the launch of this question (e.g., Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, Transnistria) would not count.

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The question closed "No" with a closing date of 1 March 2023.

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