Russian-occupied territories

The Russian-occupied territories refers to Russia's military occupations with a number of other post-Soviet states since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. These disputes are primarily an aspect of the post-Soviet conflicts, and have led to some countries losing parts of their sovereign territory to what a large portion of the international community designates as a Russian military occupation, regardless of what their status is in Russian law.

The term is applied to:

• Moldova – in Transnistria,
• Georgia – in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and
• Ukraine – in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, part of Kherson Region, and part of Zaporizhzhia Region.