«How would this look in your country?»: the German magazine KATAPULT showed how much land Russia occupies in Ukraine
The German magazine KATAPULT, known for its visual journalism and social research, published an infographic in issue No. 39 (October–December 2025) that shocked the civilized world.
What KATAPULT Magazine No. 39 Showed
On the map is Ukraine, with the territories occupied by Russia highlighted in red: Crimea, the south of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and most of Donbas.
The caption under the map is short but terrifying: 114,500 square kilometers.
The headline sounds simple, almost mundane — “Wie viel Land Russland in der Ukraine besetzt hat” — “How much land Russia has occupied in Ukraine”.
And below is a question that strikes any normal person:
“Wie viel das in deinem Land wäre?” — “How would this look in your country?”
Below the map of Ukraine, the editorial team placed fifteen mini-maps: Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, USA, Belarus, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden, and Russia.
On each of them, the same area — 114,500 km² — is shaded in red, so everyone can see: if Russia took as much as in Ukraine, what would disappear on their own map.
This visualization turns dry numbers into a personal feeling — into a real, physical…
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