List of military occupations


This article presents a list of military occupations, both historic and contemporary, but only those that have taken place since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907.
As currently understood in international law, "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory. The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations.

Ongoing occupations

TerritorySinceOccupied state/territoryOccupying stateOccupier's declared state/territoryStatus
Transnistria1992MoldovaCountry|Russia

Historical occupations

Events before the Hague Convention of 1907 are out of scope.

2000–2019

2020–present

Occupied territoryYearsOccupied stateOccupying stateEventPart of warSubsequently annexed?
2022–2024Russian invasion of UkraineRusso-Ukrainian WarNo
Parts of Bryansk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast and Kursk Oblast2023–2025 2023 Bryansk Oblast raid, 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions, March 2024 western Russia incursion, Kursk campaignRusso-Ukrainian WarNo