New round of fighting in eastern Ukraine

At least seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and dozens wounded during clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country,amid the worst violence since a ceasefire was agreed last September

UKRAINE
Crimea Annexed by Russia
Kiev
RUSSIA
Detail area

Area controlled by pro-Russian rebels
Rebel attacks

Jan 22, Donetsk airport: Captured by rebels after eight-month battle

Jan 24, Mariupol: Up to 30 people killed in shelling as separatists begin new offensive. Strategic city links rebel-held territory in east with Russian-occupied Crimea

Jan 26, Debaltseve Fierce fighting at townstraddling highway between main rebel cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukrainian troops in danger of being encircled

LUHANSK REGION
UKRAINE
DONETSK REGION
SEA OF AZOV
RUSSIA

Starobilsk
Lysychansk
Popasna
Artemivsk
Krasnoarmiisk
Donetsk
Volnovakha
Shirokyne

Schastia
Stanytsia Luhanska
Luhansk
Izvaryne
Horlivka
Ilovaisk
Shakhtarsk
Krasny Luch
Novoazovsk

50km
30 miles

Sources: National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, wire agencies