Ukraine invasion – day 19

POLAND
Yavoriv military base
SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY 
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
BELARUS
Lutsk
Rivne
Stavische
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernihiv
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Mykolaiv
Zaporizhzhia
Kherson
Odessa
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
Sumy 
Kharkiv
Okhtyrka
Dnipro
Melitopol
BLACK SEA
DONBAS REGION
Luhansk
Donetsk 
Volnovakha 
Mariupol 
Berdyansk
100km 60 miles

Russian control
Territory 
Cities 
Russian advances 
Cities encircled
1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Kyiv: Large explosions rock capital, residential buildings and metro station hit. Fierce Ukrainian resistance frustrates Russian attempts to bridge Irpin River

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov claims he has joined Russian troops outside capital

U.S. journalist Brent Renaud shot dead in Irpin, west of Kyiv

2 Belarus: Rosgvardia, President Putin’s personal national guard, deployed to reinforce
advance on Kyiv

3 Kherson: Ukrainian forces halt resumed Russian attacks towards Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih

4 Donbas: Unsuccessful attacks against Severodonetsk. Russians allegedly use prohibited incendiary rockets at Popasnaya

5 Donetsk: Ukraine denies Russian claim it launched missile attack on separatist-controlled city that killed over 20 civilians

6 Mariupol: Over 4,000 people evacuated Mar 14, fresh attempts planned. Reports of 5,000 Chechen soldiers joining Russian siege

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters 
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