Ukraine invasion – day 23

BELARUS
POLAND
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
Lutsk
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernihiv
Kyiv 
UKRAINE
Kharkiv
Merefa
Izyum
Dnipro 
Zaporizhya
Kherson
Mykolaiv
Odesa
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Melitopol
BLACK SEA
RUSSIA
Sumy
Severodonetsk
DONBAS REGION
Luhansk 
Donetsk
Mariupol
Berdyansk
100km 60 miles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Russian control  
Russian controlled 
Russian advances
Cities encircled

 
1 Kyiv: Ukrainian forces inflict heavy damage northwest of capital

2 Chernihiv: 53 civilians killed according to regional governor

3 Sumy: Russian armoured vehicles south of city face difficulties in muddy conditions

4 Kharkiv: Heavy bombing, substantial Russian casualties – reports of death of Colonel Igor Nikolaev, commander of 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment

5 Mariupol: Russian assaults from east and west. More than 2,200 people reported killed

6 Kherson: Russia relocates helicopters following Ukrainian airstrike on airbase

7 Odesa: 810th Naval Infantry Brigade deployed to Mariupol, reducing likelihood of amphibious assault on Odesa

8 Lviv: Cruise missile attack against Ukraine’s second-largest airport


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Ukrayinska Pravda, Reuters 
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