Ukraine invasion – day 26

POLAND
SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY 
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
BELARUS
Lutsk
Rivne
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernihiv
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Mykolaiv
Kherson 
Odesa
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
Sumy
Kharkiv
Izyum
Dnipro 
Zaporizhya
DONBAS REGION
Luhansk
Donetsk
Mariupol
Berdyansk 
Melitopol
BLACK SEA
100km 60 miles

1 2 3 4 5

Russian control
Territory 
Cities 
Russian advances 
Cities encircled


1 Kyiv: At least six people killed in bombing of shopping centre

Russian forces digging in to positions around capital. Deployment of minefields reported

Group of mercenaries, associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin and League/Wagner Group, arriving in Ukraine with aim of eliminating top leadership, Ukrainian intelligence claims

2 Rivne: Cruise missiles strike Ukrainian military training grounds

3 Sumy: Russian shells hit chemical plant – ammonia leak affecting 2.5km-wide area

4 Izyum: Ukrainian forces repel new Russian assault on city

5 Mariupol: Russia’s demand to surrender city rejected. Around 90% of buildings damaged or destroyed


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