Ukraine invasion – day 38

POLAND
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
BELARUS
Chernobyl
Lutsk
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernihiv
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Mykolaiv
Kherson 
Odesa
BLACK SEA
RUSSIA
Sumy
Kharkiv
Trostyanets
Husarivka
Dnipro 
Zaporizhya
Izyum
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Rubizhne
DONBAS REGION
GEORGIA
Luhansk
Popasna
Donetsk
Mariupol
Berdyansk 
Melitopol
100km 60 miles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

Russian control
Territory 
Cities 
Russian advances 
Cities encircled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives


1 Kyiv: Ukrainian forces recapture large swathes of terrain east and northwest of capital, including Hostomel Airport

Up to five Russian battalion tactical groups retreat into Belarus, leaving area heavily mined

2 Chernihiv: Ukrainian forces break encirclement of city as Russian forces pull out from region

3 Kharkiv: Russia abandons plan to take city, aiming simply to keep Ukrainian side from advancing

4 Izyum: Captured by Russian forces after three weeks of fighting

5 Poltava, Kremenchuk: Russian missiles hit infrastructure and residential buildings

6 Donbas: Kremlin continues to funnel reinforcements – including forces from Georgia’s breakaway regions – to keep up offensive

7 Mariupol: ICRC making fresh attempts to evacuate civilians

8 Kherson: Ukrainian forces recapture several towns south of Kryvyi Rih

9 Odesa: Russian missiles leave casualties in residential area of Black Sea port

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