Ukraine invasion – day 45

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

Russian control
Territory 
Cities 
Russian advances 
Cities encircled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives


1 Russia: Kremlin reorganises military leadership in Ukraine. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, experienced in battle operations in Syria, now in overall command

2 Kharkiv: Russian troops laying minefields around city in anticipation of Ukrainian counterattacks

3 Izyum: Russian attacks toward Slovyansk continue

4 Donbas: Cities across region under heavy Russian attack

5 Kramatorsk: Over 50 evacuees killed in attack on rail station.

U.S. believes Russia used ballistic missile, Moscow denies responsibility

6 Mariupol: Ukrainian forces still holding out in parts of city

7 Sea of Azov: UN calls for “urgent action” to help some 1,000 seafarers stranded in Ukrainian ports

8 Kherson: Ukrainian troops retake territory in west, threatening Russian control of city



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