Ukraine invasion – day 55

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

Russian control
Territory 
Cities 
Russian advances 
Cities encircled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Heavy fighting

1 Donbas: Russia begins large- scale offensive to capture entire region, with major assaults on Rubizhne, Popasna and Marinka

Pentagon says Russia now has 76 battalion tactical groups in Donbas and southeast Ukraine, with 11 added in recent days

2 Kharkiv: Successful Ukrainian counterattacks southeast of city retake several small towns

3 Mariupol: Russian Tu-22M strategic bombers and heavy artillery pound last defensive positions around Azovstal plant. Some 1,000 civilians reportedly hiding in underground shelters beneath plant

4 Kherson: Fighting continues in Oleksandrivka and near Mykolaiv

5 Black Sea: Russian ships retreat 200km from shore, but threat of missile strikes remains
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters 
© GRAPHIC NEWS