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 

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

1 Donbas: Russian forces attempting wide encirclement of Ukrainian troops, advancing from Izyum, Donetsk and Popasna

Intensive artillery and air bombardments along front line from Izyum to Mykolaiv

Some 20,000 mercenaries from Syria, Libya and elsewhere deployed in Donbas offensive, but reportedly with little equipment

2 Kharkiv: Russia maintaining partial blockade as shelling continues

3 Zaporizhia: Russian units concentrating in Polohy to stop Ukrainian counteroffensives or possibly planning more ambitious advance towards Zaporizhia

4 Mariupol: Russia issues fresh ultimatum to surrender. Ukrainian commander says his men may have only hours left at last stronghold
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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters 
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