Ukraine invasion – day 70

POLAND
SLOVAKIA
ROMANIA
BELARUS
Lviv
Transnistria: Russian-backed breakaway region
MOLDOVA
Chernihiv
Kyiv 
Sumy 
Kharkiv
UKRAINE 
Izyum
Zaporizhya
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Kherson
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
Belgorod
Rubizhne 
Popasna
Luhansk 
Donetsk
DONBAS
Mariupol
Melitopol
100km 60 miles
BLACK SEA

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Russian control before Feb 24
Russian control
Russian advances
Cities controlled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Heavy fighting


1 Belarus: Armed forces start sudden, large-scale drills to test combat readiness

2 Lviv: Russian missiles strike at least three power stations, causing blackouts

3 Kharkiv: Ukrainian counteroffensive pushes Russian forces some 40km east of city

4 Izyum: Russia has deployed 22 battalion groups near city, for advance into northern Donbas

5 Mariupol: 200 civilians still trapped with up to 2,000 Ukrainian troops at steel plant, as shelling continues

6 Odesa: Russia intensifying reconnaissance operations amid growing tensions in Transnistria


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