Ukraine invasion – day 72

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

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


1 Belarus: Belarusian military conduct exercises around Pinsk, likely aiming to keep Ukrainian forces on alert near border

2 Kyiv: U.S. provided intel that helped Ukraine sink Russian warship Moskva, U.S. media reports

3 Kharkiv: Ukrainians trying to push Russian forces out of artillery range of city

4 Donbas: Russian forces continue attacks on Severodonetsk and Popasna, and launch thermobaric missiles on Lyman

5 Transnistria: Shooting reported near border checkpoint with Ukraine

6 Mariupol: Russia continuing attempts to completely capture Azovstal steel plant ahead of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9


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