Ukraine invasion – day 76

BELARUS
POLAND
Lviv
ROMANIA
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
Chernihiv
Kyiv 
Sumy
Kharkiv
Izyum
Zaporizhya
Dnipro
Kryvyi Rih 
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Kherson
BLACK SEA
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
Belgorod
Bilohorivka 
Rubizhne
Popasna 
Luhansk
Donetsk
DONBAS
Mariupol
Melitopol
100km 60 miles

1 2 3 4 5

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


1 Ukraine: Russia has 97 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) deployed. BTGs move in and out of Ukraine to refit and resupply as they continue to sustain combat damage

2 Kharkiv: Russian forces still attempting to encircle city

3 Donbas: Fierce battles continuing, with intense fighting reported around Rubizhne and Bilohorivka

4 Mariupol: Russian forces backed by tanks conducting “storming operations” at Azovstal plant, where last defenders remain holed up

Over 12 BTGs being redeployed from Mariupol to other areas of Donetsk Oblast and Zaporizhya

5 Odesa: One person killed and five injured when seven missiles hit shopping centre and depot


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