Ukraine invasion – day 77

POLAND
Lviv
ROMANIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
Chernihiv
Kyiv 
Zaporizhya
Kryvyi Rih
Mykolaiv 
Odesa
Kherson
BLACK SEA
Sumy 
Kharkiv
Izyum 
Dnipro
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
Belgorod
Severodonetsk
Popasna
Luhansk 
Donetsk
DONBAS
Mariupol
Melitopol
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: Army deploys special operations troops in three areas near border with Ukraine in response to “growing threat” from NATO

2 Kharkiv: Counteroffensive in north makes further gains, pushing Russian forces within 10km of border

3 Izyum: Bodies of 44 civilians found in rubble of five-storey building that collapsed in March

4 Donbas: Russian forces continue attempt to encircle Severodonetsk

5 Mariupol: Russian military relying on “dumb bombs” to assault Azovstal steel plant, due to scarcity of precision-guided weapons

6 Southern Ukraine: Russian shelling of Zaporizhya, Dnipro and Mykolaiv regions continues. Airstrikes on Odesa intensifying


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