Ukraine invasion – day 79

POLAND
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
BELARUS
Chernobyl
Lutsk
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernihiv
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Mykolaiv
Kherson 
Odesa
BLACK SEA
RUSSIA
Sumy
Kharkiv
Trostyanets
Husarivka
Kursk
Dnipro 
Voronezh
Belgorod
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 before Feb 24
Russian control
Russian advances
Cities controlled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Heavy fighting

1 Kharkiv: Russian units withdrawn from near city, sent east for possible ground offensive on Severodonetsk

2 Donbas: Russian military take control of Rubizhne and advance to suburbs of Severodonetsk

Moscow loses an entire Battalion Tactical Group, which was attempting to cross Donets
river near Bilohorivka

3 Mariupol: Mayor’s office says occupying forces planning referendum on joining Russia

4 Black Sea: Russia strengthening positions on Snake Island and building up air defences in western Crimea 
Ukraine claims direct hit on Russian supply ship Vsevolod Bobrov
off Snake Island
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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters 
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