Ukraine invasion – day 85
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POLAND
BELARUS
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
Kyiv
ROMANIA
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Russian control before Feb 24
Russian control
Russian advances
Cities controlled
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Heavy fighting
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UKRAINE
Kharkiv
Izyum
Dnipro
Zaporizhya
Mykolaiv
Melitopol
Kherson
Odesa
Sea of Above
BLACK SEA
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014

Belgorod 
Rubizhne
Severodonetsk
DONBAS
Popasna
Luhansk 
Donetsk
Mariupol
RUSSIA


100km 60 miles
1 2 3 4 5
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1 Kyiv: U.S. reopens embassy, closed since start of war

2 Kharkiv: Russians continue to prioritize holding positions around Russian border to prevent further Ukrainian advances north of Kharkiv City

3 Donbas: Russia intensifying military operations near Popasna in preparation for assault on Severodonetsk

4 Mariupol: Russian air and artillery strikes continue against remaining Ukrainian defenders in Azovstal steel plant

Occupying authorities plan to destroy Azovstal after completing capture and turn Mariupol into resort city

4 Russia: Moscow says it has deployed new generation of powerful laser weapons in Ukraine which can burn up drones
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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters 
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