Ukraine invasion – day 98 POLAND ROMANIA BELARUS Kyiv UKRAINE Donbas RUSSIA Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counter-offensives Heavy fighting Zaporizhya Kryvyi Rih Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv UKRAINE Izyum Lyman Dnipro Bakhmut Melitopol Mariupol Sea of Azov CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 Severodonetsk LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk Popasna Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST RUSSIA 100km 60 miles 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Belarus: Moving Belarusian tanks and infantry vehicles to Russia to replenish combat losses 2 Kharkiv: Ukraine’s giant seed bank, containing genetic code for 2,000 crops, in danger of being destroyed by intense bombing 3 Donbas: Russian forces control around 70% of Severodonetsk – Ukrainian troops reportedly withdrawing from city centre 4 Kherson Oblast: Ukrainian counteroffensive putting pressure on limited Russian forces 5 Mariupol: Mass burials continue. Video suggests 45,000 residents already buried in mass graves 6 Russia: Russian defence ministry says nuclear forces are holding drills north of Moscow, after U.S. announces it will provide Kyiv with advanced rocket systems ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS