Ukraine invasion – day 126 Kremenchuk Kyiv UKRAINE 1 RUSSIA Donbas UKRAINE Zaporizhya Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST BLACK SEA 80km 50 miles Sevastopol Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Slovyansk Dnipro Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST Sea of Azov CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 RUSSIA Severodonetsk LUHANSK OBLAST Lysychansk Luhansk Popasna Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: President Zelensky calls on UN to recognise Russia as “terrorist state” after deadly strike on shopping mall in Kremenchuk 2 Lysychansk: Russian forces continuing assault south of city. Russian proxy officials claim Ukrainians have begun to withdraw 3 Kherson: Russian security forces detain city mayor after he refuses to follow Moscow’s orders, as region begins preparations for referendum on joining Russia 4 Mykolaiv: At least three civilians killed after eight Russian missiles strike city Sources: Institute for the Study of War, UK Ministry of Defence, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS