Ukraine invasion – day 156 Donbas Kyiv Kropyvnytskyi RUSSIA UKRAINE Sea of Azov BLACK SEA UKRAINE RUSSIA Kharkiv Koblevo Belgorod Mykolaiv Izyum Zaporizhya Slovyansk Bakhmut Siversk Olenivka Donetsk Luhansk Severodonetsk Lysychansk Odesa Melitopol Kherson Sevastopol Mariupol CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 50 miles 80km LUHANSK OBLAST DONETSK OBLAST ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST KHERSON OBLAST Cities controlled Russian control Russian advances Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting Russian control before Feb 24 1 Kropyvnytskyi: Five killed, including one soldier, in Russian strike on flight school 2. Kharkiv: Ukraine’s second-largest city hit overnight, damaging college to north-east 3 Olenivka: At least 40 prisoners of war, captured from Azovstal steel plant, killed in Ukrainian attack on town, Russian separatists say 4 Kherson, Zaporizhya Oblasts: Civilians in occupied territories forced to use Russian currency and passports 5 Kherson: Ukrainian planes strike five Russian strongholds around city as Kyiv steps up campaign in south 6 Koblevo: Two people blown up by sea mine while swimming, despite a ban © GRAPHIC NEWS Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters