Ukraine invasion – day 159

Kyiv 
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Donbas


UKRAINE 
Zaporizhya
Mykolaiv 
Kherson
Odesa
KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Sevastopol
Belgorod
Kharkiv
Izyum
Slovyansk 
Bakhmut 
Avdiivka
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST 
Sea of Azov
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA 
LUHANSK OBLAST
Severodonetsk
Siversk
Lysychansk 
Luhansk
DONETSK OBLAST
Donetsk 
Olenivka 
80km 50 miles
1 2 3 4 5 6

Russian control before Feb 24 
Russian control 
Russian advances 
Cities controlled 
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives 
Heavy fighting


1 Kharkiv: Russian forces shell residential district and may be preparing offensive towards city

2 Donbas: Russian troops resume ground attacks on Slovyansk, Siversk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka

3 Olenivka: No response from Kremlin to Red Cross request to access prison where 50 Ukrainian prisoners were killed on Jul 29

4 Mykolaiv: Grain tycoon Oleksiy Vadatursky and wife killed as Russian missiles pound city

5 Odesa: First grain ship leaves Ukraine under Turkey-brokered export deal, bound for Lebanon

6 Sevastopol: Five people injured by drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea fleet headquarters during Navy Day celebrations


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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