Ukraine invasion – day 163


Kyiv 
UKRAINE
Donbas
RUSSIA 


UKRAINE 
Zaporizhya
Zaporizhya Nuclear Plant
KHERSON OBLAST
Mykolaiv
Kherson
Odesa
Chornomorsk
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

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


1 Donbas: Ukrainian forces take advantage of redeployment of Russian troops to southern Ukraine to regain ground southwest of Izyum and northwest of Slovyansk

Russian forces continue ground attacks towards Bakhmut and Avdiivka, making small gains

2 Southern Ukraine: Russians transfer three battalion tactical groups to northeastern Kherson Oblast and one to Zaporizhia Oblast frontline to defend positions

3 Odesa, Chornomorsk: Three more ships loaded with 58,000 tonnes of grain leave Ukrainian ports


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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