Ukraine invasion – day 173


Kyiv 
UKRAINE
Donbas 
RUSSIA


UKRAINE
KHERSON OBLAST
Mykolaiv
Yuzhne
Odesa
Chornomorsk
BLACK SEA
Zaporizhya
Zaporizhya NPP
Kherson
Sevastopol
Belgorod 
Kharkiv
Izyum
Slovyansk
DONETSK OBLAST
Popasna
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA 
LUHANSK OBLAST
Siversk
Luhansk
Pisky
Donetsk 
80km 50 miles
1 2 3 4 5

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


1 Kharkiv: Russia claims to have recaptured Udy village

2 Popasna: Ukrainian missile strikes Wagner Group HQ. Russians making gains towards Bakhmut, Pisky and villages north of Donetsk

3 Zaporizhya: 42 countries call on Russia to withdraw military from nuclear power plant
4 Kherson: Ukrainian missiles continue to hit strategic bridges across Dnipro River, keeping Russian supply lines badly disrupted

5 Yuzhne: First UN ship departs for Africa, with 23,000 tonnes of wheat

First ship to leave Ukraine, on Aug 1, now at Syrian port of Tartus after Lebanese buyer refused cargo


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters, The Guardian 
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