Ukraine invasion – day 176


Kyiv 
UKRAINE
Donbas
RUSSIA


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

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


1 Russia: Chinese troops to take part in joint military drills, along with India, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan

2 Kharkiv: Block of flats destroyed in overnight Russian rocket attack

3 Bakhmut: Russian troops consolidating position at Knauf gypsum factory

4 Donetsk: Marginal gains by Russian forces northwest of city 

5 Kerch Bridge: Senior Ukrainian advisor says Russia’s key military and civilian link to Crimea is illegal and should be “dismantled”

6 Sebastopol: Russia appoints Viktor Sokolov as new commander of Black Sea Fleet after series of attacks
Russian FSB claims to have broken up Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist cell allegedly involved in “terrorist” attacks


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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