Ukraine invasion – day 180 Kyiv 1 UKRAINE Donbas RUSSIA UKRAINE Zaporizhya Zaporizhya NPP Nikopol Blahodatne Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Slovyansk Bakhmut Avdiivka Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Siversk Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles 2 3 4 5 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives/partisan activity Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: Large gatherings banned for four days amid warnings of Russian missile attacks to coincide with Aug 24 independence day celebrations 2 Russia: Kremlin hawks blame Kyiv for Moscow car bomb that killed daughter of ultranationalist Putin ally, Alexander Dugin 3 Nikopol: Russian shells pound city close to Zaporizhya nuclear plant 4 South: Russian forces assault village of Blahodatne and launch multiple S-300 missiles on Mykolaiv 5 Odesa: Russia claims Kalibr cruise missiles destroy ammunition depot storing U.S.-made HIMARS rockets Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS