Ukraine invasion – day 189 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA UKRAINE Zaporizhya NPP Nova Kakhovka Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Slovyansk Zaporizhya Avdiivka Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST Melitopol CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Siversk Luhansk Bakhmut Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives/partisan activity Heavy fighting 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 Kherson Oblast: Ukrainian counteroffensive continues with ground assaults and strikes against Russian positions across Dnipro River. Multiple blasts reported around Kherson and Nova Kakhovka 2 Zaporizhya NPP: UN nuclear experts set off for plant to undertake vital safeguards 3 Melitopol: Russia opens up five military bases to increase defences of strategic city 4 South: Russia moving more military equipment into Crimea, likely to reinforce Kherson Oblast 5 East: Limited Russian ground attacks on cities of Kharkiv, Izyum, Bakhmut, and Donetsk Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS