Ukraine invasion – day 196


Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA


UKRAINE
Zaporizhya
Zaporizhya NPP
Mykolaiv 
Odesa
Kherson
KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Belgorod
Kharkiv
Balakliia 
Izyum 
Slovyansk 
Bakhmut 
Kodema
Melitopol
Mariupol
Berdiansk
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
RUSSIA
LUHANSK OBLAST
Luhansk
Donetsk
DONETSK OBLAST 
80km 50 miles
1 2 3 4

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


1 North: Ukrainian forces attack Balakliia – strategic town between Kharkiv and major rail hub of Izyum – taking advantage of Russian redeployment to reinforce Kherson

2 Donetsk Oblast: Russian forces continue ground attacks around Donetsk City. Wagner Group fighters take control of Kodema, south of Bakhmut

3 Zaporizhya NPP: UN calls for demilitarised zone around facility after IAEA report says presence of Russian military equipment on site could undermine security

4 Berdiansk: Russian-installed commandant badly injured in car bombing, in latest assassination attempt in occupied areas of southern Ukraine


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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