Russian setback in northeast Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have made sweeping territorial gains in the northeast of the country, handing Russia its most serious military defeat since its troops were driven back from the capital, Kyiv, in the spring


Ukraine claims to have recaptured 3,800 sq km of territory in Kharkiv region since Sep 6

Kharkiv
Siverskyi Donets River
KHARKIV OBLAST
Vovchansk
Velykyi Burluk
Kupyansk
Oskil River
Balakliya
UKRAINE
Izyum
Slovyansk
Bakhmut
DONETSK OBLAST
RUSSIA 
Valuyki
LUHANSK OBLAST
Svatove
Lyman
Rubizhne 
Severodonetsk
Alchevsk
25km 15 miles

Russian control and advances, Sep 12 
Extent of Russian control, Sep 6 
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives


Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA 


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, New York Times 
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