Ukraine invasion – day 203

Kyiv
UKRAINE 
RUSSIA


UKRAINE
Zaporizhya
Zaporizhya NPP
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Kherson
KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Belgorod
Kharkiv 
Balakliya
Izyum 
Lyman
Bakhmut
Melitopol 
Berdiansk
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Oskil River
Kupyansk
RUSSIA
LUHANSK OBLAST
Luhansk 
Donetsk
DONETSK OBLAST 
Mariupol
80km 50 miles

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


1 Kharkiv region: Ukrainian forces consolidate gains and conduct ground attacks behind Oskil River and on town of Lyman

2 Balakliya: Torture chamber found in town recently retaken, Kyiv says

3 Kupyansk: Ukrainians provide first evidence of Russian forces using Iranian-made drones

4 Donetsk Oblast: Russian troops make gains south of Bakhmut

5 Kherson Oblast: Ukrainian ground attacks continue as part of ongoing southern counteroffensive

6 Russia: Kremlin recognises defeat in Kharkiv, deflecting blame from President Putin and attributing it instead to military advisors


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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