Ukraine invasion – day 212 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA UKRAINE Zaporizhya Zaporizhya NPP Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST Kherson CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 Belgorod Kharkiv Kupyansk Izyum Lyman Bakhmut Avdiivka ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST Melitopol BLACK SEA Dvorichna RUSSIA Oskil River LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST Mariupol 80km 50 miles 1 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting 1 Russia: Authorities break promise to recruit only those with military experience and begin to draft students and anti-mobilisation protesters, U.S. intelligence says 2 Ukraine: Voting begins in “referendums” in Russian-occupied areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhya, as Moscow pushes ahead with apparent bid to annex territory 3 North-east: Ukrainians break Russian defences in Dvorichna to bypass Kupyansk from north and cross Oskil River. Ukrainian ground assault on Lyman continues 4 Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant: IAEA announces it has begun negotiations with Ukraine and Russia to establish safety zone around facility Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS