Ukraine invasion – day 217


Kyiv 
UKRAINE
RUSSIA 


UKRAINE 
Zaporizhya 
Kryvyi Rih
Mykolaiv
Odesa 
KHERSON OBLAST
Kherson
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Belgorod 
Kharkiv
Izyum
Lyman
Bakhmut 
Avdiivka
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
Melitopol
BLACK SEA
Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi
RUSSIA
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 Ukraine: Russian-installed officials in four occupied regions declare huge majorities in favour of joining Russia in “sham” referendums

2 Kherson, Kharkiv Oblast: Russian forces reportedly committing newly-mobilised men to frontlines without prior training 

3 Northeast: Ukrainian forces make further gains on outskirts of Lyman and retake Kupyansk- Vuzlovyi – major railway hub in Kharkiv region

4 Russia: Authorities set up checkpoints at borders to forcibly mobilise men fleeing from Russia


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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