Ukraine invasion – day 224 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA UKRAINE Zaporizhya Zaporizhya NPP Dudchany Davydiv Brid Mykolaiv Beryslav Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 Belgorod Kharkiv Kupyansk Izyum Lyman Bakhmut Avdiivka Melitopol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST BLACK SEA RUSSIA Svatove Kremenna LUHANSK OBLAST Severodonetsk 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 1 Kherson Oblast: Ukrainian forces continuing to make significant gains, retaking Davydiv Brid and forcing Russians to retreat south towards Beryslav 2 Zaporizhya NPP: Ukraine may restart nuclear plant to protect safety installations as winter nears 3 East: Ukrainians advancing closer to Luhansk region, threatening key Svatove-Kremenna road and straining Russia’s capacity to resupply units in region 4 Russia: President Putin signs laws formally annexing four occupied Ukrainian regions Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS