Ukraine invasion – day 243


Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA


UKRAINE
Zaporizhya NPP
Nova Kakhovka dam
Mykolaiv
Odesa
KHERSON OBLAST
Kherson
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Belgorod
Kharkiv 
Kupyansk 
Izyum 
Lyman
Dnipro
Bakhmut
Zaporizhya
Mariupol 
Melitopol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Kerch Bridge
RUSSIA
Svatove 
Kremenna
LUHANSK OBLAST
Lysychansk 
Luhansk
Donetsk
DONETSK OBLAST
80km 50 miles
1 2 3 4 4

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


1 Russia: Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu claims Ukraine is preparing a radoactive dirty bomb attack on its own territory. Kyiv and West dismiss “transparently false” claim

2 Kakhovka dam: Both sides accuse each other of planning to destroy dam, flooding south Ukraine

3 Kherson: Russian authorities say 25,000 civilians have already left city ahead of expected Ukrainian counteroffensive

4 Zaporizhya, Mykolaiv: Russian strikes with Shahed-136 drones and S-300 missiles. UK reports up to 85% of drones intercepted


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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