Ukraine invasion – day 244 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 2 UKRAINE KHERSON OBLAST Mykolaiv Kherson Odesa 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 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: IAEA preparing to send inspectors to two sites after Kyiv requests expert mission to disprove Russian claims that Ukraine plans to use “dirty bomb” 2 Ukraine: Russia has lost at least 23 Ka-52 attack helicopters since invasion – over 25% of in-service fleet, UK intelligence says 3 Luhansk: Ukrainians retake three towns west of Kremenna 4 Kherson: Russian forces begin partial withdrawal from northwestern region while preparing to defend Kherson city Occupation authorities “inviting” all men remaining in city to join newly formed territorial defence units Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS