Ukraine invasion – day 245


BELARUS
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Novozybkov
RUSSIA
1 2


UKRAINE
Dnipro river
Mykolaiv
Kairy
Odesa
Kherson
KHERSON OBLAST
CRIMEA Annexed in 2014
Belgorod 
Kharkiv
Kupyansk
Izyum 
Lyman
Dnipro 
Bakhmut
Zaporizhya
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Kerch Bridge
RUSSIA
Svatove
Kremenna
LUHANSK OBLAST
Lysychansk 
Luhansk
Donetsk
DONETSK OBLAST 
80km 50 miles
3 4 5 6

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


1 Kyiv: Government urges refugees not to return this winter to help ease pressure on energy system

2 Novozybkov: Railway between Russia and Belarus damaged in attack claimed by Russian anti-war group Stop the Wagons

3 Russia: Afghan commandos, trained by U.S. and UK special forces, reportedly being recruited to fight in Ukraine

4 Melitopol: Ukrainian partisans conduct car bomb attack targeting head of Zaporizhia occupation administration

5 Kherson Oblast: Russian forces mining eastern bank of Dnipro river as they prepare defensive positions

6 Kairy: Ukraine claims precision strike kills up to 30 Russian servicemen, likely Chechens, and leaves over 100 under rubble


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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