Ukraine invasion – day 251 BELARUS Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 4 UKRAINE Zaporizhya Kakhovka dam Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST BLACK SEA Sevastopol Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Dnipro Bakhmut Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 RUSSIA Svatove Kremenna LUHANSK OBLAST Lysychansk Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles 2 3 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: Around 40% of residents left without water and 270,000 homes without power following massive wave of missile strikes 2 Kherson: Russian officials say they are extending evacuation zone from Dnipro river, repeating claims that Ukraine is preparing to attack Kakhovka dam 3 Black Sea: Twelve ships carrying 354,500 tonnes of food leave Ukraine’s ports despite Russia’s decision to pull out of UN-backed grain export deal 4 Ukraine: IAEA begins inspections at two nuclear facilities amid Russian allegations that Kyiv is producing “dirty bombs” Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS