Ukraine invasion – day 258 Nov 8, 2022 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 UKRAINE Dnipro Zaporizhya Zaporizhya NPP Mykolaiv Odesa Kherson KHERSON OBLAST BLACK SEA Sevastopol Belgorod Svatove Kharkiv Izyum Bilohorivka Bakhmut Pavlivka Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Lysychansk Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives Heavy fighting 1 Russia: Moscow and Washington in discussions to resume talks on strategic nuclear weapons as Russia de-escalates nuclear rhetoric 2 Lysychansk: Ukrainian attack damages Chechen Akhmat battalion. Russian proxy and Wagner Group forces reportedly enter Bilohorivka 3 Pavlivka: Russian defence ministry denies accusations that poorly led offensive caused loss of 300 troops over four days 4 Kherson: Ukrainian forces closing on city. Russians claim capture of nine Ukrainian SBU special forces planning sabotage attacks Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS