Ukraine invasion – day 259

Nov 9, 2022


Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
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UKRAINE
Dnipro 
Zaporizhya
Zaporizhya NPP
Mykolaiv
Odesa  
Kherson
KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Sevastopol
Belgorod
Svatove
Kharkiv
Izyum
Bilohorivka
Bakhmut
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
Kerch
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: Iran announces visit by top Russian official to discuss purchase of ballistic missiles, as Tehran seeks to show deepening cooperation

In August, Moscow reportedly sent €140m cash plus captured western-made arms in exchange for 160 Iranian Shahed-136 drones

2 Bilohorivka: Wagner Group fighters break through Ukrainian defences, Russian sources claim

3 Mykolaiv: Fierce fighting east of city, Russian forces losing ground

4 Kerch Bridge: UK intelligence estimates vital link unlikely to be fully operational until Sep 2023


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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