Ukraine invasion – day 268 Nov 18, 2022 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 UKRAINE Zaporizhya Dnipro River Kherson Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Dnipro Bakhmut Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Annexed in 2014 Svatove RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Kremenna Luhansk DONETSK OBLAST Donetsk 80km 50 miles 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: Russian air and cruise missile strikes target civilian infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhya. Ten million Ukrainians left without power 2 Svatove, Kremenna: Russian sources believe large-scale Ukrainian offensive is imminent 3 Donetsk: Heaviest fighting of war so far as Russian forces attempt to cross border of Donetsk Oblast 4 Donetsk Oblast: Dutch court finds three men – fighters for Donetsk People’s Republic – guilty of downing Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 with a Russian missile in 2014 Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS