Ukraine invasion – day 288

Dec 8, 2022


BELARUS 
Kyiv
UKRAINE 
RUSSIA


UKRAINE
Zaporizhya NPP
Dnipro River
Kherson 
Mykolaiv
Odesa
KHERSON OBLAST
Sevastopol
BLACK SEA 
Belgorod
Kharkiv
Izyum
Dnipro
Bakhmut
Avdiivka
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA
Svatove  
RUSSIA
LUHANSK OBLAST
Luhansk
DONETSK OBLAST
Donetsk
80km 50 miles
1 2 3 4

Russian control before Feb 24 
Russian control 
Russian advances 
Cities controlled 
Reclaimed by Ukraine 
Heavy fighting


1 Belarus: Russian troops taking part in tactical drills. Belarus under pressure to take active role in war, causing friction in its military

2 Russia: Putin’s claim – that threat of nuclear war increasing, though Russia “would not strike first” – denounced as “loose talk” by U.S. 

3 Bakhmut: Fierce fighting and continued Russian ground attacks belie NATO assessment that Russia is seeking operational pause

4 Black Sea: Oil tankers waiting to cross into Mediterranean rise to 16 after new restrictions aimed at curtailing Russian oil exports


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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