Ukraine invasion – day 289

Dec 9, 2022


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 Russia: U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner freed from Russian penal colony in prisoner swap for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout

2 Ukraine: Russian forces holding about 10,000 Ukrainian troops and similar number of civilians as prisoners of war

3 Zaporizhya NPP: Russia transfers Grad multiple launch rocket systems to site, close to nuclear reactor and fuel storage area

4 Black Sea: Twenty oil tankers now stuck in Turkish waters lacking insurance to cross Bosphorus after international restrictions imposed


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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