Ukraine invasion – day 292 Dec 12, 2022 BELARUS Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 2 UKRAINE Zaporizhya NPP Dnipro River Kherson Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST Simferopol Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Dnipro Bakhmut Avdiivka Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST Svatove RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk Kadiivka DONETSK OBLAST Donetsk CRIMEA 80km 50 miles 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Belarus: Russian disinformation suggesting Belarus could join war is pinning Ukrainian troops at border, despite being unlikely 2 Kyiv: “Punitive measures” to be taken against seven senior clerics of Moscow-linked Orthodox church sympathetic to Russian invasion 3 Kadiivka: Hotel HQ of private Russian military Wagner group hit. Many fatalities reported 4 Melitopol: Scores of soldiers believed killed in Ukrainian HIMARS missile attack on Russian barracks. Explosions also heard in Sevastopol and Simferopol Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS