Ukraine invasion – day 295 Dec 15, 2022 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 2 UKRAINE Zaporizhya NPP Dnipro River Kherson Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Izyum Dnipro Bakhmut Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Svatove RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk DONETSK OBLAST Donetsk 80km 50 miles 3 Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: Russia releases 64 Ukrainian prisoners of war and U.S. national arrested by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk U.S. to send kits to Ukraine for converting unguided aerial munitions into high-accuracy “smart bombs” 2 Russia: Series of explosions at airbase in Kursk, 90kms from border with Ukraine, after drone attack 3 Kherson: Russian rocket attack on administration building. UK suggests Moscow facing “critical shortage” of ammunition Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS