Ukraine invasion – day 296

Dec 16, 2022


BELARUS 
Kyiv 
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
1 


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
2 3

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


1 Belarus: Vladimir Putin visits Belarusian capital, Minsk as military hold “readiness exercises” and Russian reservists deploy to region

2 Russia: Major offensive expected in February, with around half of recent 300,000-strong mobilisation being trained for possible attack on Kyiv 

3 Ukraine: About 60 Russian missiles launched, hitting energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and other cities, causing power outages nationwide

Blackouts are crippling economy; another $2bn needed on top of $55bn already projected for next year


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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