Ukraine invasion – day 302
Dec 22, 2022

Kharkiv
Belgorod
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Mykolaiv
KHERSON
OBLAST
Izyum
Bakhmut
Marinka
Zaporizhya
NPP
Dnipro
BLACK SEA
Dnipro River
Donetsk
Luhansk
Kherson
Melitopol
Mariupol
50 miles
80km
CRIMEA
  
Cities controlled
Russian control
Russian advances
Reclaimed by Ukraine
Heavy fighting
Russian control before Feb 24

1.  Russia: Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is threat to Russia, requiring 30% increase in size of military to 1.5 million

Number of professional soldiers to almost double to 695,000. Vladimir Putin pledges unlimited spending

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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters

2, Donetsk: Former Russian deputy prime minister and head of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic injured by Ukrainian shelling

3. Marinka: Russian forces control about 80% of city, but making slow progress and both sides suffering heavy infantry losses

LUHANSK
OBLAST
DONETSK
OBLAST
ZAPORIZHYA
OBLAST
Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Odesa
Sevastopol
Svatove