Ukraine invasion – day 317 Jan 6, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 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 Kreminna Luhansk Makiivka DONETSK OBLAST Donetsk 1 2 3 80km 50 miles Russian control before Feb 24 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: President Zelensky rejects Vladimir Putin’s last-minute offer of Orthodox Christmas truce from Jan 6-8 as trick to slow Ukrainian progress and bring reinforcements German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announces supply of additional Patriot missile systems to Ukraine 2 Donbas: Militias from Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics formally integrated into Russian Army 3 Bakhmut: Putin-ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of private military Wagner Group, may be trying to take control of salt and gypsum mines for financial gain Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS