Ukraine invasion – day 401
Mar 31, 2023

Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
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UKRAINE
Zaporizhya NPP
Kherson
Mykolaiv
Odesa
KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA
Sevastopol
Belgorod
Kharkiv
Kreminna 
Dnipro
Bakhmut 
Avdiivka
Melitopol
Mariupol
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
CRIMEA
Svatove
RUSSIA 
LUHANSK OBLAST
Luhansk
Donetsk 
DONETSK OBLAST 
80km 50 miles
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Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 
Russian control 
Russian advances 
Cities controlled 
Reclaimed by Ukraine 
Heavy fighting


1 Russia: Takes over monthly presidency of UN Security Council, last held in Feb 2022 at start of Ukraine war. Permanent members U.S., UK and France likely to downgrade representation

Spring conscription begins April 1, calling up around 147,000 Russians

FSB arrests Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich at Yekaterinburg military-industrial site

2 Ukraine: Anniversary of liberation of Bucha and discovery of Russian massacre of civilians

3 Bakhmut: Russian offensive constrained by loss of manpower, with Wagner Group alone estimated to have suffered 30,000 casualties and 9,000 dead, mostly convicts

4 Turkey: Parliament clears way for Finland to join NATO, extending Russian border with bloc by 1,300km


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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