Ukraine invasion – day 408 Apr 7, 2023 BELARUS Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 UKRAINE Zaporizhya NPP Kherson Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST BLACK SEA Sevastopol Kharkiv Kreminna Dnipro Bakhmut Avdiivka Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Svatove RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Belarus: President Lukashenko discusses expanding economic and military cooperation with President Putin in Moscow but appears to resist pressure to further support Russian war effort 2 Ukraine: Secret U.S. and NATO plans to supply Kyiv with arms posted on social media prompting Pentagon investigation 3 Russia: Kremlin dismisses chances of peace talks this year, after French president Macron urges Chinese president Xi to act as mediator 4 Bakhmut: Russia has reached town centre and seized west bank of Bakhmutka River, according to UK intelligence, but Wagner Group reports continued fighting Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS