Ukraine invasion – day 422 Apr 21, 2023 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 Kyiv: Mayor Vitali Klitschko terminates Russian Embassy’s deal to lease land in capital 2 Ukraine: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s “rightful place is in NATO”. President Zelensky asks for timeframe Denmark and Netherlands donate 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine 3 Belgorod: Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber accidentally fires into city, damaging buildings and leaving huge 20m crater in centre 4 Russia: Leaked U.S. intelligence says China refused weapons request from Wagner Group Commander of Russian Pacific Fleet removed from post Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS