Ukraine invasion – day 439

May 8, 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 Ukraine: Wave of Russian strikes ahead of May 9 Victory Day parade

Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa targeted by 16 missiles, 61 airstrikes and 52 rocket salvos – all 35 Shahed drones downed

2 Russia: Population declined by two million more than expected in last three years, UK intelligence reports

3 Bakhmut: Artillery distribution to Wagner forces reportedly resumed after threat to withdraw over lack of supplies

Calls by Chechen Ramzan Kadyrov to transfer his troops to Bakhmut may have pressured military leadership

4 Zaporizhya NPP: Over 1,600 evacuated from area by Moscow


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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