Ukraine invasion – day 450

May 19, 2023



Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
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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 5

Russian control before Feb 24, 2022
Russian control
Russian advances
Cities controlled
Reclaimed by Ukraine
Heavy fighting


1 Ukraine: President Zelensky will attend Hiroshima G7 summit to highlight Russian nuclear threats and discuss tightening of sanctions

Pentagon over-valued U.S. military aid to Kyiv by $3bn, allowing for new increase in weapons shipments

Russia launches 10th widespread air attack in a month across country
2 Russia: Scientific community in fear as three hypersonic missile scientists face treason accusations

3 Bakhmut: Wagner Group says Russian regular troops in retreat

4 Odesa: Black Sea grain corridor for Ukrainian wheat still unopened despite Russian and Turkish extension of agreement

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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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