Ukraine’s counter-offensive gathers pace

RUSSIA
UKRAINE 
Kyiv 
Crimea

Ukraine's military has launched attacks on occupying Russian forces in the key Zaporizhya region, in what appears to be the first heavily armoured assaults of its long-anticipated counter-offensive

Kyiv trying to regain access to Sea of Azov, splitting Russian forces into two, experts say

Orikhiv: Ukrainian troops – backed by Western tanks, artillery and drones – trying to advance south of town

Tokmak: Russian forces defending key logistics hub amid intense fighting

Zaporizhya nuclear power plant
Nikopol
Enerhodar
KHERSON OBLAST
Dnieper River
Zaporizhya
Kakhovka Reservoir
Novodarivka
DONETSK OBLAST
Berdyansk
Sea of Azov
20km 12 miles 
ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST
Melitopol
Orikhiv Tokmak

Russian control
as of Jun 9
Russian fortifications

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Project: Brady Africk, BBC  © GRAPHIC NEWS