Ukraine invasion – day 478 Jun 16, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 UKRAINE Dnipro Zaporizhya NPP Kherson Mykolaiv Odesa KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Kharkiv Kreminna Bakhmut Velyka Novosilka Orikhiv Tokmak Mariupol Melitopol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Svatove RUSSIA LUHANSK OBLAST Luhansk Donetsk DONETSK OBLAST 80km 50 miles 2 3 4 5 6 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: 100km2 of territory regained in latest counteroffensive, but advisor to president indicates main effort still to begin NATO is already training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s, although there is no supply agreement yet 2 Russia: Announces plans to hold Sept elections in occupied Ukraine 3 Kreminna: Up to 100 Russian troops, gathered for motivational speech, killed in missile strike 4 Luhansk: 150 Ukrainian children illegally transported to Russia 5 Zaporizhya Oblast: Successful defence by Russian forces attributed to electronic warfare capabilities to disrupt aerial reconnaissance signals Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS