Ukraine invasion – day 492 Jun 30, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 UKRAINE Piatykhatky Zaporizhya NPP Kakhovka dam Dnipro River Kherson Odesa KHERSON OBLAST Sevastopol BLACK SEA Belgorod Kharkiv Kreminna Bakhmut Avdiivka Orikhiv Melitopol Mariupol ZAPORIZHYA OBLAST CRIMEA Valuyki RUSSIA Svatove 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: U.S. considers sending cluster munitions to boost offensive against dug-in Russian positions Human Rights Watch reports Ukrainian use of banned landmines 2 Zaporizhya NPP: Ukraine holds nuclear disaster response drills amid accusations Russia is planning “terrorist” attack 3 Bakhmut: Ukrainian forces seize “strategic intitiative”, advancing 1.5km 4 Russia: Whereabouts of General Sergei Surovikin – who allegedly knew in advance of Wagner Group uprising – unknown Wagner forces will no longer fight in Ukraine, Kremlin assumes control as a state-run enterprise Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS