Ukraine invasion – day 509

Jul 17, 2023

BELARUS
Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
1 2

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
5 6 6 

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

1 Belarus: Army receiving training from newly relocated Wagner troops

2 Russia: President Putin says he regards use of cluster munitions as criminal but may deploy them in “reciprocal action”. Both sides are believed to have already used them

3 Belgorod: Ukraine shells border villages with Grad rockets

4 Odesa: Black Sea grain deal set to expire Monday unless Russia agrees to extension

5 Sevastopol: Russia claims to have foiled attack by aerial and underwater drones

6 Kerch Bridge: Two blasts on vital Russian supply link kill two people, leaving road split and leaning

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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