Ukraine invasion – day 527 Aug 4, 2023 POLAND 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 1 2 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Poland: Wagner troops in Belarus seeking to destabilise NATO’s eastern flank, says prime minister. Poland has deployed 1,000 troops to border 2 Kyiv: 15 Iranian-made drones, launched from Crimea and eastern Sea of Azov, shot down 3 Russia: U.S. says it will ensure free export of Russian food if Black Sea deal allowing safe export of Ukrainian grain is revived 4 Novorossiysk: Ukrainian drones attack navy base near Black Sea commercial port, halting all shipping Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS