Ukraine invasion – day 530 Aug 7, 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 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Kyiv: President Zelensky praises U.S. Patriot and German IRIS-T air defences as “highly effective” after 65 missiles and 178 assault drones downed in past week 2 Russia: Air defences shoot down hostile drone approaching Moscow 3 Western Ukraine: Russian claims to have hit military airbases in multi-wave assault 4 Crimea: Ukraine strikes two key road bridges to peninsula, forcing transport to be rerouted via longer western route at Armyansk Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS