Ukraine invasion – day 537 Aug 14, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA ROMANIA 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 5 6 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: Germany to deliver Luna New Generation drone system including ground control, launch catapult and military trucks 2 Russia: Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu visits Russia, Belarus as military ties strengthen 3 Robotyne: Ukrainian military claims “partial success” in village 4 Urozhaine: Russian forces partially withdraw amid bloody fighting 5 Black Sea: Russian warship fires warning shots at cargo ship heading for Romanian port of Sulina – not Izmail in Ukraine as claimed 6 Kerch Bridge: Russia vows retaliation after thwarting three Ukrainian missile attacks Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS