Ukraine invasion – day 541

Aug 18, 2023

Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
ROMANIA
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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
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Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 
Russian control 
Russian advances 
Cities controlled 
Reclaimed by Ukraine 
Heavy fighting

1 Russia: Ukrainian drone hits building in central Moscow after Russian air defences shoot it down

2 Ukraine: U.S. approves sending F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and Netherlands as soon as training of Ukrainian pilots is complete

3 Black Sea: Cargo ship leaves Odesa, defying Russian threat

4 Russia: Making efforts to ramp up production of Iranian Shahed-136 drones to strike Ukraine

5 Robotyne, Urozhaine: Recent Ukrainian advances likely indicate degradation of Russian defences

6 Kharkiv region: Russian forces trying to break through Ukrainian defences and capture Kupyansk

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters
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