Ukraine invasion – day 544 Aug 21, 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 3 3 4 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: Netherlands and Denmark will supply up to 61 F-16 fighter jets following U.S. approval. Training will take place in Denmark and Romania Russia warns it will consider F-16s as “nuclear” threat President Zelensky holds talks in Sweden on obtaining Gripen fighters 2 Russia: Drones downed in four regions, disrupting flights at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports 3 Kupiansk: Ukraine repels heavy Russian offensive, makes gains south of Bakhmut and at Urozhaine 4 Odesa: Ukraine nears deal with global insurers to cover ships using Black Sea “safe corridor” Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS