Ukraine invasion – day 548 Aug 25, 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 Russian control before Feb 24, 2022 Russian control Russian advances Cities controlled Reclaimed by Ukraine Heavy fighting 1 Ukraine: U.S. will begin training pilots in F-16 fighter jets in October Norway says it will donate combat aircraft to Kyiv 2 Crimea: Ukraine special naval forces briefly land at Olenivka. Russia shoots down 42 drones and a missile over annexed territory 3 Robotyne: Ukrainian advance to second line of Russian defence 4 Russia: Putin confirms death of “talented businessman” Yevgeny Prigozhin. Wagner key figures also died, leaving group’s existence in doubt. Preliminary U.S. intelligence points to explosion on board plane Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS