Ukraine invasion – day 555 Sep 1, 2023 Kursk Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA 1 2 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 Kyiv: President Zelensky says Ukrainian-made long-range missile successfully hit target 700km away 2 Kursk: Ukrainian drone reportedly hits building near one of Russia’s biggest nuclear reactors 3 Russia: UN Secretary General Guterres sends “concrete proposal” to revive Black Sea grain deal 4 Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhya, Kherson Oblasts: Russia holds regional elections in “new territories” captured in war 5 Robotyne: Ukrainian forces advancing in direction of Melitopol 6 Kerch Bridge: Russia sinks ships to create barrier against seaborne drone attacks on vital supply route Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS