Ukraine invasion – day 558 Sep 4, 2023 Kyiv UKRAINE RUSSIA Reni Izmail 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 dismisses Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov amid graft allegations 2 Danube: Russian drones strike two ports critical for grain exports 3 Russia: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet Vladimir Putin to discuss revival of Black Sea grain deal to ease global food crisis 4 Robotyne: Ukraine claims first line of Russian defences breached in multiple areas 5 Kherson: Ukrainians continuing to operate on east bank of Dnipro as Russians redeploy to Zaporizhya 6 Cape Tarkhankut: Russia claims to have destroyed four inflatable landing craft heading for Crimea Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS