Russian troops enter central Ukraine region

Ukrainian forces have acknowledged that RussiaÕs military has
crossed into the eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk
and is trying to establish a foothold

Russian control before Feb 24, 2022
Front line on Apr 1, 2025
Russian advances and claimed
control to Aug 27, 2025

RUSSIA
UKRAINE
DNIPROPETROVSK
REGION
DONETSK
REGION
KHARKIV
REGION
LUHANSK
REGION
ZAPORIZHYA
REGION
RUSSIAN
CONTROL
Bakhmut
Borova
Dnipro
Donetsk
Kharkiv
Kramatorsk
Kupyansk
Luhansk
Lyman
Mariupol
Melitopol
Pokrovsk
Rostov-
on-Don
Svatove
Toretsk
Zaporizhya
Sea of
Azov
Dnipro
River
50km
30 miles

Aug 26: Ukraine says Russian army has
entered Dnipropetrovsk Ð region previously
spared from intense fighting Ð but rejects
MoscowÕs claims to have captured villages
 of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka

RUSSIA
UKRAINE
Kyiv
300km
185 miles

Sources: BBC, Institute for the Study of War
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