Russia's assault on Ukraine's Donbas region

Russian-controlled territory

Russian advances

Areas where Ukraine regained control

Reported Ukrainian partisan warfare

around Melitopol

Russia

Bobrivka

Bairak

1

Kharkiv

Kharkiv

2

Kreminna

Husarivka

Izyum

Luhansk

Ukraine

Donetsk

Luhansk

2014-2022

frontline

Donetsk

Mariupol

3

Melitopol

Kyiv

Sea of

Azov

50 km

50 miles

Russia has launched heavy air and artillery attacks in its renewed Donbas offensive but ground forces are again reportedly facing logistical problems

1. Kharkiv – City has faced ‘non-stop bombardment’ of civilian areas according to mayor, with four people killed on Tuesday

2. Kreminna – Regional governor said Russian forces captured city of more than 18,000 people in first major gain of offensive

3. Mariupol – Another attempt to evacuate civilians to Zaporizhzhia is planned as last Ukrainian fighters continue to hold out in the Azovstal steelworks

Areas where Ukraine regained control

Russian-controlled territory

Reported Ukrainian partisan warfare around Melitopol

Russian advances

Sumy

Russia

Bobrivka

Bairak

1

Kharkiv

Kharkiv

Husarivka

Izyum

2

Kreminna

Ukraine

Luhansk

Donetsk

Luhansk

2014-2022

frontline

Dnipro

Dnieper River

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Rostov-on-Don

3

Mariupol

Melitopol

Kyiv

Sea of

Azov

50 km

50 miles

Russia has launched heavy air and artillery attacks in its renewed Donbas offensive but ground forces are again reportedly facing logistical problems

1. Kharkiv – City has faced ‘non-stop bombardment’ of civilian areas according to mayor, with four people killed on Tuesday

2. Kreminna – Regional governor said Russian forces captured city of more than 18,000 people in first major gain of offensive

3. Mariupol – Another attempt to evacuate civilians to Zaporizhzhia is planned as last Ukrainian fighters continue to hold out in the Azovstal steelworks