Capturing Mariupol would connect mainland Russia to Crimea

Russian-controlled territory

Areas where Ukraine regained control

Russia

Kyiv

Ukraine

Dnieper River

Donbas

Transnistria

Donetsk

Moldova

Melitopol

Mariupol

Crimea

150 km

Black Sea

150 miles

Odesa

There are fears Russia could seek to take Odesa once the land bridge is established

Russian-controlled territory

Areas where Ukraine regained control

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Dnieper

River

Ukraine

Izyum

Odesa

There are fears Russia could seek to take Odesa once the land bridge is established

Donbas

Luhansk

Donetsk

Moldova

Mykolaiv

Melitopol

Transnistria

Mariupol

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Russia

Crimea

Black Sea

Romania

100 km

100 miles