Russian-controlled territory
Kyiv
Claimed Russian control
Rail network
Luhansk oblast
Bilohorivka
Vojevodivka
Sievierodonetsk
Siverskyi
Donets River
Lysychansk
Popasna
Donetsk
oblast
15 km
2014-22
frontline
15 miles
7 May
Popasna falls to Russian forces and there is active fighting in Bilohorivka, Vojevodivka and Lysychansk, in an indication that Russia might try to encircle Sievierodonetsk from the south
Luhansk oblast
Sievierodonetsk
Lysychansk
Popasna
2014-22
frontline
Donetsk
oblast
20 May
Russian troops push west of Popasna and attempt to gain ground to the north of Sievierodonetsk. Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the ‘brutal’ bombing of Sievierodonetsk is turning the area into ‘hell’
Luhansk oblast
Sievierodonetsk
Regained
by Ukraine
Lysychansk
Popasna
Donetsk
oblast
2014-22
frontline
30 May
Russian tanks advance towards the centre of the city from the east. Local authorities sound alarm over thousands of civilians who haven't left
Rail network
Russian-controlled territory
Claimed Russian control
Kyiv
Luhansk oblast
Bilohorivka
Vojevodivka
Sievierodonetsk
Sievierodonetsk
Sievierodonetsk
Siverskyi
Donets River
Lysychansk
Regained
by Ukraine
Lysychansk
Lysychansk
Popasna
Popasna
Popasna
2014-22
frontline
Donetsk
oblast
15 km
15 miles
20 May
Russian troops push west of Popasna and attempt to gain ground to the north of Sievierodonetsk. Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the ‘brutal’ bombing of Sievierodonetsk is turning the area into ‘hell’
7 May
Popasna falls to Russian forces and there is active fighting in Bilohorivka, Vojevodivka and Lysychansk, in an indication that Russia might try to encircle Sievierodonetsk from the south
30 May
Russian tanks advance towards the centre of the city from the east. Local authorities sound alarm over thousands of civilians who haven't left