Russia's advance on Sievierodonetsk

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