Russian-controlled territory
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
29 May
Regional officials say Russian forces have ‘stormed’ city and fighting is taking place street by street. On 30 May Sievierodonetsk’s mayor says Russians have advanced ‘a few blocks towards the city centre’
Rail network
Russian-controlled territory
Claimed Russian control
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’.
29 May
Regional officials say Russian forces have ‘stormed’ city and fighting is taking place street by street. On 30 May Sievierodonetsk’s mayor says Russians have advanced ‘a few blocks towards the city centre’
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