Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian-controlled territory and most recent

Russian advances*

Russia

‘Annexed’

oblasts

Ukraine

Kyiv

Melitopol – Ukrainian forces strike Russian barracks

Odesa

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

200 km

Simferopol

200 miles

Sevastopol

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian-controlled territory and most recent Russian advances*

Belarus

Russia

Dnipro

River

‘Annexed’

oblasts

Kyiv

Melitopol – Ukrainian forces strike Russian barracks. Explosions were also reported in the Russian occupied Crimea including Sevastopol and Simferopol

Ukraine

Luhansk

Donetsk

Moldova

Romania

Odesa

Kherson

Zaporizhzhia

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed in 2014)

Black Sea

200 km

Simferopol

Sevastopol

200 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: the Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project. *Areas ISW assesses Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks against but do not control. 10pm local time, 10 December 2022