Intense fighting around Kreminna and Bakhmut as Ukrainian forces attempt to hold off Russian advances

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Kreminna

Sievierodonetsk

Lysychansk

Sloviansk

Donetsk oblast

Luhansk

oblast

Soledar

Kramatorsk

Yahidne

Bakhmut

Kyiv

20 km

20 miles

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Izium

Kharkiv

oblast

Kreminna

Sievierodonetsk

Lysychansk

Sloviansk

Donetsk oblast

Luhansk oblast

Kramatorsk

Soledar

Yahidne

Bakhmut

Kyiv

20 km

20 miles

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