Russian forces are attempting to capture the key strategic city of Bakhmut

Russian-controlled territory and

most recent Russian operations*

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

‘Annexed’

oblasts

Luhansk

Izium

Lyman

Ukraine

Bakhmut

Luhansk

Kostyantynivka

Donetsk

Donetsk

Vuhledar

Russia

40 km

40 miles

Russian-controlled territory and most recent Russian operations*

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Ukraine

Izium

Luhansk

‘Annexed’

oblasts

Lyman

Bakhmut

Russia

Luhansk

Dnipro

Kostyantynivka

Donetsk

Dnipro

River

Vuhledar

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

40 km

40 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