Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Potential route of counteroffensive

Russian-controlled territory and most recent

Russian advances*

Russian fortifications

Dnipro

River

Ukraine

Surprise attack across the Dnipro River from Kherson oblast towards Crimea

Zaporizhzhia

nuclear power plant

Nova

Kakhovka

Kherson

Kherson oblast

Kinburn

spit

Antonivskyi

bridge

Dzhankoi

Black Sea

Dzhankoi

train route

Crimea

Kyiv

50 km

50 miles

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Potential route of counteroffensive

Russian-controlled territory and most recent Russian advances*

Russian fortifications

Dnipro

River

Donetsk

Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia

nuclear power plant

Zaporizhzhia

Surprise attack across the Dnipro River from Kherson oblast towards Crimea

Mariupol

Nova

Kakhovka

Melitopol

Berdiansk

Kherson

Odesa

Kherson oblast

Kinburn

spit

Sea of Azov

Antonivskyi

bridge

Dzhankoi

train route

Kerch strait

bridge

Black Sea

Dzhankoi

Crimea

Kyiv

Russia

50 km

50 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, 9 May 2023. Brady Africk, analysis of satellite imagery from Copernicus. Shows defences constructed or expanded since Russia’s invasion last year, not an exhaustive list