Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Potential route of counteroffensive

Russian-controlled territory and most recent

Russian advances*

Russian fortifications

Attack into northern Luhansk to break through to Starobilsk and threaten Russian positions at Sievierodonetsk

Russia

Svatove

Starobilsk

Sievierodonetsk

Kramatorsk

Luhansk

Ukraine

Luhansk oblast

Donetsk

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

Kharkiv

Attack into northern Luhansk to break through to Starobilsk and threaten Russian positions at Sievierodonetsk

Svatove

Starobilsk

Sievierodonetsk

Kramatorsk

Ukraine

Russia

Luhansk

Dnipro

Luhansk oblast

Dnipro River

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv

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