Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Potential route of counteroffensive

Russian-controlled territory and most recent

Russian advances*

Russian fortifications

Sloviansk

Counterattack to encircle

cities and defeat exhausted

Russian forces

Donetsk

oblast

Soledar

Luhansk

oblast

Bakhmut

M03

Road to Sloviansk

and Izium

Kyiv

10 km

10 miles

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Potential route of counteroffensive

Russian-controlled territory and most recent Russian advances*

Russian fortifications

Sloviansk

M03

Road to Sloviansk

and Izium

Counterattack to encircle

cities and defeat exhausted

Russian forces

Soledar

Bakhmut

Donetsk oblast

Luhansk oblast

Kyiv

Kostiantynivka

10 km

10 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