Current situation in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian fortifications

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Robotyne is considered a key village on the southern Zaporizhzhia front

Velyka

Novosilka

Zaporizhzhia

Orikhiv

Mariupol

Ukraine aims to advance towards Melitopol and Berdiansk and so cut the land bridge to Crimea

Melitopol

Berdiansk

Kyiv

Sea of Azov

50 km

50 miles

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian fortifications

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukraine

Bakhmut

Luhansk

Dnipro

River

Robotyne is considered a key village on the southern Zaporizhzhia front

Velyka

Novosilka

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Orikhiv

Russia

Ukraine aims to advance towards Melitopol and Berdiansk and so cut the land bridge to Crimea

Mariupol

Sea of Azov

Melitopol

Berdiansk

Kyiv

50 km

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