Current situation in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian fortifications

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukraine claims to have breached the first of Russa’s defensive lines towards the village of Verbove

Velyka

Novosilka

Zaporizhzhia

Orikhiv

Tokmak, a key juncton town is

15 miles to the south

Mariupol

Melitopol

Berdiansk

Kyiv

50 km

50 miles

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Russian fortifications

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukraine

Bakhmut

Luhansk

Dnipro

River

Ukraine claims to have breached the first of Russa’s defensive lines towards the village of Verbove

Donetsk

Velyka

Novosilka

Zaporizhzhia

Orikhiv

Russia

Tokmak, a key juncton town is

15 miles to the south

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