A deal that froze the war would leave Russia in control of a swathe of Ukrainian territory

Russian-controlled territory

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk oblast

Kursk

Ukraine

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Luhansk

Regions illegally

'annexed' by

Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

200 km

Black Sea

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk oblast

Kursk

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Luhansk

Dnipro River

Regions illegally

'annexed' by

Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Moldova

Odesa

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

200 km

Black Sea

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk oblast

Kursk

Russia

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Luhansk

Dnipro River

Regions illegally

'annexed' by

Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Moldova

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Romania

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

200 km

Black Sea

200 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: the Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project