Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Russia

Belgorod

Ukraine

Kharkiv

Dnipro River

Luhansk

Regions illegally

'annexed' by

Russia in 2022

Dnipro

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Black

Sea

Crimea

(annexed in 2014)

Kyiv

200 km

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Ukraine

Russia

Belgorod

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Dnipro River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Regions illegally 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Odesa

Kherson

Sea of Azov

Black Sea

Crimea

(annexed in 2014)

200 km

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Ukraine

Russia

Belgorod

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Dnipro

River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Regions illegally 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Kherson

Odesa

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

Black Sea

200 km

200 miles

Russian-controlled territory

Most recent Russian advances*

Ukrainian incursion into Russia

Kursk

Russia

Belgorod

Ukraine

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Dnipro

River

Luhansk

Dnipro

Regions illegally 'annexed'

by Russia in 2022

Donetsk

Moldova

Zaporizhzhia

Romania

Kherson

Odesa

Sea of Azov

Crimea

(annexed

in 2014)

Black Sea

200 km

200 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: the Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project. *Areas that ISW assesses Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks against but do not control. 5 Dec 2024