The Sea of Azov is a crucial link for Russian shipping

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Russia

Kyiv

Ukraine

Don

Volga-Don

Canal

Volga

Sea of Azov

Crimea

Caspian

Sea

Kerch strait

Black Sea

Bosphorus

Turkey

300 km

300 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Russia

Kyiv

Ukraine

Dnipro

Volgograd

Don

Mariupol

Volga-Don

Canal

Berdiansk

Odesa

Rostov-

on-Don

Sea of

Azov

Volga

Crimea

Novorossiysk

Caspian

Sea

Kerch strait

Black Sea

Bosphorus

Istanbul

Turkey

300 km

300 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Russia

Kyiv

Ukraine

Dnipro

Volgograd

Don

Mariupol

Volga-Don

Canal

Berdiansk

Odesa

Rostov-

on-Don

Sea of

Azov

Volga

Crimea

Novorossiysk

Romania

Caspian

Sea

Kerch strait

Black Sea

Bosphorus

Istanbul

Turkey

300 km

300 miles

Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine

Kyiv

Ukraine

Russia

Volgograd

Dnipro

Don

Volga-Don

Canal

Mariupol

Rostov-

on-Don

Berdiansk

Odesa

Sea of

Azov

Volga

Crimea

Romania

Novorossiysk

Kerch strait

Caspian

Sea

Black Sea

Bosphorus

Istanbul

Turkey

200 km

200 miles