Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory
Assessed Russian advances*
Belarus
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Russia
Chernihiv
Pol.
Sumy
Lutsk
Lviv
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Densely
populated
areas
Ukraine
Luhansk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Moldova
Mariupol
Odesa
Controlled
by Russian- backed
separatists
since 2014
Kherson
Romania
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed
by Russia
in 2014
Black Sea
*Assessments by the Institute for the Study of War show that Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks in these areas, but they do not control them.
Note: Data as of March 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. ET
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project (Russian-occupied areas and advances); LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population)
Graphic: Renée Rigdon and Daniel Wolfe, CNN
Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory
Assessed Russian advances*
Belarus
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Russia
Chernihiv
Pol.
Sumy
Sumy
Lutsk
Lutsk
Lviv
Lviv
Kyiv
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Densely
populated
areas
Densely
populated
areas
Ukraine
Luhansk
Luhansk
Dnipro
Dnipro
Donetsk
Donetsk
Moldova
Mariupol
Mariupol
Odesa
Odesa
Controlled
by Russian- backed
separatists
since 2014
Controlled
by Russian- backed
separatists
since 2014
Kherson
Romania
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed
by Russia
in 2014
Black Sea
*Assessments by the Institute for the Study of War show that Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks in these areas, but they do not control them.
Note: Data as of March 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. ET
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project (Russian-occupied areas and advances); LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population)
Graphic: Renée Rigdon and Daniel Wolfe, CNN
Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory
Assessed Russian advances*
Belarus
Voronezh
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Kursk
Chernihiv
Poland
Sumy
Russia
Lutsk
Kyiv
Lviv
Kharkiv
Slovakia
Ukraine
Densely
populated
areas
Luhansk
Dnipro
Hungary
Donetsk
Controlled
by Russian-
backed
separatists
since 2014
Moldova
Mariupol
Odesa
Kherson
Sea of
Azov
Romania
Krasnodar
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed by
Russia in 2014
Annexed by
Russia in 2014
Serbia
Black Sea
*Assessments by the Institute for the Study of War show that Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks in these areas, but they do not control them.
Note: Data as of March 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. ET
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project (Russian-occupied areas and advances); LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population)
Graphic: Renée Rigdon and Daniel Wolfe, CNN
