Assessed Russian control
Assessed Russian advances
Claimed Russian control
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Belarus
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Russia
Pol.
Chernihiv
Belgorod
Lutsk
Kyiv
Luhansk
Lviv
Kharkiv
Vovchansk
Ukraine
Densely
populated
areas
Chasiv Yar
Donetsk
Moldova
Mariupol
Mykolaiv
Controlled
by Russian- backed
separatists
since 2014
Kherson
Romania
Odesa
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed
by Russia
in 2014
Black Sea
Data as of May 12, 2024 at 3 p.m. ET
Notes: “Assessed” means the Institute for the Study of War has received reliable and independently verifiable information to demonstrate Russian control or advances in those areas. Russian advances are areas where Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks, but they do not control them. “Claimed” areas are where sources have said control or counteroffensives are occurring, but ISW cannot corroborate nor demonstrate them to be false.
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project; LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Graphic: Lou Robinson and Renée Rigdon, CNN
Assessed Russian control
Assessed Russian advances
Claimed Russian control
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Belarus
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Russia
Pol.
Chernihiv
Belgorod
Lutsk
Sumy
Kyiv
Luhansk
Kharkiv
Lviv
Vovchansk
Densely
populated
areas
Ukraine
Chasiv Yar
Donetsk
Moldova
Mariupol
Mykolaiv
Controlled
by Russian- backed
separatists
since 2014
Kherson
Romania
Odesa
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed
by Russia
in 2014
Black Sea
Data as of May 12, 2024 at 3 p.m. ET
Notes: “Assessed” means the Institute for the Study of War has received reliable and independently verifiable information to demonstrate Russian control or advances in those areas. Russian advances are areas where Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks, but they do not control them. “Claimed” areas are where sources have said control or counteroffensives are occurring, but ISW cannot corroborate nor demonstrate them to be false.
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project; LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Graphic: Lou Robinson and Renée Rigdon, CNN
Assessed Russian advances
Assessed Russian control
Claimed Russian control
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives
Belarus
Voronezh
Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant
Kursk
Poland
Chernihiv
Russia
Lutsk
Belgorod
Sumy
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Lviv
Vovchansk
Luhansk
Slovakia
Chasiv Yar
Densely
populated
areas
Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Hungary
Zaporizhzhia
Controlled
by Russian-
backed
separatists
since 2014
Mariupol
Moldova
Mykolaiv
Kherson
Sea of
Azov
Odesa
Romania
Krasnodar
CRIMEA
Sevastopol
Annexed by
Russia in 2014
Serbia
Black Sea
Data as of May 12, 2024 at 3 p.m. ET
Notes: “Assessed” means the Institute for the Study of War has received reliable and independently verifiable information to demonstrate Russian control or advances in those areas. Russian advances are areas where Russian forces have operated in or launched attacks, but they do not control them. “Claimed” areas are where sources have said control or counteroffensives are occurring, but ISW cannot corroborate nor demonstrate them to be false.
Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project; LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Graphic: Lou Robinson and Renée Rigdon, CNN