Assessed Russian control

Assessed Russian advances

Belarus

Russia

Luhansk

Pol.

Chasiv Yar

Kyiv

Lviv

Slovyansk

Kramatorsk

Densely

populated

areas

Ukraine

Kostyantynivka

Donetsk

Moldova

Mariupol

Kherson

Controlled

by Russian- backed

separatists

since 2014

Romania

Odesa

CRIMEA

Sevastopol

Annexed

by Russia

in 2014

Black Sea

Assessed Russian control

Assessed Russian advances

Belarus

Russia

Luhansk

Pol.

Lutsk

Sumy

Chasiv Yar

Kyiv

Lviv

Kharkiv

Slovyansk

Densely

populated

areas

Ukraine

Kramatorsk

Kostyantynivka

Donetsk

Moldova

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Controlled

by Russian- backed

separatists

since 2014

Kherson

Romania

Odesa

CRIMEA

Sevastopol

Annexed

by Russia

in 2014

Black Sea

Assessed Russian control

Assessed Russian advances

Belarus

Russia

Voronezh

Chernobyl Nuclear

Power Plant

Kursk

Poland

Lutsk

Belgorod

Sumy

Kyiv

Lviv

Kharkiv

Chasiv

Yar

Slovyansk

Kramatorsk

Densely

populated

areas

Ukraine

Kostyantynivka

Ivano-Frankivsk

Luhansk

Dnipro

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Mariupol

Moldova

Mykolaiv

Controlled

by Russian-

backed

separatists

since 2014

Kherson

Sea of

Azov

Odesa

Romania

Krasnodar

CRIMEA

Sevastopol

Annexed by

Russia in 2014

Black Sea

Data as of July 27, 2025

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.

Sources: The Institute for the Study of War with AEI’s Critical Threats Project; LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Graphic: Henrik Pettersson, Renée Rigdon, Lou Robinson and Rachel Wilson, CNN