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2 days ago · Interactive map: How the Ukraine war is developing, day by day. The Russian army has invaded Ukraine. Fighting continues in the southeast. Click through the map to see the current...
Sep 8, 2023 · September 8, 2023. Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been underway for months, but the country’s hopes of a rapid and decisive breakthrough have long faded. Kyiv launched the campaign aiming to...
The incursion is some miles from the main front line to the east where Russia has continued its offensive operations and been edging forwards since October 2023. The MoD noted that Russian...
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Russia is intensifying its efforts to seize Chasiv Yar, a crucial stronghold in eastern Ukraine, as exhausted and under-equipped Ukrainian brigades struggle to hold the line while waiting for US military aid. Up to 25,000 Russian troops have been deployed near the town in recent weeks, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s ground forces in the ...
June 2023: Destruction of Kakhovka dam
Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on June 6, floodwaters devastated towns and villages downstream, with dozens of people perishing in the disaster amid patchy evacuation efforts in Russian-controlled territories. The flood also narrowed Ukraine’s attack options in its counteroffensive, which got under way in early June.
May 2023: Russian fortifications
Ukraine’s months-long preparation for its summer counteroffensive to try to wrest back occupied territory allowed Russia to fortify its positions along the almost 1,000km frontline. Satellite images reviewed by the Financial Timesand analysed by military experts revealed a multi-layered Russian network of anti-tank ditches, mazes of trenches, concrete “dragon’s teeth” barricades, steel “hedgehog” obstacles, spools of razor wire and minefields.
May 2023: Battle for Bakhmut
On May 21, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin hailed his first major victory since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, claiming that Russian forces had captured the eastern city of Bakhmut, despite Kyiv insisting the battle “was not over”. Putin said the Wagner paramilitary group had seized the Ukrainian city with help from Russia’s armed forces after months of bloody fighting that had caused more than 100,000 casualties and reduced the city to ruins. Earlier in the year, sat...
The number of Ukrainians fleeing the conflict has made it one of the largest refugee crises in modern history. Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Rochan Consulting, FT research. Cartography and development by Steve Bernard, Chris Campbell, Caitlin Gilbert, Cleve Jones, Emma Lewis, Joanna S Kao, Sam Learner, Ændra Rininsland, Niko Kommenda, Al...
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Feb 21, 2023 · Front line as of Feb. 8. The north and south close-up maps show overlapping front line sections. Data for the front line, control areas, Russian advances, and areas reclaimed by Ukraine is...
Jun 9, 2023 · June 9, 2023. Where Ukraine has mounted multiple attacks in broad offensive. Ukraine has launched major attacks against invading Russian forces at multiple points of the southern and...
Apr 6, 2023 · A map of the Donbas region showing areas held by Russia and Ukraine as of April 4, 2023.
