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UKRAINE IN MAPS: TRACKING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA

Published
9 March

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By The Visual Journalism Team
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Russia has targeted cities across Ukraine in a new wave of missile strikes.

Here are the latest developments:

 * Cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odesa have been hit by Russian
   missiles
 * Power at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was lost for several hours
 * Heavy fighting continues around Bakhmut in the east of the country
 * Front lines in the south around Kherson are largely stable




MISSILE STRIKES ACROSS UKRAINE

On Thursday, Russian missiles struck targets in cities across Ukraine, killing
at least nine people.

Buildings and infrastructure were hit in Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv, with power
blackouts in several areas.

Ukraine said Russia had fired 81 missiles, the largest number in a single wave
for several weeks.



Five people were killed in Lviv, while other targets included Dnipro, Kherson
and Zhytomyr.

Russia said Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were launched in the attacks.

A strike at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station cut the plant off from the
Ukrainian power system for several hours, according to the nuclear energy
operator Euratom.

For the sixth time since it was taken over by Russia a year ago, the facility
operated on diesel generators, which have enough supplies to last at least 10
days.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has issued an urgent warning
about safety at the plant. "How can this be allowed to happen... One day our
luck will run out," said Rafael Grossi.


FIGHTING RAGES AROUND BAKHMUT IN THE EAST

Ukrainian forces are holding on in the eastern city of Bakhmut, under intense
pressure from regular Russian troops and Wagner group mercenaries fighting on
the Russian side.



On Wednesday, the Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said that his forces had
captured all of eastern Bakhmut.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that the claim was "consistent
with available visual evidence".

 * Why Bakmut matters for Russia and Ukraine
 * Has Putin's war failed?

Many military analysts say the city is of limited strategic significance.
"Russian forces remain unlikely to rapidly exploit a breakthrough beyond Bakhmut
if Russian forces capture the city," says the ISW.

The UK Ministry of Defence noted in December that capturing the city "would
potentially allow Russia to threaten the larger urban areas of Kramatorsk and
Slovyansk".

Western officials estimate between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been
killed or injured so far in and around Bakhmut.

The fighting is part of a Russian spring offensive, which many analysts say is
now under way.

Michael Kofman, of the US-based Center for Naval Analysis, says that, so far,
Russia's gains have been "underwhelming".

But, he adds, Ukraine may struggle to find weaknesses in Russia's defences to
mount a counter-attack, as Russian troop positions have been heavily reinforced.


FRONT LINES IN THE SOUTH STABLE

In the south of the country, artillery strikes continue around Kherson.

Russian troops withdrew to the left bank, or eastern side, of the Dnipro River
in November.

Strikes by Ukrainian forces equipped with US-supplied Himars multiple rocket
launchers had made Russian positions unsustainable.



On Wednesday, Ukraine said its forces had destroyed a Russian ammunition depot
to the west of Kherson.

But many analysts assess that the front lines around the city are unlikely to
change in the short term as Russia has built strong defences for its troops and
equipment in the area.


MORE THAN A YEAR OF FIGHTING

Russia's invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over
Ukraine before dawn on 24 February 2022.



Russian ground troops moved in quickly and within a few weeks were in control of
large areas of Ukraine.

They had advanced to the suburbs of Kyiv, and controlled much of the north-east
of the country around Sumy.

Russian forces were bombarding Kharkiv, and they had taken territory in the east
and south as far as Kherson, and surrounded the port city of Mariupol.

But, they hit very strong Ukrainian resistance almost everywhere and faced
serious logistical problems with poorly motivated Russian troops suffering
shortages of food, water and ammunition.

Ukrainian forces were also quick to deploy Western supplied arms such as the
Nlaw anti-tank system, which proved highly effective against the Russian
advance.

More Western arms followed and by October the picture had changed dramatically -
having failed to take Kyiv, Russia had withdrawn completely from the north.

Ukraine had its first major success, pushing Russia back from Kharkiv, and
counter-attacking around Kherson.

One year since the invasion, Ukraine is in control of Kherson and largely
containing, for now, the Russian advance in the east.

By David Brown, Bella Hurrell, Dominic Bailey, Mike Hills, Lucy Rodgers, Paul
Sargeant, Alison Trowsdale, Tural Ahmedzade, Mark Bryson, Zoe Bartholomew, Sean
Willmott, Sana Dionysiou, Joy Roxas, Gerry Fletcher, Jana Tauschinsk, Debie
Loizou, Simon Martin and Prina Shah.




ABOUT THESE MAPS

To indicate which parts of Ukraine are under control by Russian troops we are
using daily assessments published by the Institute for the Study of War with the
American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project.

To show key areas where advances are taking place we are also using daily
updates from the UK Ministry of Defence and BBC research.

The situation in Ukraine is fast moving and it is likely there will be times
when there have been changes not reflected in the maps.


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