Russia invades Ukraine
By Friday, Russian forces had captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and Snake Island, a speck of land south of the port of Odessa. Residents in Kyiv were told to make Molotov cocktails in preparation of a Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital.
BELARUS
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
captured by Russia
Glukhov
RUSSIA
POLAND
Chernihiv
Mlachivka border crossing
Battle for Gostomel
Airfield continues
Refugees flee to
Poland
Sumy
Brovary
Vilcha border
Kyiv city
Boryspil
Zhytomyr
Ozerne
Kharkiv
Chuhuiv
KYIV
Lviv
Luhansk
UKRAINE
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kramatorsk
Uman
Dnipro
Previous
contact line
Donetsk city
MOLDOVA
Donetsk
Zaporizhzhia
Kulbakino
Area controlled by
Russian-backed
separatists
Mariupol
Odessa
Chornobayivka
Melitopol
Kherson
ROMANIA
Sea of Azov
Armiansk
Black Sea
Crimea
Snake Island captured
by Russian fleet
100 km
Estimated population density 2020
High
Low
Note: The Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014, but the region is not internationally recognised as part of Russia.
Sources: Natural Earth; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); Reuters; Ukrainian officials
Staff | Reuters, Feb. 25, 2022