The land fronts

10/14Ukraine claims 277 square kilometres retaken near Lyman since September; Russia claims villages in Kharkiv oblast

Lyman · 2 sources

09/15Ukraine announces a counteroffensive around Lyman in Donetsk oblast and claims recaptured ground

Lyman · revised (r3) · 2 sources

07/03Russia claims to have captured Kostiantynivka in Donetsk oblast; Ukraine says it still holds the city

Kostiantynivka · 2 sources

06/25Ukrainian troops raise the flag on the Kinburn Spit, held by Russia since 2022, as fighting continues

Kinburn Spit · 2 sources

05/18Ukrainian military intelligence says it pushed Russian troops out of Stepnohirsk south of Zaporizhzhia

Stepnohirsk · 1 source

04/13Ukrainian units pull back near Myropilske in eastern Sumy Oblast as Russian forces push in

Sumy Oblast · 1 source

04/01Russia claims full control of Luhansk Oblast; Ukraine says nothing has changed there

Luhansk Oblast · 2 sources

03/02Ukraine's Air Assault Forces say nine settlements retaken in the Oleksandrivka sector

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · 1 source

02/23Ukraine reports retaking about 400 sq km and eight settlements in the south

Zaporizhzhia oblast · revised (r3) · 3 sources

01/15Russian forces occupy Krasnohirske and advance in Huliaipole, Ukrainian monitors say

Huliaipole · 1 source

12/23Ukraine withdraws from Siversk in Donetsk region, which Russia claimed to have taken on 11 December

Siversk · revised (r2) · 2 sources

12/01Putin announces the capture of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk; Ukraine says fighting continues in both

Pokrovsk · 3 sources

11/20Russian commanders tell Putin they have captured Kupiansk, a rail hub in Kharkiv region

Kupiansk · 1 source

11/11Ukraine withdraws from villages on the Huliaipole and Oleksandrivka axes as Russian forces advance

Huliaipole district · revised (r2) · 1 source

10/31Putin claims Pokrovsk and Kupiansk are encircled; Ukraine's commander denies any encirclement

Pokrovsk · 1 source

09/12Russian troops reach Kupiansk outskirts through a gas pipeline under the Oskil river, monitors say

Kupiansk · 1 source

08/11Ukrainian monitors report a Russian push toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk road northeast of Pokrovsk

Dobropillia district · 1 source

07/31Russia claims capture of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region; Ukraine rejects the claim

Chasiv Yar · 2 sources

07/22Ukrainian monitors report Russian infiltration groups inside Pokrovsk

Pokrovsk · 1 source

06/30Russian state media claim the first capture of a village in Dnipropetrovsk oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · 1 source

06/08Russian forces advance in Sumy oblast to about 29 km from the regional capital

Sumy Oblast · 1 source

04/26Russia says it has fully retaken Kursk region and for the first time credits North Korean troops; Ukraine says fighting continues

Kursk Oblast · 4 sources

03/12Russian forces enter Sudzha; Ukraine later confirms withdrawal from the town

Sudzha · revised (r2) · 3 sources

03/09Russian forces retake villages around Ukrainian-held Sudzha in Kursk region

Sudzha district · 1 source

02/16Ukraine retakes Pishchane south-west of Pokrovsk as the Russian advance on the city slows

Pokrovsk Raion · 1 source

01/29Reports that Chasiv Yar has fallen are disputed by Ukrainian soldiers and analysts

Chasiv Yar · 2 sources

01/26Russia claims Velyka Novosilka; Ukrainian brigade says it withdrew only from parts of the town

Velyka Novosilka · 1 source

01/11Zelensky says Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk region

Kursk Oblast · 1 source

01/06Russia says its forces have taken the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk oblast

Kurakhove · 1 source

01/05Ukraine launches a new attack in the part of Russia's Kursk region it holds

Kursk Oblast · 2 sources

12/19South Korean intelligence says at least 100 North Korean soldiers killed and over 1,000 wounded in Kursk fighting

Kursk Oblast · 2 sources

11/04Ukrainian official says North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast have come under fire for the first time

Kursk Oblast · 2 sources

10/29Russia says it has captured Selydove, about 18 km from Pokrovsk

Selydove · 1 source

10/02Ukraine withdraws from Vuhledar after more than two years of fighting for the hilltop town

Vuhledar · 3 sources

10/01Ukrainian prosecutors say Russian troops shot 16 surrendering Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk

Pokrovsk Raion · 1 source

09/10Russian forces begin a counterattack on the western flank of the Ukrainian-held area in Kursk Oblast

Korenevo district · 1 source

09/09Russia claims Memryk, about 20 km from Pokrovsk, as more than half of Pokrovsk's residents have fled

Pokrovsk Raion · 1 source

08/15Zelensky says Ukrainian forces hold Sudzha; commander claims 1,150 square km of Kursk Oblast

Sudzha · 1 source

08/06Ukrainian forces cross into Russia's Kursk Oblast in the largest incursion of the war

Kursk Oblast · 2 sources

07/24Russian forces take Prohres on the Pokrovsk axis, raising a risk of encirclement for Ukrainian units

Pokrovsk Raion · 1 source

07/17Ukraine's southern command says most positions in Krynky on the Dnipro left bank are destroyed

Krynky · 2 sources

05/10Russia opens a cross-border ground offensive in northern Kharkiv region toward Vovchansk

Vovchansk · 2 sources

04/16Zelensky signs a new mobilisation law after lowering the draft age from 27 to 25

Kyiv · 2 sources

03/14Russian armed groups fighting for Ukraine claim raids into Kursk and Belgorod regions

Kursk Oblast · 1 source

02/17Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka and Russia claims control of the town

Avdiivka · revised (r2) · 1 source

02/08Zelensky replaces commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi with Oleksandr Syrskyi

Kyiv · 1 source

01/24Russian Il-76 military transport crashes in Belgorod region; Russia says 65 Ukrainian POWs were aboard

Belgorod oblast · 5 sources

01/14Ukraine says it downed a Russian A-50 radar plane and hit an Il-22 over the Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov · 1 source

12/05UK assessment says Russian forces likely control most of ruined Marinka

Marinka · 1 source

10/19Ukrainian forces cross to the Russian-held east bank of the Dnipro and enter Krynky

Kherson oblast · revised (r2) · 3 sources

10/10Russian forces launch a large assault to encircle Avdiivka

Avdiivka · 1 source

08/28Ukraine says its forces have retaken the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia oblast

Zaporizhzhia oblast · 1 source

06/24Wagner seizes military sites in Rostov-on-Don and marches toward Moscow before a Belarus-brokered halt

Rostov-on-Don · 4 sources

06/23Prigozhin accuses the defence ministry of striking Wagner camps; FSB opens armed mutiny case

Russia · 3 sources

06/11Ukraine says it has retaken Blahodatne and Makarivka in the first gains of the counteroffensive

Donetsk oblast · 2 sources

06/08Fighting in Zaporizhzhia and southern Donetsk marks the start of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive, analysts say

Zaporizhzhia oblast · 2 sources

06/05Russia says Ukraine has launched a large-scale offensive in southern Donetsk; Kyiv does not confirm

Donetsk oblast · 2 sources

05/22Armed Russian anti-Kremlin groups cross from Ukraine into Belgorod oblast; Russia says 70 attackers killed

Belgorod oblast · 2 sources

05/20Wagner and then Russia's defence ministry claim full capture of Bakhmut; Kyiv says fighting continues

Bakhmut · 4 sources

05/05Prigozhin threatens to pull Wagner out of Bakhmut by 10 May over ammunition

Bakhmut · 1 source

04/18Kremlin says Putin visited command posts in occupied Kherson and Luhansk regions

Kherson oblast · 1 source

04/03Wagner raises a flag over Bakhmut city hall and claims the city "legally" taken; Ukraine says it still holds parts

Bakhmut · 1 source

03/08Wagner claims eastern Bakhmut as defenders are pushed west of the Bakhmutka river

Bakhmut · 2 sources

03/06Ukraine chooses to reinforce Bakhmut as Wagner presses to encircle the city

Bakhmut · 2 sources

02/14Russian offensive on Vuhledar stalls with heavy armour losses, monitors report

Vuhledar · 2 sources

01/25Ukraine confirms its forces have withdrawn from Soledar

Soledar · 3 sources

01/13Russia claims capture of Soledar after Wagner claim; Ukraine says fighting continues

Soledar · 3 sources

01/11Russia puts chief of general staff Gerasimov in direct command of its forces in Ukraine

Russia · 1 source

01/01Ukrainian strike on Russian troop quarters in occupied Makiivka; Russia later puts its dead at 89

Makiivka · 2 sources

12/20Zelenskyy visits Bakhmut, then travels to Washington as the US pledges a Patriot battery

Bakhmut · 2 sources

12/11Zelenskyy says Russian forces have turned Bakhmut into burned ruins as the battle for the town grinds on

Bakhmut · 2 sources

11/28Fighting for Bakhmut intensifies as Wagner-led Russian forces make small gains south of the town

Bakhmut · revised (r2) · 2 sources

11/11Ukrainian forces enter Kherson city after the Russian withdrawal; residents celebrate

Kherson · revised (r2) · 2 sources

11/09Russia orders its forces to withdraw from Kherson city and the west bank of the Dnipro

Kherson · revised (r2) · 2 sources

10/31Russia's defence ministry says the partial mobilisation is complete and call-up notices have stopped

Russia · 1 source

10/15Gunmen kill 11 at a Russian military training ground in Belgorod oblast, Russia's defence ministry says

Belgorod oblast · 2 sources

10/01Russia withdraws from Lyman in Donetsk oblast; Ukraine declares the town cleared

Lyman · revised (r2) · 3 sources

09/21Putin orders a partial mobilisation of reservists; Shoigu says 300,000 will be called up

Russia · 3 sources

09/10Ukrainian counteroffensive retakes Balakliia, Kupiansk and Izium as Russia announces a regrouping in Kharkiv oblast

Kharkiv oblast · 3 sources

08/29Ukraine says it has begun offensive operations in the south, including Kherson oblast

Kherson oblast · 3 sources

08/25Putin orders the armed forces enlarged by 137,000 to 1.15 million service members

Russia · 2 sources

07/29Blast at Russian-run Olenivka prison kills dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war; sides blame each other

Olenivka · 3 sources

07/03Russia says it has taken Lysychansk and all of Luhansk oblast; Ukraine confirms a withdrawal

Lysychansk · revised (r2) · 3 sources

06/24Ukraine orders its forces to withdraw from Sievierodonetsk after weeks of fighting

Sievierodonetsk · 3 sources

06/01Russian forces push into central Sievierodonetsk as civilians remain trapped

Sievierodonetsk · 2 sources

05/20Russia says Azovstal defenders have surrendered, ending the siege of Mariupol

Mariupol · revised (r2) · 3 sources

05/14Russian forces pull back from around Kharkiv after Ukrainian counter-attacks

Kharkiv oblast · revised (r2) · 3 sources

04/18Russia opens a large offensive across Donbas, Ukraine says

Donbas · 2 sources

03/25Russia says the main aims of the first stage are accomplished and it will focus on Donbas

Donbas · 2 sources

03/02Russian forces enter Kherson, the first regional capital to fall

Kherson · revised (r2) · 3 sources

02/27Putin orders Russia's nuclear deterrent forces onto a special mode of combat duty

Russia · 2 sources

02/24Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south

Ukraine · 2 sources