BelARUS
People per square
km in area of fire
Fires marked as war-related
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Feb 24th-Jun 30th 2022
100
1,000
5,000
Jul 1st 2022-Feb 17th 2023
Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Other fires
Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Feb 24th 2022-Feb 17th 2023
Russian advance
towards Kyiv
Russian advance
towards Kyiv
Hostomel
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Stable eastern
front line
Stable eastern
front line
Russian drone-barrage
attack on Bila Tserkva
Russian drone-barrage
attack on Bila Tserkva
Izium
Izium
Dnieper
Lyman
Lyman
Severodonetsk
Bakhmut
Ukraine
Bakhmut
Dnipro
Controlled by
Russia before war
Controlled by
Russia before war
Donetsk
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia
Ukrainian counter-attacks
towards Kherson
Ukrainian counter-attacks
towards Kherson
Moldova
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mariupol
Kherson
ROMANIA
Russia
Odessa
Kherson
Sea of
Azov
Black
Sea
Crimea
Crimea
50 km
People per square
km in area of fire
BelARUS
Fires marked as war-related
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Feb 24th-Jun 30th 2022
100
1,000
5,000
Jul 1st 2022-Feb 17th 2023
Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Other fires
Feb 24th 2022-Feb 17th 2023
Russian advance
towards Kyiv
Hostomel
Russian advance
towards Kyiv
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Stable eastern
front line
Stable eastern
front line
Dnieper
Ukraine
Severodonetsk
Lyman
Lyman
Bakhmut
Bakhmut
Dnipro
Ukrainian counter-
attacks towards Kherson
Zaporizhia
Ukrainian counter-
attacks towards Kherson
Zaporizhia
Moldova
Controlled by
Russia before war
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mariupol
Kherson
ROMANIA
Kherson
Russia
Sea of
Azov
Crimea
Crimea
Black
Sea
100 km
War-related fires
BelARUS
Russia
Feb-Jun 2022
Jul 2022-Feb 2023
Chernihiv
Other fires
Feb 2022-Feb 2023
Hostomel
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Kyiv
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Kharkiv
Severodonetsk
Severodonetsk
Lyman
Lyman
Ukraine
Bakhmut
Bakhmut
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia
Moldova
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mariupol
Kherson
Kherson
Size=people per
square km in area
of fire
Crimea
Crimea
Black
Sea
ROMANIA
War-related fires
Other fires
Feb-Jun 2022
Feb 2022-Feb 2023
Jul 2022-Feb 2023
Maximum extent
of Russian control
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Lyman
Lyman
Ukraine
Bakhmut
Bakhmut
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia
Mariupol
Kherson
Russia
Size=people per square km in area of fire
Fires marked as war-related, by areas of control
Russia-held
Ukraine-held or contested
400
Ukraine acquires
long-range rockets
Days with
over 60%
cloud cover*
200
0
200
400
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
Change in territory controlled†, sq km, ’000
40
↑ Russia gains territory
20
0
-20
↓ Russia loses territory
-40
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
2022
2023
*Over Ukraine †According to ISW
Fires marked as war-related, by areas of control
Russia retreats from
Northern Ukraine
Ukraine acquires
long-range rockets
Ukrainian counter-offensive
begins advancing
200
Russia-held
0
Days with over
60% cloud cover*
200
Ukraine-held or
contested
400
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
Change in territory controlled†, sq km, ’000
40
↑ Russia gains territory
20
0
-20
↓ Russia loses territory
-40
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
2022
2023
*Over Ukraine †According to ISW
Fires marked as war-related, by areas of control
Russia retreats from
Northern Ukraine
Ukraine acquires
long-range rockets
Ukrainian counter-offensive
begins advancing
200
Russia-held
0
Days with over
60% cloud cover*
200
Ukraine-held or
contested
400
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
Change in territory controlled†, sq km, ’000
40
↑ Russia gains territory
20
0
-20
↓ Russia loses territory
-40
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
J
2022
2023
*Over Ukraine †According to ISW
Share of building area damaged, 2022-23, %
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Izium
Hostomel
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Bakhmut
Severodonetsk
& Lysychansk
Lyman
Mariupol
40
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Share of building area damaged, 2022-23, %
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Izium
Hostomel
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Bakhmut
Severodonetsk
& Lysychansk
Lyman
Mariupol
40
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Share of building area damaged, 2022-23, %
Kyiv
Kharkiv
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Izium
Hostomel
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Bakhmut
Severodonetsk
& Lysychansk
40
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Lyman
Mariupol
40
20
0
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
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