President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukrainians to “expect good news” from the region, and another top official recently said he expects to retake the city by the end of the year.Ukrainian-reclaimed territory through counteroffensives Russian-held areas BELARUS RUSSIA Four illegally annexed regions where Putin declared martial law Chernihiv Sumy POLAND Kharkiv Kyiv Lviv LUHANSK UKRAINE Dnipro DONETSK Kherson ZAPORIZH.Mykolaiv Donbas KHERSON Sea of Azov Area held by Russia-backed separatists since 2014 ROMANIA Odessa Kerch CRIMEA Annexed by Russia in 2014 Black Sea Sevastopol Control areas as of Nov. 1 100 MILES Sources: Institute for the Study of War, AEI’s Critical Threats Project, Post reporting Ukrainian-reclaimed territory through counteroffensives Russian-held areas RUSSIA BELARUS Four illegally annexed regions where Putin declared martial law Chernihiv POL.Kharkiv Kyiv Lviv Dnipro Kherson ROMANIA Odessa CRIMEA Donbas Annexed by Russia in 2014 Area held by Russia-backed separatists since 2014 Black Sea 200 MILES Control areas as of Nov. 1 Sources: Institute for the Study of War, AEI’s Critical Threats Project, Post reporting BELARUS RUSSIA Four illegally annexed regions where Putin declared martial law Chernihiv Sumy POLAND Kyiv Kharkiv Zhytomyr LUHANSK Lviv Poltava Izyum Cherkasy UKRAINE Slovyansk Luhansk Dnipro DONETSK Uman Kirovohrad Donetsk Zaporizhzhia Kryvyi Rih Kherson ZAPORIZHZHIA Mariupol Donbas Melitopol Mykolaiv Separatist- controlled area since 2014 Berdyansk ROMANIA KHERSON Sea of Azov Odessa Ukrainian-reclaimed territory through counteroffensives Kerch CRIMEA RUSSIA Annexed by Russia in 2014 Russian-held areas Black Sea Sevastopol Control areas as of Nov. 1 100 MILES Sources: Institute for the Study of War, AEI’s Critical Threats Project, Post reporting Ukrainian-reclaimed territory through counteroffensives Russian-held areas Four illegally annexed regions where Putin declared martial law RUSSIA BELARUS Chernihiv POL.Ukrainian-reclaimed territory through counteroffensives Russian-held areas LUHANSK Dnipro Kirovohrad DONETSK UKRAINE Donetsk Nuclear power plant at Enerhodar Zaporizhzhia RUSSIA Nikopol Vasylivka ZAPORIZHZHIA Mariupol Melitopol Mykolaiv Berdyansk KHERSON Russia currently controls this road that creates a “land bridge” to Crimea."