Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine
The EconomistBriefing | A hail of destruction Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine Scars of the war can be found far beyond the front lines 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 T he war in Ukraine is the most documented in history. 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 On the Ukrainian side, the numbers imply that the arrival last June of HIMARS, an American rocket system, was a turning point. To assess how much damage Russian strikes have done, Ollie Ballinger of University College London has used SAR to categorise every building in Ukraine as probably damaged or not. 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 Since the beginning of February the Russian attack on Bakhmut has only intensified.
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