Ukraine War Maps Show Russian Advances in 10 Frontline Locations

Russian forces have advanced along the front line near settlements in three regions, according to a Ukrainian open-source project, as maps show the latest state of play in the war.

Moscow's forces have been gaining momentum in Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion in recent weeks, launching a push on May 10 in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region bordering Russia, helped in part by Ukrainian ammunition and equipment shortages.

While Ukraine's General Staff described the situation at the front on Sunday as "tense, but under control" Telegram channel Deep State noted Russian advances toward a total of 10 villages, two in Kharkiv Oblast and others in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Its live map showed the extent of the push toward Robotyne and Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region as well as six villages in the Donetsk region.

The Institute for the Study of War's latest maps also show the extent of Russia's latest push. One graphic by the Washington, D.C., think tank in its update on Sunday marked how Russian forces had advanced in central and northern Vovchansk, in Kharkiv region just over the Russian border.

Kharkiv's deputy governor Roman Semenukha told Ukrainian television on Monday that despite Russian assaults, Kyiv's forces still control about 60 percent of the town.

The ISW also said that Russian forces had advanced west and southwest of Donetsk City. Further south in Zaporizhzhia, offensive operations were continuing to clear Ukrainian forces from Robotyne.

It comes as Ukraine awaits further military supplies from the West and amid anticipation over whether a $61 billion U.S. package passed by Congress can turn the tide in favor of Kyiv's forces, which have in recent months have had to conserve artillery and other resources on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, a new mobilization law came into force on May 18 that Ukrainian lawmakers hope will replenish dwindling troop numbers in an attempt to stave off Russian forces, which have seized around 800 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory so far this year, compared with the 600 square kilometers gained in the whole of 2023.

"The stark military discrepancies between Ukraine and Russia are glaring," Leon Hartwell, senior associate at the London School of Economics think tank LSE IDEAS, told Newsweek. "Traditionally, a three-to-one superiority is deemed necessary for successful offensive maneuvers, a threshold Ukraine currently lacks."

"Since last year, Ukraine has been outmatched by Russia by a factor of five-to-one in terms of artillery and seven-to-one in terms of drones," Hartwell said. "The present circumstances may even be more unfavorable. Consequently, Ukraine finds itself predominantly on the defensive, but with weakened defensive capabilities."

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