BELARUS
Klintsy
RUSSIA
Gomel
POLAND
Belograd
Controlled
by Russian-
backed
separatists
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Poltava
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
Luhansk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Zaporizhzhia
Rostov-
on-Don
Sea of
Azov
Odessa
ROMANIA
Annexed by Russia
in 2014
CRIMEA
100 miles
Black Sea
BELARUS
Klintsy
RUSSIA
Gomel
Separatist-
controlled
area
Belograd
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
Poltava
UKRAINE
Luhansk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Zaporizhzhia
Rostov-
on-Don
Crimea:
Annexed by
Russia in 2014
Odessa
ROMANIA
Black
Sea
100 miles
BELARUS
RUSSIA
Klintsy
Gomel
Belograd
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
Poltava
UKRAINE
Luhansk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Zaporizhzhia
Rostov-
on-Don
Odessa
Separatist-
or Russian-
controlled areas
ROMANIA
Black
Sea
100 miles
BELARUS
RUSSIA
Klintsy
Gomel
Belograd
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
Kharkiv
UKRAINE
Poltava
Dnipro
Luhansk
Donetsk
Zaporizhuzhia
Rostov-
on-Don
Odessa
ROMANIA
Separatist
or Russian-
controlled
areas
Black
Sea
100 miles
BELARUS
RUSSIA
Two routes to surround the capital Kyiv
Klintsy
Six routes to take over the eastern flank and 50 percent of Ukraine’s military
Gomel
POLAND
Belograd
Controlled
by Russian-
backed
separatists
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Poltava
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
Luhansk
Dnipro
Donetsk
Zaporizhzhia
Rostov-
on-Don
A route to create a land bridge to Moldova and control much of the Black Sea coast
Sea of
Azov
Odessa
Annexed by Russia
in 2014
CRIMEA
ROMANIA
100 miles
Black Sea