Three maps that explain Russia’s annexations and losses in Ukraine

Earlier this month, Ukrainian forces staged a stunning counteroffensive in the northern Kharkiv region, routing Russian troops from the city of Izyum. Now, they are focused on the nearby city of Lyman, in Donetsk, where the local pro-Kremlin leader, Denis Pushilin, said Russian and Russian-backed forces were “semi-encircled” by the Ukrainians.

A Ukrainian victory in Lyman, part of a key logistics route for Russia, would mark a humiliating political and military setback for Moscow.