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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Invasion Map, Airstrike Location and Military Movement
Ukraine crisis
Russia attacks UkraineBy SCMP GRAPHICS Published February 24, 2022 (updated Mar 3, 2022 )
What had been predicted for weeks has finally happened. Russia launched a military offensive on Ukraine, inflicting heavy strategic losses on the Ukrainian side. These graphs show the events that have occurred in the last few hours.
March 2, 2022
Russian-occupied areasRussian forces have captured the Black Sea port of Kherson in southern Ukraine, the first major city to fall after a string of setbacks for Moscow. Other Ukrainian cities were also at risk of encirclement by Russian forces in the devastating week-old war.
Reported Russian troops advance
Claimed by separatists held by Ukraine
Carpathian Mountains
Russian troops control
Russian troops advance
Antonov International Airport
Thermal Power Plant
UKRAINIANS FLEE RUSSIAN INVASIONMore than 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine, crossing the borders to neighbouring countries. The European Union estimates that up to four million people may try to leave the country. (as of Mar 3)
0100k200k300k400k500kOthersBelarusRussiaRomaniaSlovakiaMoldovaHungaryPoland88,14735747,80051,26172,20097,827139,686505,582
NLAW ‘ultimate tank killer’Ukraine’s armed forces have been supplied with NLAW anti-tank missiles developed by the UK and Sweden. They are designed to eliminate the most advanced Russian tanks at short range, and up to 800 metres, with its powerful 150mm high-explosive warhead.
NLAWs, or Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapons, feature a lightweight single-use launcher and a basic optical and firing system that’s easy to use.
NLAWs are in service in at least 10 countries, including the UK, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland.
Operator tracks target for a few seconds before firing
No lock-on signature is required as the NLAW does the rest
Armour-piercing warhead can take out tank from above
Missile is launched
Missile activation
Range:
800m for stationary targets
400m for moving targets
Weight: 12.5k
Russian flight bansRussia has closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, after EU ministers agreed to refuse entry to Russian planes including the private jets of the country's oligarchs.
Russia’s ban forces airlines to fly alternative routes between Europe and Asia. The United States said it would follow the EU and Canada in banning Russian flights from its airspace, in a move likely to trigger Russian retaliation.
Ukraine’s T-84U main battle tankThe T-84U is a Ukrainian main battle tank, a design based on the Russian T-80 tank. It has a better-built turret, explosive reactive armour and protected storage for ammunition.
Ukraine's T-84U tank
Engine power: 1,200hp
Maximum road speed: 65km/h
Range: 540km
Weight: 48 tonnes
The Russian T-80 tank
Engine power: 1,000hp
Maximum road speed: 70km/h
Range: 335km
Weight: 42 tonnes
February 25, 2022
THE TARGETSRussia’s attacks on Ukraine have been accompanied by separatists launching assaults in the eastern part of the country.
Moscow targets military facilities across the country, including airfields and anti-aircraft systems. Ukraine’s border guard service said Russian troops were shelling from across the border in Belarus, as the government in Kyiv called it a “full-scale invasion”.
Troops entered Ukraine from the Kherson Oblast border, in Crimea.
Location of attacks
Russian troop entry
Ukraine military airfields
Claimed by
separatists
held by Ukraine
Boryspil International Airport
Vinnytsia
Ukrainian Air Force
headquarters
Held by
Russian-backed
separatists
DEFENCE BUDGETS: RUSSIA VS UKRAINE (2020)The national balance of forces is overwhelmingly in Russia’s favour. Russian military spending in 2020 amounted to US$60.6 billion in 2020. Ukraine’s was less than a 10th of that amount.
US$4.32
billion
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING RUSSIA’S STANCE ON NATO EXPANSIONAs the crisis between Ukraine and Russia deepens, many countries have already announced sanctions on Moscow following Russia’s troops massing around the border. Only a few nations have backed Putin’s stance against further Nato expansion.
Support Russia
Support Ukraine
Czech Republic
South
Korea
*China opposes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
February 24, 2022
AIR TRAFFIC SHUTDOWNHours before the attack began, the Ukrainian air authority closed its airspace.
2AM UTC, FEB 24
3AM UTC, FEB 24
3:15AM UTC, FEB 24
Creative Director Adolfo Arranz
Graphics by Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo Duhalde, Han Huang, Kaliz Lee, Brian Wang and Dennis Wong
Edited by Andrew London
Sources: Mapcreator; The International Institute for Strategic Studies; flightradar24; Washington Post; BBC; Barron's; Reuters; Nato Review; AP; Military-Today; Institute for the Study of War; Saab |
