Maps: Tracking the Conflict Between Ukraine and Russia

Feb. 19, 2022

Shelling intensifies in Eastern Ukraine

Over the past several days, artillery barrages continued to target areas in east Ukraine. Shelling targeted the region around the town of Svitlodarsk — an area that includes key infrastructure such as a drinking water supply network and one of Europe’s largest fertilizer factories.

Russian military positions

Baranovichi

Asipovichy

Russia-Belarus

mock battle

Vesyolaya Lopan

Kremenchuk

Svitlodarsk

Artillery fire

Kryvyi Rih

Persianovskiy

Rostov-on-Don

SEA OF

AZOV

Novoozerne

Baranovichi

Russia-Belarus

mock battle

Svitlodarsk

Artillery fire

Kryvyi Rih

Rostov-on-Don

SEA OF

AZOV

Sevastopol

Baranovichi

Russia-Belarus

mock battle

Svitlodarsk

Artillery

fire

SEA OF

AZOV

Sevastopol

Source: Russian positions from Rochan Consulting as of Feb. 16. The New York Times

And at a military training ground in Baranovichi, Belarus, Russian and Belarusian forces conducted a mock battle in a joint exercise. The 10-day joint military exercises are scheduled to end on Sunday.

Eleanor Lutz and Jugal K. Patel

Feb. 19, 2022

Where Russia’s military is positioned around Ukraine

Russia strengthened its military presence around Ukraine in January and February, with new deployments of troops and military equipment in multiple locations, including Crimea, Belarus and near Eastern Ukraine, furthering fears of an imminent invasion.

Russian military positions as of Feb. 16

Asipovichy

Baranovichi

Vesyolaya Lopan

Kremenchuk

Kryvyi Rih

SEA OF

AZOV

Novoozerne

Sevastopol

Baranovichi

Kremenchuk

Kryvyi Rih

SEA OF

AZOV

Novoozerne

Sevastopol

Kryvyi Rih

SEA OF

AZOV

Sevastopol

Source: Russian positions from Rochan Consulting The New York Times

Troops, tanks and heavy artillery have moved into positions that threaten to widen the conflict in Ukraine’s east and potentially open a new front on Ukraine’s northern border, closer to its capital, Kyiv. It provides a snapshot of current Russian positions. It is based on information obtained by Ukrainian and Western officials as well as independent military analysts and satellite imagery.

Eleanor Lutz, Jugal K. Patel and Scott Reinhard

Feb. 15, 2022

Europe’s reliance on Russian gas could be reshaped

Europe relies on Russia’s natural gas to help heat millions of homes, generate electricity and power factories. With Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s border, the continent’s heavy dependence on Russia is limiting its diplomatic options and threatening to throw its energy supplies into turmoil.

Imports of gas from Russia to E.U. countries

Share of country’s natural gas imports from Russia, 2020

Gas exports

Netherlands

Czech

Rep.

Arrow width proportional

to country’s total gas imports

from Russia.

Gas exports

Netherlands

Czech

Rep.

Arrow width proportional to

country’s total gas imports

from Russia.

Gas imports

from Russia

Arrow width proportional to country’s

total gas imports from Russia

Source: EuroStat and the British Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Note: Austria did not report the source of its natural gas imports in 2020. Data includes both piped and liquefied natural gas.

If the flow of gas is interrupted, either as collateral damage from warfare or as a negotiating tactic by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, experts worry that already high prices in a constantly shifting global market could skyrocket. Businesses may be forced to close temporarily, and if cutoffs persist, households already facing higher utility bills this winter could feel even more pain.

See our full story on Europe’s reliance on Russian gas.

Josh Holder, Karl Russell and Stanley Reed

Notes on disputed areas shown on the maps

Crimea was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014. The action was widely condemned under international law, and the territory remains disputed.

Eastern Ukraine has been in conflict since 2014 with fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists. The dotted line in the eastern region of Ukraine shows the approximate dividing line between the two sides.

Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region, lies on the eastern edge of Moldova.