Map of Russian troops positions shows Ukraine nearly surrounded

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February 17, 2022 at 5:39 p.m. EST

Sites where Russian forces are concentrated

Moscow

LITH.

Yelnya

Minsk

RUSSIA

BELARUS

POLAND

Voronezh

Kyiv

Lviv

Separatist-

controlled

area

UKRAINE

Dnieper-

Odessa

ROMANIA

CRIMEA

Black

Sea

Annexed by

Russia in 2014

200 MILES

Note: Data as of Feb. 16

Source: Rochan Consulting

Sites where Russian forces are concentrated

Moscow

LITH.

Yelnya

Minsk

RUSSIA

BELARUS

POLAND

Voronezh

Kyiv

Lviv

Separatist-

controlled

area

SLVK.

UKRAINE

HUNG.

Dnieper-

Odessa

Sea of

Azov

ROMANIA

CRIMEA

Black

Sea

Annexed by

Russia in 2014

200 MILES

Note: Data as of Feb. 16

Source: Rochan Consulting

Sites where Russian forces are concentrated

Moscow

Baltic

Sea

LITHUANIA

RUSSIA

Yelnya

Minsk

RUSSIA

BELARUS

Klintsy

POLAND

Voronezh

Kyiv

Lviv

Kharkiv

UKRAINE

Separatist-

controlled

area

SLOVAKIA

Dnieper

Luhansk

HUNGARY

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Rostov

Odessa

Sea of

Azov

ROMANIA

Krasnodar

CRIMEA

Annexed by

Russia in 2014

SERBIA

Black Sea

BULGARIA

200 MILES

Note: Data as of Feb. 16

Source: Rochan Consulting

Sites where Russian forces are concentrated

Moscow

Baltic

Sea

LITHUANIA

RUSSIA

Yelnya

Minsk

RUSSIA

BELARUS

Klintsy

Voronezh

POLAND

Kyiv

Lviv

Kharkiv

UKRAINE

SLOVAKIA

Separatist-

controlled

area

Dnieper

Luhansk

HUNGARY

Donetsk

Zaporizhzhia

Rostov

Odessa

Sea of

Azov

ROMANIA

Krasnodar

CRIMEA

Annexed by

Russia in 2014

SERBIA

Black Sea

BULGARIA

200 MILES

Note: Data as of Feb. 16

Source: Rochan Consulting

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Update: Russian forces had virtually surrounded Ukraine in mid-February, according to data from Rochan Consulting. Tracking Russian troop movements became more difficult using satellite images, so this page is no longer being updated.

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