
Russian forces advanced toward Mikolaiv in the south, and captured Izyum in the east, in addition to significant portions of Luhansk Oblast. Russian forces also maneuvered to isolate the capital Kyiv, from the east. Compare the situation with that portrayed on the map below, for 5/6 March 2022.

Blog Editor Patrick Cloutier is the author of Mussolini’s War in the East 1941-1943.
