It has taken a year for Russia's troops to advance about 40km (25 miles) west - Ukraine was forced to withdraw ... been changes not reflected in the maps.

Russian forces have advanced along the front line in Ukraine, battlefield maps published by a U.S. think ... Russian forces recently made some gains west of Donetsk city amid continued fighting ...

A map of the results of the 2010 presidential ... comfortable in the Russian orbit. And West Ukraine, with its capital at Kiev, and its westward-looking worldview reinforced by the former Austro ...

(This area can be seen outlined in black on the map above) Following Russia's full-scale ... "Russia will be able to do so if the West reduces or cuts off aid. Ukraine may be able to do so if Western ...

Ukraine as a state may disappear from the map "as a result of unfolding events ... and fell under direct control of the collective West as well as began to believe that NATO would guarantee ...