In their recent offenses, Ukrainian forces have liberated the cities of Izium and Kherson. [1]

Which city with a pre-war population of at least 40,000 people will Ukraine liberate next?

The market closes at the end of 2023, if Ukraine has not liberated any additional cities by that time.

For a city to be 'liberated' for this market, it has to be both shown as Ukrainian controlled on Wikipedia's map [2] and as Claimed Ukrainian Counteroffensives on the Institute for the Study of War's map [3] for at least 7 days.

Cities which are currently controlled by Ukraine can be included, if they are first captured by Russia and then liberated. For a city to be considered captured by Russia, it has to be both shown as Russian controlled on Wikipedia's map [2] and as Assessed Russian Advance on the Institute for the Study of War's map [3] for at least 7 days.

If either of these maps stops being updated, I will look for an alternative way to resolve this question. If two cities are liberated on the same day, I will try to determine which city had the Ukrainian flag raised over its townhall first.

[1] Kherson has not finished being liberated according to these criteria, but 'next' means 'after Kherson'. I will not resolve this market to Kherson unless Russia recaptures Kherson, and then Ukraine reliberates it.
[2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg

[3] https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375

Close date updated to 2023-12-31 3:59 pm