How Close Is the War?

Sources and method

Last checked 8 November 2026.

The distances

Every distance is a great-circle distance, the shortest path along the Earth's surface, using a mean Earth radius of 6,371 km. Results are rounded to 10 km. Roads and flight paths would be longer.

The map is an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on you, so every distance from the centre is true. Distances between two other points on the map aren't.

Ukraine's border

We use Ukraine's internationally recognised borders, including Crimea. Country shapes come from Datamaps. They're simplified, so the border distance can be off by a few kilometres.

The front line

We draw the front line by hand from public reporting, so treat it as accurate to about 30 km. It changes, and we update it by hand. For the detailed picture, see these sources:

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