On Thursday I was shopping at Harris Teeter and noticed a map of Ukraine had fallen out of the June issue of National Geographic displayed in the magazine stand. At home I opened my recently arrived NG envelope and examined the full sized Ukraine map with great interest. It has no markings of Russian occupied territory, but does include a few comment paragraphs scattered across the map detailing current security concerns and older history. A segment in the lower left corner called “How Ukraine Feeds the World” details this important information. Food supply is one important reason African countries have just met with Ukraine’s government in Kyiv to discuss the road to peace.
The other side shows all of Europe/Urasia from the Atlantic to China’s border. Lines across Russia show their oil and gas flow from Siberia to the edge of Europe, the Black Sea and Turkiye. Other lines from the Arctic, Atlantic and north Africa show the flow to most of Europe. NATO and CSTO countries are colored distinctively. NATO countries according to time of accession (joining), CSTO whether Russia or other country. Two timelines for more than a millenium of Ukrainian history are outlined across the bottom of this side.
I then picked up the magazine, looking forward to read an interesting article as well. Alas, only the map was provided as a Special Bonus Map, titled: UKRAINE A Year at War, Feb. 2022—Feb. 2023. Well, maybe next month. At any rate I will get a lot of use from my new map—if I can just find my magnifiying glass. All those towns and villages are printed rather small to include so many. Hopefully most listed in this comment will be on this new map.
INFO:
At the beginning of each post is a reference to https://militaryland.net with summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 14th June 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time)
Their interactive map includes a viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for EACH Front! I have trouble with my eyes and must use his tool as well.
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-476-summary/
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Regards,