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=== First phase: Major Ukrainian Counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast (6–12 September 2022) ===
=== First phase: Major Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast (6–12 September 2022) ===


==== Initial advance ====
==== Initial advance ====

Revision as of 15:11, 28 September 2022

2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive
Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Northeastern Ukraine offensive and the Eastern Ukraine offensive

Map of the counteroffensive
Date6 September 2022 – present
(2 years and 2 months)
Location
Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Result

Ongoing

First phase: 6–12 September 2022
(Ukrainian victory)[1][2][3]

Second phase: 13 September 2022 – present

  • Ukraine establishes 5 bridgeheads on the left (eastern) bank of the Oskil river[9]
  • Russia announces partial mobilisation on 21 September[10]
Belligerents
 Ukraine

 Russia

 Donetsk PR
 Luhansk PR
Commanders and leaders
Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi[11] Russia Roman Berdnikov[12]
Russia Aleksandr Lapin (from c. 11 September)[13]
Russia Artem Helemendik (POW per Ukrainian claim)[14]
Russia Unidentified high-ranking officer (POW)[15][16]
Units involved
See order of battle See order of battle
Strength

Russian claim:

8 times larger than the strength of Russian troops[17]		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive is an ongoing offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian-occupied territory of Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast, which was launched on 6 September 2022.[18] Following the launch of the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive in Kherson in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in the northeast of the country.[19]

By 9 September, the counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast led to a breakthrough.[20] By 10 September, the Institute for the Study of War said that Ukrainian forces had captured approximately 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi) in the Kharkiv region by effectively exploiting the breakthrough,[21] and Reuters reported that Russian forces had been forced to withdraw from their base at Izium after being cut off by the capture of the key railway hub Kupiansk.[22] On 13 September, Ukrainian forces established a bridgehead over the Oskil River near Borova.[23] On 17 September, Ukrainian forces claimed they had breached the Russian front line along the Oskil River and advanced to the left bank,[24] and by 24–25 September, they established at least 5 such bridgeheads on the east side of Oskil River.[9]

Background

Main articles: Battle of Kharkiv (2022), Battle of Izium (2022), and Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast

Russian offensives in the first months of its invasion of Ukraine left large swathes of the Kharkiv Oblast under Russian control, including the key logistical hubs of Izium and Kupiansk.[25][26] The majority of Kharkiv Oblast remained within Ukrainian control, however, including the city of Kharkiv, which was subjected to continuous Russian rocket, artillery, and cluster munition bombardment that persisted into August.[27]

Ukrainian forces held off Russian advances towards Kharkiv,[28] then launched counteroffensives in March and May pushing the Russians from the outskirts of the city.[29][30] By 6 June, the indiscriminate Russian bombardment of Kharkiv resulted in 606 civilian deaths and 1,248 civilian injuries according to Amnesty International.[31]

The battle lines in the greater Kharkiv Oblast remained largely static over the next few months as Ukrainian and Western military analysts believed Russia lacked the ground forces to launch a renewed offensive. The Kharkiv death toll exceeded 1,000 by August.[32]

Counteroffensive

Prelude

After weeks of Ukrainian propaganda about a counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, Russia redeployed thousands of its troops, including elite units such as the 1st Guards Tank Army, to Kherson Oblast, leaving its Kharkiv forces significantly weakened and vulnerable to attack.[20][33][34][35] On 29 August, Ukraine announced that the Kherson offensive in southern Ukraine was imminent. Some Western media and analysts view the Kherson offensive as genuine, but also part of the largest disinformation campaign yet in the war, designed to divert Russia's forces away from Kharkiv.[36][37][13] A referendum to include Russian-occupied areas into Russia was scheduled for November, but on 5 September 2022 (the day before the Kharkiv counteroffensive), it was postponed due to security concerns.[35]

Order of battle

Ukraine

Armed Forces of Ukraine

Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine[43]

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Security Service

Ukrainian partisans[48]

Russia

Russian Armed Forces

National Guard of Russia

DPR People's Militia

LPR People's Militia

First phase: Major Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast (6–12 September 2022)

Initial advance

On 6 September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region,[54] taking Russian forces by surprise.[19][55][56] In a 10 September interview with the Guardian, Ukrainian special forces spokesman Taras Berezovets stated Russia "thought [the counteroffensive] would be in the south… then, instead of the south, the offensive happened where they least expected, and this caused them to panic and flee."[37]

Ukrainian troops advanced at least 20 kilometres (12 mi) into Russian-held territory and recaptured some 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) of territory during the first two days.[57]

By 9 September, Ukraine had broken through Russian lines, with the Ukrainian military saying that it had advanced nearly 50 kilometres (31 mi) and recaptured over 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) of territory.[58] This advance placed them approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Izium,[59] the main Russian logistics base in the region,[19] a rate of advancement largely unseen since Russia withdrew from Kyiv at the start of the war.[20] The fall of Izium on 10 September was described by The Washington Post as a "stunning rout";[60] the Institute for the Study of War assessed that Ukrainian forces had captured approximately 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi) in the breakthrough.[21]

One military expert said that it was the first time since World War II that whole Russian units had been lost in a single battle,[26] leading to comparisons to another historical battle fought at Izium: the 1942 Soviet defeat in the Second Battle of Kharkov, which resulted in over 200,000 Soviet deaths.[61]

Breakthrough

The Ukrainian flag raised in Balakliia, 8 September
Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine soldiers near the entrance sign to Shevchenkove, repainted from Russian flag colors back to Ukrainian ones

On 6 September, having concentrated their forces north of Balakliia, Ukrainian troops launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, which drove Russian forces back to the left bank of the Donets and Serednya Balakliika rivers. On the same day, Ukrainian forces captured Verbivka [uk], less than 3 km northwest of Balakliia. Several Russian sources reported that Russian forces demolished unspecified bridges on the eastern outskirts of Balakliia to prevent further Ukrainian advances.[33]

Ukrainian troops then went on the offensive in the directions of Balakliia, Volokhiv Yar [uk], Shevchenkove, Kupiansk and the districts Savyntsi and Kunye, situated east of Balakliia. According to Russian sources on this line of contact Ukrainians were opposed in some areas of the line by lightly armed forces of the DPR Militia,[18] while Ukrainian sources said that the forces in this region were professional Russian soldiers, not conscripts from the Donbas.[37]

By the following day, Ukrainian forces had advanced some 20 kilometres (12 mi) into Russian-occupied territory, recapturing approximately 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi), and reaching positions northeast of Izium. Russian sources claimed this success was likely due to the relocation of Russian forces to Kherson, in response to the Ukrainian offensive there.[62]

By 8 September, Ukrainian troops had advanced 50 kilometres (31 mi) deep into Russian defensive positions north of Izium. SOBR units of Russian National Guard forces lost control of Balakliia, about 44 km northwest of Izium,[59] although Ukraine did not establish control of the city until 10 September.[63] Near the city, Ukrainian forces recaptured the largest ammunition storage base of the Central Rocket and Artillery Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[18] Ukrainian forces also regained control over more than 20 settlements.[64] On the same day, Ukrainian media reported that a high-ranking Russian officer had been captured by Ukrainian forces on the Kharkiv front. Based on footage of the man, it was speculated that he was Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi, Commander of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.[15][16]

On 9 September, the Russian-backed administration ordered the evacuation into Russia of the population from Izium, Kupiansk and Velykyi Burluk.[65] Local residents later reported that at this point Russian soldiers in the area began to flee villages, leaving behind their weaponry, before Ukrainian troops even arrived.[66] Later in the day Ukrainian forces reached Kupiansk, a vital transit hub at the junction of several of the main railway lines supplying Russian troops at the front.[67] The Institute for the Study of War said it believed Kupyansk would likely fall in the next 72 hours.[68] In response to the Ukrainian advance, Russian reserve units were sent as reinforcements to both Kupiansk and Izium.[69]

On 10 September, Kupiansk and Izium were retaken by Ukrainian forces and Ukrainian forces were reportedly advancing towards Lyman.[70][71] An advisor to the head of Kharkiv regional council, Natalia Popova, posted photos on Facebook of soldiers holding a Ukrainian flag outside Kupiansk city hall.[72] Ukrainian security officials and police moved into the recaptured settlements to check the identities of those who stayed under Russian occupation.[73] Later that day, Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai claimed that Ukrainian soldiers had advanced into the outskirts of Lysychansk, while Ukrainian partisans had reportedly managed to capture parts of Kreminna. Haidai stated Russian forces had fled the city, leaving Kreminna "practically empty".[74][75]

The New York Times said "the fall of the strategically important city of Izium, in Ukraine's east, is the most devastating blow to Russia since its humiliating retreat from Kyiv.”[76] The Russian Ministry of Defence spokesperson Igor Konashenkov responded to these developments by claiming that Russian forces in the Balakliia and Izium area would "regroup" in the Donetsk area "in order to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation to liberate Donbas". Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said that "The Russian army in these days is demonstrating the best that it can do — showing its back. And, of course, it's a good decision for them to run."[55] He claimed that Ukraine has recaptured 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) since the start of the counteroffensive.[77]

On 11 September, Newsweek reported that Ukrainian forces had "penetrated Russian lines to a depth of up to 70 kilometers in some places and retaken more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory since September 6".[78] Reports that Russian troops had withdrawn from Kozacha Lopan and locals had raised the Ukrainian flag next to the town hall came in from objectiv.tv.[79] A map used in the briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the same day confirmed that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kozacha Lopan, as well as Vovchansk[4] and other settlements on the Ukraine-Russia border.[80] Velykyi Burluk was also retaken.[78]

Russian withdrawal from Kharkiv Oblast west of Oskil River

Ukrainian troops display buildings in liberated Izium, 17 September 2022

In the afternoon of 11 September, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the formal pullout of Russian forces from nearly all of Kharkiv Oblast. The ministry "announced that an 'operation to curtail and transfer troops' was underway."[81][82] At 20:06 that day, Ukrainian critical infrastructure sites (including Kharkiv TEC-5) were hit by Kalibr cruise missiles. The attack left Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa (partially) and Donetsk Oblasts without electricity.[83][84] Meanwhile, clashes between Ukrainian attackers and Russian defenders continued at Lyman. Ukrainian forces were also reported to possibly have taken Bilohorivka.[13][needs update]

On 12 September, according to the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Forces ousted Russian troops from more than 20 settlements: in particular, the Russians left the villages of Velykyi Burluk and Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast.[85] The Russian head of the Kharkiv occupation authority, Vitaly Ganchev, told Russian TV (Rossiya-24) that Ukrainian forces outnumbered Russian forces by "8 times". The border with the Russian Belgorod Oblast has been closed after some 5,000 civilians were "evacuated" to Russia.[86]

The entirety of occupied Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River was retaken by Ukraine by 13 September, with state media saying its troops had entered Vovchansk.[87]

Other gains

In the morning of 11 September, Ukrainian Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, claimed that Russian forces had mostly left Starobilsk. In the same message, he stated Russian occupational authorities were also leaving cities annexed by Russia in 2014.[75][88][89]

On 12 September, Ukrainian forces liberated Sviatohirsk, which Russian forces captured in June 2022, and inched closer to the administrative border between Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts as well as Lyman, a strategic railway town in Donetsk Oblast captured by Russian forces in late May 2022 after a fierce battle.[90]

Reports of the Russian military moving out of areas they formerly controlled in Luhansk Oblast began on 12 September alongside a withdrawal from the city of Svatove.[85]

On 12 September, President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces have retaken a total of 6,000 km2 from Russia, in both the south and the east.[91] On 13 September, during his nightly address, he said they have recaptured 8,000 km2 of territory from Russia.[92]

According to Oryx, Russia has lost at least 338 pieces of military hardware, from fighter jets to tanks to trucks, that have been destroyed, damaged or captured.[93]

Second phase: Crossing to the left bank of the Oskil river, Ukrainian advances in the Donbas (since 13 September 2022)

Evacuation of a building bombarded by the Ukrainian army in Perevalsk (occupied by the forces of the Luhansk People's Republic)

Despite Russia's intent to keep the front line along Oskil River, Ukrainian forces already crossed the river as early as 13 September at multiple locations. Around 13 September, Ukrainian forces crossed the river near Borova and established a bridgehead.[94] By 24–25 September, Ukraine established at least 5 bridgeheads on the left bank of Oskil River.[9]

On 15 September, some Russian sources claimed Ukrainian forces set up artillery positions at Hryanykivka, across from Dvorichna on the east side of Oskil River. On the same day, Ukrainian forces recaptured Sosnove in Donetsk Oblast, and forced Russian forces to withdraw from Studenok, a village in Kharkiv Oblast and southeast to Izium, to avoid encirclement.[95]

On 16 September, Ukrainian forces captured Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, on the east side of Oskil River and across from Kupiansk,[96] and the eastern portion of Kupiansk, establishing another bridgehead over the Oskil River. This further threatens Russian supply lines in northern Luhansk Oblast, imperiling Russian operations throughout the rest of Donbas.[97]

By 18 September, the Ukrainian military stated that it had crossed over to and controlled the left bank (east side) of the Oskil River.[98]

On 19 September it was confirmed that Ukrainian forces had liberated the village of Bilohorivka. This was a significant gain as the territory is part of Luhansk Oblast, meaning that Russia can no longer claim full control of the region.[99]

On 22 September it was reported that "Ukrainian forces have taken ground east of Dvorichna and are fighting in Tavilzhanka, which is reportedly still contested territory."[100] Given that Tavilzhanka is just east of another settlement, Hrianykivka, and the latter was already liberated by Ukrainian forces on September 15 when Ukraine set up artillery positions there, therefore it is "consistent with previous reporting on continued Ukrainian efforts to penetrate the current Russian defensive lines that run along the Oskil River and push eastward."

On 23 September Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the village of Yatskivka in Donetsk region according to Oleksii Hromov, deputy head of operations directorate of the general staff of UAF.[101]

On 24 September, Ukrainian forces liberated Horobivka, which is east to Hrianykivka and also on the east side of Oskil River. Also, Ukrainian forces liberated Petropavlivka, 7 km east of Kupyansk, and not far away from Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, also on the east side of Oskil River. Since another two settlements, Kucherivka and Podoly, are sandwiched between Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi and Petropavlivka, it is therefore very likely that Ukrainian forces have liberated at least one of them before 24 September.[102]

On 25 September, Ukrainian forces likely control Maliivka, a settlement north of Kharkiv-Donetsk border and east to Pisky-Radkivski, amid its ongoing Second Battle of Lyman.[103] By 26 September, much of Kupyansk District had been retaken by Ukraine.[41]

On 28 September, Ukrainian forces entered the town of Novoselivka with geolocated video on social media showing troops raising the Ukrainian flag there. The town is in the Donetsk region, approximately 12Km northwest of Lyman.[104]

Reactions

Inside Russia

Russian tanks abandoned by the Russian army in the retreat from Izium.
CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov calls for mobilization at the first meeting of the State Duma after the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive

The near-complete silence of the Russian authorities on the defeat – or any explanation for the developments there – generated considerable anger among some pro-war commentators and Russian nationalists on social media. On 11 September, some called for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure final victory in the war,[105] with a number of pro-war bloggers calling for mobilization inside Russia.[106]

While Ukraine was conducting its counteroffensive, Vladimir Putin opened a Ferris wheel in Moscow's VDNKh and celebrated Moscow City Day.[107] War bloggers criticized him for continuing the celebrations.[108]

On the evening of 10 September, a festive fireworks display took place in Moscow, which was previously called for to be canceled by many pro-war politicians inside Russia, like Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia — For Truth.[109][110]

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov questioned Russian leadership of the war, writing on Telegram:[111] "They have made mistakes and I think they will draw the necessary conclusions. If they don't make changes in the strategy of conducting the special military operation in the next day or two, I will be forced to contact the leadership of the Defense Ministry and the leadership of the country to explain the real situation on the ground."[112]

On 12 September, Meduza reported that, per two sources close to the Kremlin, the proposed referendums for the annexation of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics had been postponed indefinitely, following earlier postponement from 11 September to 4 November.[113]

On the same day, Mikhail Sheremet, a State Duma deputy from United Russia, advocated "full mobilization".[114] On 13 September, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov spoke for the maximum mobilization of forces and resources,[115] but later the Press Secretary of the CPRF Alexander Yushchenko said that Zyuganov called for the mobilization of the economy and resources, and not the population, and recommended to "execute some groups that engage in outright provocations".[116]

Subsequent Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure[117] were interpreted as an attempt to at least partially satisfy demands of radical war supporters in Russia who called for further escalation of Russian tactics.[118][119]

On 20 September, the State Duma introduced amendments to the Penal Code, introducing terms "mobilization", "martial law" and inserting Articles "Marauding" and "Surrendering voluntarily".[120] On 20 September, pro-Kremlin administrations in different Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine announced there would be "referendums" on merging these territories with Russia.[121] Analysts consider that one of the aims of such a formal annexation of the territories is to give Putin a pretext of "defending Russian territory" if he needs to order a mobilization of Russia's conscripts.[122]

Worldwide

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that the rapid pace of the Ukrainian counteroffensive was disrupting the long-held Russian army lines of land communication used to support the Russian army in the northern part of the Luhansk region. According to ISW, this would lead to a serious hindrance to Russia's operations.[123] As of 11 September, ISW noted that Western weapons were necessary for the success of Ukraine, but not enough, and skillful planning and execution of the campaign played a decisive role in the lightning success. ISW contended that long preparations and the announcement of a counter-offensive in the Kherson region had confused the Russians, leading to a diversion of the Russian army's attention away from the Kharkiv region, where the Ukrainian army subsequently struck.[13]

On 10 September, representatives of the British Ministry of Defence suggested that the Russian army practically had not defended most of the territories recaptured by Ukraine.[124]

Reuters and the BBC called the loss of Izium, which the Russian army had been trying to occupy for over a month at the start of the invasion, a "great humiliation" for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's worst defeat since the retreat from Kyiv in March.[124][125] According to ISW, the liberation of Izium, occupied in early April, destroyed Russia's prospect of seizing the Donetsk Oblast.[13]

According to Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's recent counteroffensives prove that the Ukrainian military can end the war faster with more Western weapons, a statement echoed by President Zelenskyy on 12 September.[126] Ukraine's recent successes in Kharkiv Oblast are a crucial confidence boost for a Kyiv that increasingly relies on its Western allies for military aid.[124]

Aftermath

As Ukrainian forces entered the towns of Balakliia and Izium, they found numerous places where Ukrainian civilians were held prisoner, tortured and executed by Russian occupation forces.[127] Seven Sri Lankan students were also abducted and tortured by Russian forces.[128] The death toll among civilians as result of the initial Russian siege and subsequent occupation was initially estimated at 1,000 residents. After the expulsion of Russian forces, witnesses described residents being detained, abducted, tortured and executed by Russians during the occupation; a number of burial sites were found.[129]

Exhumation of the bodies from mass graves buried in Pishanske cemetery started on 15 September, most of them were described as civilians.[130] Some bodies of civilians and soldiers had traces of torture, hands tied and rope around their necks, suggesting they were not killed in battle or bombing, but executed as prisoners.[131] Russian diplomats dismissed the claims as "provocation"[132] but satellite images published by Maxar confirmed presence of the graves before the Ukrainian counteroffensive.[133][134]

According to unconfirmed reports, Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic resigned and fled the region on 10 September after the Ukrainian counteroffensive.[135] Subsequently, Pushilin called the rumors about his resignation "complete nonsense".[136]

On 15 September President Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Izium and decorated soldiers who had participated in the operation. In his daily address he named units that had participated: the 14th and 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigades, 25th Separate Airborne Brigade, 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, 107th MLRS Brigade, the 40th, 43rd, 44th Separate Artillery Brigades, 26th Artillery Brigade, 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade, and Main Intelligence Directorate.[137]

The counteroffensives in Kherson and Kharkiv had the effect of disrupting and advancing the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine from November to late September.[35]

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