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Military situation in Ukraine

This is a list of military engagements during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent.

Battles

February 2022

Name Oblast Start date End date Offensive Result
Battle of Avdiivka Donetsk 20 February Eastern Ukraine offensive Ongoing
Attack on Snake Island Odessa 24 February 25 February Southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[1][2]
Battle of Antonov Airport Kyiv 24 February 25 February Kyiv offensive Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[3]
Capture of Chernobyl Kyiv 24 February 24 February Kyiv offensive Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[4]
Battle of Kharkiv Kharkiv 24 February 14 May Northeastern Ukraine offensive and eastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[5]
Battle of Kherson Kherson 24 February 2 March Southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory and ongoing occupation[6]
Battle of Konotop Sumy 24 February 25 February Northeastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[7][8]
Battle of Okhtyrka Sumy 24 February 26 March Northeastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[9]
Battle of Sumy Sumy 24 February 4 April Northeastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory
Battle of Trostianets Sumy 24 February 26 March Northeastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[10]
Siege of Chernihiv Chernihiv 24 February 4 April Northeastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory
Siege of Mariupol Donetsk 24 February 20 May Eastern Ukraine offensive and southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[11]
Battle of Ivankiv Kyiv 25 February 27 February Kyiv offensive Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[12]
Battle of Kyiv Kyiv City 25 February 31 March Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[13]
Battle of Hostomel Kyiv 25 February 1 April Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[14][a]
Battle of Melitopol Zaporizhzhia 25 February 1 March Southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory and ongoing occupation[17]
Battle of Volnovakha Donetsk 25 February 12 March Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[18]
Battle of Lebedyn Sumy 26 February 4 April Northeastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[19]
Battle of Mykolaiv Mykolaiv 26 February 8 April Southern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory
Battle of Vasylkiv Kyiv 26 February 26 February Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[20]
Battle of Bucha Kyiv 27 February 31 March Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[21][b]
Battle of Irpin Kyiv 27 February 28 March Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[24][25]
Battle of Enerhodar Zaporizhzhia 28 February 4 March Southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[26]

March–June 2022

Name Oblast Start date End date Offensive Result
Battle of Voznesensk Mykolaiv 2 March 13 March Southern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[27]
Battle of Izium Kharkiv 3 March 1 April Northeastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[28][29]
Battle of Brovary Kyiv 9 March 1 April Kyiv offensive Ukrainian victory[30]
Battle of Rubizhne Luhansk 15 March 12 May Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[31]
Battle of Slavutych Kyiv 18 March 27 March Kyiv offensive Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[32][c]
Battle of Popasna Luhansk 18 March 7 May Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[34]
Battle of Dovhenke Kharkiv 11 April Eastern Ukraine offensive Ongoing
Battle of Donbas Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk 18 April Eastern Ukraine offensive Ongoing
Battle of Kreminna Luhansk 18 April 19 April Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[35]
Battle of the Siverskyi Donets Luhansk 5 May 13 May Eastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian victory[36]
Battle of Sievierodonetsk Luhansk 6 May 25 June Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[37]
Battle of Toshkivka Luhansk 10 May 21 June Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[38]
Battle of Lyman Donetsk 23 May 27 May Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[39][40][41][42]
Battle of Davydiv Brid Kherson 27 May 6 June Southern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[43]
Battle of Sviatohirsk Donetsk 30 May 8 June Eastern Ukraine offensive Russian victory[44]
Battle of Lysychansk Luhansk 25 June Eastern Ukraine offensive Ongoing

Notable airstrikes with military targets

Name Date Attacker Target
Bombing of Odessa 24 February 2022 Russia Targets in the Odessa area
Chuhuiv air base attack 24 February 2022 Russia Ukrainian air base
Millerovo air base attack 25 February 2022 Ukraine Russian air base
Chornobaivka attacks 27 February 2022 Ukraine Russian-controlled airport
Okhtyrka missile attack 28 February 2022 Russia Ukrainian military base at Okhtyrka
Vinnytsia strikes 6 March 2022 Russia Ukrainian Airbase, and Air Force command center
Yavoriv military base attack 13 March 2022 Russia Ukrainian military base
Deliatyn attack 18 March 2022 Russia Ukrainian underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition
Mykolaiv barracks attack Russia Ukrainian military barracks of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade
Berdiansk port attack 24 March 2022 Ukraine Russian naval ship
Sinking of the Moskva 13 April 2022 Ukraine Russian Slava-class cruiser Moskva
Desna barracks airstrike 17 May 2022 Russia Ukrainian military barracks

See also

Notes

  1. ^ City under Russian control from 5 March through 1 April 2022.[15][16]
  2. ^ City under Russian control from 12 March through 31 March 2022.[22][23]
  3. ^ City recaptured by Ukraine on 28 March 2022 after a Russian withdrawal[33]

References

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  3. ^ "What's the latest?". BBC News. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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  15. ^ Heavy shelling is heard west and northwest of Kyiv, as two children are reported dead
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  27. ^ Voznesensk resists Russian takeover: City occupied 3 days, now freed & preparing to defend, France 24.
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  34. ^ "Battles rage in Ukraine's Luhansk as Russia targets main city". Aljazeera. 8 May 2022. However, the Ukrainian army withdrew from Luhansk's embattled city of Popasna, Haidai said on Sunday, adding troops "moved to stronger positions, which they had prepared ahead of time"
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  42. ^ Окупанти закріплюються в Лимані та на північно-східній і південно-східній околицях Сєвєродонецька
    Operational update regarding the #russian_invasion on 06.00 on May 30, 2022
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  44. ^ Mayor of captured Ukrainian town switches sides