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2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Southern Ukraine campaign
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg

A map showing the Kherson/Mykolaiv frontline
Date29 August 2022 – present
(1 year, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblasts, Ukraine
Result Ongoing
Belligerents
 Ukraine

 Russia

 Donetsk PR[1][2]
 Luhansk PR[2]
Units involved

 Armed Forces of Ukraine

  • "Kakhovka" operational group[3]
Ukrainian partisans[4]

 Russian Armed Forces

DPR People's Militia

  • 109th Regiment[1]
Strength
30,000–35,000 (start of the offensive)[citation needed] 20,000–25,000[5]

In late August 2022, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying the country since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February of the same year. Engagements were reported on Ukraine's southern Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Originally, it was announced that it would be aimed at retaking the entirety of Russian-occupied territory within the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv oblasts.[6] Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, after the initial invasion and the Battle of Donbas.[7]

After a prelude consisting of numerous strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022.[8] Military operations began shortly thereafter, with Ukrainian units claiming infantry breakthroughs along the entire southern frontline.[9][needs update] A week later, another major Ukrainian counteroffensive began in the northeast, in Kharkiv Oblast.

Background

Russian offensive

Main article: Southern Ukraine offensive
First responders work after the Mykolaiv government building airstrike, 29 March 2022

During the 2022 Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian troops invaded the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv Oblasts. In the early days of the war, Russian troops captured several cities in Southern Ukraine, including Melitopol and Kherson,[10][user-generated source?][11] pushing Ukrainian troops back to the city of Mykolaiv in an attempt to reach Odessa from the southeast, though Russian forces were later forced back following the Battle of Voznesensk, but continued to occupy small parts in western Mykolaiv Oblast, such as Snihurivka.[12][13] In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian troops pushed north, eventually defeating Ukrainian servicemen in the Battle of Enerhodar, seizing the city in addition to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.[14] Russian forces also pushed east, reaching the Donetsk/Zaporizhzhia administrative borders.

Russian occupation

Russian forces began an occupation of Kherson Oblast on 2 March.[15] Occupation authorities reportedly erected a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the town square, introduced Russian curriculum to the local school system, rerouted internet servers to Russia, issued Russian passports, and began circulating the Ruble.[16] By early July, Russia controlled 95% of Kherson Oblast, 70% of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and 10% of Mykolaiv Oblast. [17] Allegedly, hundreds of civilians were abducted by Russian authorities in the three regions.[18][19]

In late May, Russian government officials acknowledged plans to annex all three oblasts and were reportedly setting conditions on occupied territory within Zaporizhzhia.[20] A referendum was reportedly planned by Russian occupation authorities in the region for late 2022 to annex Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, while the occupied parts of the Mykolaiv Oblast would be included in the Kherson MSA,[21] but officials soon moved the date forwards to autumn[22][23] amid fears of being set back by the Ukrainian Army, according to U.K. intelligence officials.[24][citation needed] This referendum was described as a "sham" by many Western news outlets and government officials.[25][26]

Ukrainian counterattacks

By 11 March the Russian offensive had stalled on numerous fronts within Mykolaiv Oblast, prompting gradual retreat by the end of the month.[27] In April, Ukrainian authorities announced to have pushed the enemy southwards to the border with Kherson Oblast.[28]

On 18 April, Russian, DPR, and LPR forces launched the Battle of Donbas, requiring some of their forces to be transferred to the east.[29] The Ukrainian military took advantage of this[30] and pushed on their former positions in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Ukrainian counterattacks forced Russian troops out of several fortified positions set along the southern border of the Inhulets river.[31] In late May, Ukraine was already launching minor counterattacks on the border between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts.[32]

By 1 June, the Institute for the Study of War had assessed that Ukrainian counterattacks in Kherson Oblast had successfully reached and disrupted Russian ground lines of communication along the Inhulets river.[31] Throughout June, small parts of northwestern Kherson and northern Zaporizhzhia oblasts were regained by Ukrainian forces, with fierce fighting occurring around Davydiv Brid; however, the main line of Russian defenses did not retreat as initially planned.[33] Prior to 9 July Ukraine had already conducted numerous small counterattacks on Russian forces, forcing them into defensive positions.[34] By 25 July, the region's military governor claimed that Ukraine had retaken 44 towns and villages, or 15 percent of the region's territory.[35]

Partisan warfare

Main article: Ukrainian resistance during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

There were numerous reports of partisan warfare within the occupied territories. In the city of Melitopol, Ukrainian resistance leaders had claimed to have killed 100 Russian troops by 5 June.[36] In Kherson, Ukrainian sources claimed that resistance fighters bombed a café frequented by Russian troops, killing Russian collaborators and destroying Russian military infrastructure.[37] Assassination attempts and bombings have also been carried out on collaborators.[38] On 30 August, shootouts and explosions were recorded in the city, which Russian officials attributed to "spies and saboteurs."[39]

Prelude

Ukrainian officials first hinted at a large-scale military offensive in mid-to-late June, saying that "visible results" should be expected from Ukrainian counteroffensives by August 2022.[40] A Ukrainian general stated on 15 June that if Ukraine were supplied sufficient weapons, it would be able to mount a massive counteroffensive by the summer.[41]

On 5 July, Ukraine launched a major bombing campaign against Russian outposts in Melitopol, reportedly killing 200 soldiers.[42] On 7 July, Ukraine retook Snake Island,[43] affording Ukraine access to valuable sea channels and grain export lanes.[44][45]

Meanwhile, Russia tried to strengthen its hold on Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Russia stated that babies born in Kherson Oblast would automatically receive Russian citizenship, implying that Kherson was a part of the Russian Federation.[46]

Speculation of counteroffensive

In the morning of 9 July, Ukrainian government authorities began to urge residents of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts to evacuate from their homes due to an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive.[47] Residents of occupied Kherson in particular were urged to create shelters to "survive the Ukrainian counteroffensive".[48] Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian deputy prime minister and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, warned of intense fighting and shelling in the upcoming days, claiming that the "ZSU is coming".[49][50]

On 9 July, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the Ukrainian military, including elements of Operational Command South, to retake occupied territory.[51][52] On the same day, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov stated that Ukraine was amassing a million-strong fighting force for the offensive.[53] Later, Reznikov said that there was a misunderstanding during his interview, and that 1 million is the total manpower of the Ukrainian military, police etc. Also, he claimed that there is no "specific offensive operation".[54]

On 24 July, Serhiy Khlan, a Kherson region official, stated that "the Kherson region will definitely be liberated by September, and all the occupiers' plans will fail."[55]

Writing a few months later in The Atlantic, military historian Phillips O'Brien remarked that it was unusual for a side to openly signal an intended offensive. He suggested that by encouraging the Russians to bring soldiers to the western side of the Dneiper and then attacking the bridges, it was creating a trap for them.[56]

Early engagements

Ukrainian bombardment of the Russian arsenal in Mykolaiv Oblast, July 13, 2022.

In early July, the Ukrainian army engaged in minor skirmishes with Russian forces. On 11 July, the Ukrainian army reported that it had recaptured the village of Ivanivka [uk] in Kherson Oblast.[57] Ukrainian troops struck Nova Kakhovka, a Russian command post in Kherson city, with HIMARS missiles, and claimed it killed 12 officers and a Russian major general.[58][59] By the afternoon, Ukrainian authorities claimed that Russian forces were transferring equipment to the left bank of the Dnieper, creating roadblocks within Kherson city in preparation for street battles.[60] Ukrainian authorities urged civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to evacuate, suggesting that a major counteroffensive was soon to come.[61] On 13 July, the head of the Kherson regional military administration claimed that Ukraine launched counterattacks along the entire Mykolaiv-Kherson-Zaporizhzhia front line.[62]

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in Radensk (approximately 26 km (16 mi) southeast of Kherson City) and unspecified Russian positions in Nova Kakhovka. Ukraine continued to strike Russian targets and approach towards Kherson over the next week.[63]

Preparation phase and initial offensive announcements

See also: Antonivka Road Bridge § 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and 2022 Novofedorivka explosions

According to a 24 July statement by Kherson Region official Serhiy Khlan, Ukrainian attacks damaging Antonivka Road Bridge[64] and another key bridge, and attacks on Russian ammunition stores and command posts, were preparatory actions for the offensive.[55] A day earlier, Khlan stated that Ukrainian forces had retaken several villages in Kherson Oblast, but that the Ukrainian authorities requested civilians not to publish information on the progress of the campaign prior to official statements.[65] On 26 July, Antonivka Road Bridge was hit again by a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike. The bridge remained structurally intact while the bridge's roadway surface was damaged.[66]

On 27 July 2022, Ukrainian forces stated that they had retaken control of the villages of Lozove and Andriivka, both on the eastern side of the Inhulets river, in Beryslav Raion in Kherson Oblast.[67] In the next months, Ukrainian forces launched a series of limited ground attacks as well as several air and rocket attacks on Russian targets in southern Ukraine.[68][69][70] On 9 August, explosions heavily damaged the Russian airbase at Novofedorivka, Crimea. An anonymous Western official stated that the explosions, possibly caused by an Ukrainian attack, had "put more than half of [the Russian] Black Sea fleet's naval aviation combat jets out of use."[70]

Though these Ukrainian attacks met with some success, they did not cripple the Russian defenses in the south or achieve a breakthrough. By 10 August, an unnamed Ukrainian military official claimed that the counteroffensive had not yet begun, and was planned for later that month.[68][71] However, Al Jazeera argued that both sides had seemingly fought each other to a standstill, with a major Ukrainian offensive not materializing.[68]

Preceding Russian offensive in the south

On 20 August, Russian forces launched a minor offensive in southern Ukraine, with Ukrainian sources admitting that Russian forces had advanced and made gains in the towns of Blahodatne and Vasylky in Mykolaiv Oblast.[72][73] On August 22, Russian forces achieved some success east of the city of Mykolaiv and in northwestern Kherson Oblast, driving Ukrainian forces 36 km from the front line to the north and 28 km deep into the territory of Mykolaiv Oblast with two objectives, to force a westward direction towards the city Mykolaiv or in a northerly direction towards the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the intention of capturing the city of Kryvyi Rih, which hosts a strong Ukrainian troop concentration, and from where a counter-offensive on Kherson, Melitopol, Enerhodar, Berdyansk and Crimea is planned. On the same day, Russian forces took control of Blahodatne (referred to by the Russian Ministry of Defense as Komsomolsky) about 45 km east of the town of Mykolaiv and a 12 square kilometer zone of control.[74]

On August 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian forces had advanced northwest of Aleksandrovka, approximately 38 km west of the city of Kherson, and had reached the administrative border of Kherson-Mykolaiv Oblast. Ukrainian troops retaliated with artillery strikes on the site of the Russian 247th Airborne Regiment of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division and the ammunition depot in Chornobaivka. The same day, Russian forces continued air and artillery strikes on Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, and Mykolaiv with Uragan rockets.[75]

From 24 to 25 August, the Russian forces continued their attacks but made no further progress.[76][77] On 27 August, Russian and Ukrainian forces clashed at Potomkyne in northwestern Kherson Oblast; both sides claimed that they had repelled an attack. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continued to conduct air strikes in the area, with Ukraine's Southern Operational Command claiming successful hits on two bridges and two Russian battalion tactical groups.[78]

The Institute for the Study of Warfare has credited the Ukrainian southern offensive with allowing the Kharkiv offensive to be so successful. Writing: “Kyiv’s long discussion and then an announcement of a counter-offensive operation aimed at Kherson Oblast drew substantial Russian troops away from the sectors on which Ukrainian forces have conducted decisive attacks in the past several days,”[79]

Counteroffensive

August

On 29 August, Zelenskyy announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the south, a claim that was corroborated by the Ukrainian parliament as well as Operational Command South.[80][81][82][1][3]

At the start of the operation, the Ukrainian operational group "Kakhovka" and some Ukrainian officials claimed that their forces had broken through defensive lines manned by the 109th DPR Regiment and Russian paratroopers.[1] The 109th DPR Regiment was a conscript unit which was known to serve on garrison duty in the Kherson area.[3] Ukrainian officials also claimed that they had hit and destroyed a large Russian base in the area[83] amid a general increase of Ukrainian air and artillery bombardments of Russian positions.[3] The authorities in occupied Kherson called these claims "fake" and "an illusion",[84] but also announced a workplace evacuation from Nova Kakhova following Ukrainian missile strikes.[85] Locals reported heavy fighting across the Kherson frontline, while electrical networks temporarily failed and evacuations of civilians took place.[83] An NPR journalist in the area confirmed the increased intensity of combat and that more Ukrainian forces were moving to the frontline.[86] The Ukrainian government and military largely refused to talk about territorial changes on the offensive's first day, though anonymous Ukrainian officials, Western journalists and a number of Russian milbloggers reported that Ukrainian troops had captured several settlements north and northwest of Kherson, at a bridgehead across the Inhulets River, as well as south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border.[3] Among these were the villages of Sukhyi Stavok,[3] Novodmytrivka [uk], Arkhanhelske, Tomyna Balka [uk] and Pravdyne.[2] The Ukrainians also attacked Russian pontoon ferries on the Dnipro River.[4]

By 30 August, Russia was beginning to direct large numbers of troops and equipment to the Kherson frontline to counter the Ukrainian offensive. Meanwhile, Ukraine intensified its attacks on Russian concentration points, ammunition depots, bridges and other targets. In Kherson city, there were reports of fighting between Ukrainian partisans and pro-Russian security forces. Russian milbloggers claimed that battles were ongoing at Myrne [uk], Soldatske and Snihurivka, Ukraine had retaken Ternovy Podi, but been repelled at Pravdyne and Oleksandrivka.[4] According to Pantelis Boubouras, Greece's honourary consul in Kherson, the Ukrainians had relatively easily broken the Russian first line of defense near Kherson city, but had encountered much stiffer resistance at the Russian second line of defense in the area. By 31 August, this second line was the main focus of combat, with Boubouras stating that local sources had informed that both sides were suffering heavy losses. However, a Russian milblogger reported that Ukrainians were making progress toward Vysokopillia further north, though the overall situation at the northern frontline remained unclear.[87][88] Milbloggers also claimed that the Russians had been able to stabilize the frontline at Oleksandrivka as well as Blahodatne, but had failed when attempting to retake Myrne. Ukrainian advances were also reported at Ternovi Pody and Lyubomyrivka.[88] Later that day, Ukrainian sources claimed that four small villages had already been retaken, though Ukrainian soldiers also stated their opinion that this operation was not a large counteroffensive but rather a localized operation. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksiy Arestovych cautioned that the offensive was going to be a "slow operation to grind the enemy", not a quick and massive campaign.[89][90]

September

From 1 to 2 September, Russian milbloggers reported further Ukrainian advances, but also a series of successful Russian counter-attacks. Many villages were reportedly contested.[91][92] On 3 September, the British Ministry of Defence said that Ukrainian forces had made three main lines of attack in Kherson Oblast, and had a military advantage of tactical surprise as a result of Russian commanders' mistakes and Russian logistical problems. Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian pontoon bridges. There was gunfire near the centre of Kherson city.[93][94] On the same day, Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian troops had captured Blahodativka village and withdrawn from a few positions near Sukhyi Stavok.[95]

On 4 September, president Zelenskyy announced the liberation of two villages in Kherson Oblast and one in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian authorities released a photo showing the raising of the Ukrainian flag in Vysokopillia by Ukrainian forces.[96][97][98][99] On 6 September, Ukraine started a second offensive in the Kharkiv area, where it achieved a rapid breakthrough. Meanwhile, Ukrainian attacks also continued along the southern frontline, though reports about territorial changes were largely unverifiable.[100]

On 12 September, President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces have retaken a total of 6,000 sq km from Russia, in the both the south and the east. The BBC stated that it could not verify these claims.[101]

On 13 September, that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kyselivka, a settlement 15 km from Kherson.[102][103] On the same day, the Russia-backed deputy head of the Kherson Region posted a video from the outskirts of the settlement in which he claimed that Ukrainian troops have not been able to enter it.[104] The mayor of Melitopol reported that Russian forces were abandoning the city and were moving to Russian-held Crimea.[105] Ukraine also claimed to have retaken Oleksandrivka on 13 September.[106] A local official claimed that Ukraine has retaken Kyselivka, but this has not been confirmed by the Ukrainian military or outside sources such as the ISW as of 14 September.[107]

See also

Notes

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