List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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This is a list of military engagements during the 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
Name | Oblast | Start date | End date | Theatre | Result of the battle |
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Snake Island campaign | Odesa | 24 February 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Southern | Ukrainian victory[1] |
Battle of Antonov Airport | Kyiv | 24 February 2022 | 25 February 2022 | Northern | Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[2][3][4] |
Capture of Chernobyl | Kyiv | 24 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 | Northern | Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[5] |
Battle of Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 24 February 2022 | 13 May 2022 | Eastern | Ukrainian victory[6] |
Battle of Kherson | Kherson | 24 February 2022 | 2 March 2022 | Southern | Russian victory, occupation (March–November 2022)[7] |
Battle of Okhtyrka | Sumy | 24 February 2022 | 27 February 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[8] |
Battle of Sumy | Sumy | 24 February 2022 | 4 April 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[9] |
Siege of Chernihiv | Chernihiv | 24 February 2022 | 4 April 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[10] |
Siege of Mariupol | Donetsk | 24 February 2022 | 20 May 2022 | Eastern, southern | Russian victory[11] |
Battle of Kyiv | Kyiv City | 25 February 2022 | 2 April 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[12] |
Battle of Hostomel | Kyiv | 25 February 2022 | 1 April 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[13][a] |
Capture of Melitopol | Zaporizhzhia | 25 February 2022 | 26 February 2022 | Southern | Russian victory and ongoing occupation[16] |
Battle of Volnovakha | Donetsk | 25 February 2022 | 12 March 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[17] |
Battle of Lebedyn | Sumy | 26 February 2022 | 26 March 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[18] |
Battle of Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | 26 February 2022 | 8 April 2022 | Southern | Ukrainian victory[19] |
Battle of Bucha | Kyiv | 27 February 2022 | 31 March 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[20][b] |
Battle of Irpin | Kyiv | 27 February 2022 | 28 March 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[23][24] |
Battle of Makariv | Kyiv | 27 February 2022 | 25 March 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[25] |
Battle of Enerhodar | Zaporizhzhia | 4 March 2022 | 4 March 2022 | Southern | Russian victory and ongoing occupation[26] |
Battle of Voznesensk | Mykolaiv | 2 March 2022 | 3 March 2022 | Southern | Ukrainian victory[27] |
Battle of Izium | Kharkiv | 3 March 2022 | 1 April 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[28][29] |
Battle of Moshchun | Kyiv | 5 March 2022 | 21 March 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[30] |
Battle of Huliaipole | Zaporizhzhia | 5 March 2022 | Southern | Ongoing | |
Battle of Brovary | Kyiv | 9 March 2022 | 1 April 2022 | Northern | Ukrainian victory[31] |
Battle of Rubizhne | Luhansk | 17 March 2022 | 12 May 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[32] |
Battle of Slavutych | Kyiv | 23 March 2022 | 26 March 2022 | Northern | Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[33][c] |
Battle of Popasna | Luhansk | April 2022 | 7 May 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[35] |
Battle of Marinka | Donetsk | 18 April 2022 | 25 December 2023 | Eastern | Russian victory[36] |
Battle of the Siverskyi Donets | Luhansk | 5 May 2022 | 13 May 2022 | Eastern | Ukrainian victory[37] |
Battle of Sievierodonetsk | Luhansk | 6 May 2022 | 25 June 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[38] |
Battle of Davydiv Brid | Kherson | 27 May 2022 | 16 June 2022 | Southern | Russian victory[39] |
Battle of Lysychansk | Luhansk | 25 June 2022 | 3 July 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[40] |
Battle of Bakhmut | Donetsk | 3 July 2022 | 20 May 2023 | Eastern | Russian victory[41] |
Battle of Pisky | Donetsk | 28 July 2022 | 24 August 2022 | Eastern | Russian victory[42][d] |
Battle of Soledar | Donetsk | 3 August 2022 | 16 January 2023 | Eastern | Russian victory[44] |
Kherson counteroffensive | Kherson, Mykolaiv | 29 August 2022 | 11 November 2022 | Southern | Ukrainian victory[45][46][47] |
Dnieper campaign | Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia | 1 September 2022 | Southern | Ongoing | |
Kharkiv counteroffensive | Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk | 6 September 2022 | 1 October 2022 | Eastern | Ukrainian victory[48][49][50] |
Battle of Kupiansk | Kharkiv | 8 September 2022 | 16 September 2022 | Eastern | Ukrainian victory[51] |
Second battle of Lyman | Donetsk | 10 September 2022 | 1 October 2022 | Eastern | Ukrainian victory[52] |
Luhansk Oblast campaign | Kharkiv, Luhansk | 19 September 2022 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
Battle of Vuhledar | Donetsk | 28 October 2022 | Eastern | Ongoing[53][54] | |
2023 Bryansk Oblast raid | Bryansk Oblast, Russia | 2 March 2023 | 2 March 2023 | Russia | Inconclusive |
2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions | Belgorod Oblast, Russia | 22 May 2023 | 17 December 2023 | Russia | Inconclusive |
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive | Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk | 8 June 2023 | Late 2023 | Eastern | Russian victory[55][56] |
Battle of Mala Tokmachka | Zaporizhzhia | 7 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | Southern | Russian victory[57] |
Battle of Avdiivka | Donetsk | 10 October 2023 | 17 February 2024 | Eastern | Russian victory[58][59] |
Raid on Tendra Spit | Kherson | 28 February 2024 | 29 February 2024 | Southern | Russian victory[60][61] |
March 2024 western Russia incursion | Belgorod Oblast and Kursk Oblast, Russia | 12 March 2024 | 7 April 2024 | Russia | Inconclusive |
Battle of Chasiv Yar | Donetsk | 4 April 2024 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
Battle of Krasnohorivka | Donetsk | 8 April 2024 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
Battle of Ocheretyne | Donetsk | 16 April 2024 | 28 April 2024 | Eastern | Russian victory[62][63] |
2024 Kharkiv offensive | Kharkiv | 10 May 2024 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
Battle of Toretsk | Donetsk | 18 June 2024 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
Pokrovsk offensive | Donetsk | 18 July 2024 | Eastern | Ongoing | |
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion | Kursk Oblast, Russia | 6 August 2024 | Russia | Ongoing |
Notable non-battle attacks
Name | Date | Attacker | Target |
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Bombing of Odesa | 24 February 2022–present | Russia | Targets in the Odesa 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–5 November 2022 | Ukraine | Russian-controlled airport |
Okhtyrka bomb attack | 28 February 2022 | Russia | Ukrainian military building |
Vinnytsia strikes | 6 March 2022 | Russia | Ukrainian Airbase, and Air Force command center |
Yavoriv military base attack | 13 March 2022 | Russia | Ukrainian military base |
7 March 2022 Mykolaiv military barracks attack | 7 March 2022 | Russia | Ukrainian military base |
18 March Mykolaiv military quarters attack | 18 March 2022 | Russia | Ukrainian military base |
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 |
Attack on Nova Kakhovka | 11 July 2022 | Ukraine | Russian military forces & an ammunition depot |
Explosions in Novofedorivka | 9 August 2022 | Ukraine | Russian air base |
Crimean Bridge explosion | 8 October 2022 | Ukraine[64][65] | Crimean Bridge section |
Strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure | 10 October 2022–present | Russia | Critical infrastructure and facilities |
2022 missile explosion in Poland | 15 November 2022 | Ukraine | Unintentional out-of-control missile strike which damaged the Polish village of Przewodów |
Makiivka military quarters shelling | 31 December 2022 – 1 January 2023 | Ukraine | Russian military forces and an ammunition depot |
Wagner Group rebellion | 23–24 June 2023 | Wagner Group | Russian Ministry of Defence |
Zarichne barracks airstrike | 3 November 2023 | Russia | Ukrainian military barracks |
Belgorod shelling | 30 December 2023 | Ukraine (claimed to be Russian air defense by Ukraine) | Attack on Belgorod Oblast bordering Ukraine |
February 2024 Belgorod missile strike | 15 February 2024 | Ukraine | Targets in the Belgorod Oblast |
See also
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Combatants of the war in Donbas
- List of Russian generals killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of battles involving the Russian Federation
Notes
- ^ City under Russian control from 5 March through 1 April 2022.[14][15]
- ^ City under Russian control from 12 March through 31 March 2022.[21][22]
- ^ City recaptured by Ukraine on 28 March 2022 after a Russian withdrawal[34]
- ^ Russian defence ministry claimed control on the 13 of August, it was confirmed by geolocated footage on the 24 of August[42][43]
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