2022 Snake Island campaign

Campaign in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

This article is about the 2022 campaign. For the 1788 naval battle, see Battle of Fidonisi.

2022 Snake Island campaign

Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Snake Island in 2008
| Date| 24 February – 30 June 2022
(4 months and 6 days)

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Location|

Snake Island, Odesa Oblast

45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E﻿ / ﻿45.25500°N 30.20417°E﻿ / 45.25500; 30.20417Coordinates: 45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E﻿ / ﻿45.25500°N 30.20417°E﻿ / 45.25500; 30.20417
Result|

Russian Victory on February 24, Ukraine recaptures Snake island June 30[1][2]

* Russian occupation of Snake Island from 24 February to 30 June

Belligerents
Russia|  Ukraine
Units involved

Russian Armed Forces

* Russian Navy
* Black Sea Fleet

State Border Guard[3]
Ukrainian Armed Forces

* Ukrainian Air Force
* Ukrainian Navy

Strength

1 missile cruiser

* Moskva[3]

1 patrol ship

* Vasily Bykov[3]

|  Per Ukrainian sources:
80 servicemen[4]
Per Russian sources:
82 soldiers (24 February)
16 boats (25 February)
Casualties and losses
Russian seizure
None
Ukrainian Counterattacks
Per Ukrainian sources:
4 "Raptor" boats
"Serna" class landing ship
"Vasily Bekh" tugboat
3 air defense systems
1 Mi-8 helicopter with troops
3 Pantsir missile systems|  Russian seizure
Per Ukrainian sources:
80 captured[4]
1 search and rescue boat seized
Per Russian sources:
82 soldiers captured
6 boats sunk
Ukrainian Counterattacks
Per Ukrainian sources:
10 killed, 1 boat,[4] 1 Su-24MR,[5][6] 1 Bayraktar TB2 drone

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Location of Snake Island in the Black Sea

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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kyiv offensive

* Antonov Airport
* Chernobyl
* Hostomel
* Ivankiv
* Kyiv
* shopping centre bombing
* Kyiv convoy
* Vasylkiv
* Bucha
* massacre
* Irpin
* refugee column shelling
* Makariv
* Moshchun
* Brovary
* Slavutych
* Borodianka

Northeastern Ukraine campaign

* Hlukhiv
* Kharkiv
* February cluster bombing
* government building airstrike
* March cluster bombing
* April cluster bombing
* dormitories missile strike
* Konotop
* Sumy
* ammonia leak
* Trostianets
* Chernihiv
* 3 March bombing
* 16 March breadline attack
* Chuhuiv air base
* Okhtyrka
* Lebedyn
* Romny
* Northeastern Ukraine–Russia border
* Desna

Eastern Ukraine campaign

* Avdiivka
* Mariupol
* hospital airstrike
* theatre airstrike
* art school bombing
* Volnovakha
* Izium
* massacre
* Stara Krasnianka
* Donetsk
* March attack
* June attack
* September attack
* Rubizhne
* Marinka
* Popasna
* Kramatorsk
* Dovhenke
* Donbas
* Kreminna
* Siverskyi Donets
* Sievierodonetsk
* Bilohorivka
* school bombing
* Toshkivka
* 1st Lyman
* Sviatohirsk
* Bohorodychne & Krasnopillia
* Lysychansk
* Siversk
* Chasiv Yar
* Pisky
* Olenivka massacre
* Bakhmut
* Soledar
* Eastern counteroffensive
* Balakliia
* Shevchenkove
* Kupiansk
* civilian convoy shelling
* 2nd Lyman
* Svatove–Kreminna line
* Pavlivka
* Makiivka
* Vuhledar

Southern Ukraine campaign

* Kherson
* Melitopol
* Mykolaiv
* cluster bombing
* government building airstrike
* Chornobaivka
* Zaporizhzhia
* civilian convoy attack
* residential building airstrike
* Enerhodar
* Zaporizhzhia NPP
* 1st and 2nd Voznesensk
* Huliaipole
* Berdiansk
* Davydiv Brid
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Prelude
* Nova Kakhovka
* Crimea
* Novofedorivka
* Crimean Bridge explosion
* Dnieper river
* Liberation of Kherson
* Chulakivka

Other regions

* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kryvyi Rih
* Lviv
* Odesa
* Zhytomyr
* Rivne
* Vinnytsia
* Dnipro
* 2023 residential building airstrike
* Yavoriv
* Kremenchuk
* Serhiivka
* Chaplyne
* Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

Naval war

* Snake Island
* Moskva

Spillover and cross-border incidents

* Western Russia
* Millerovo
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases attacks
* Poland

Resistance

* Ukrainian resistance
* Belarusian–Russian anti-war resistance
* rail war in Belarus
* rail war in Russia
* Russian commisariat attacks
* Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting

Possibly related

* Zagreb Tu-141 crash
* Russian mystery fires
* Transnistria attacks
* Nord Stream pipeline sabotage

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island, a Ukrainian island in the Black Sea, and captured it along with its entire garrison, beginning a military occupation of the island. The attack was widely publicized when an audio clip of Russian cruiser Moskva hailing the island's garrison over the radio demanding their surrender and being told "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" (Russian: 'Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй', tr. Russky voyenny korabl, idi na khuy) in response went viral, along with initial inaccurate reports of the garrison's deaths.[7][8] Later on, it emerged that a civilian search and rescue ship trying to evacuate the soldiers was also captured along with the garrison. The ship, its crew, and at least one soldier were subsequently freed in prisoner exchanges.

Following the island's capture, Ukraine launched a campaign against Russian forces on and around the island, deploying anti-ship missiles against Russian naval forces and air, artillery, and missile strikes against Russian positions on the island itself. Russia subsequently withdrew from the island on 30 June 2022, ending the 126-day military occupation of the island. Russian bombing against the island continued thereafter, reportedly causing casualties on the Ukrainian military; this has been denied by Ukraine.

## Background[edit]

Snake Island is a rocky island with an area of less than 1 square kilometre (0.4 sq mi) that is situated off the southwestern coast of Ukraine, located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the coast of Romania and at the southern boundary of Ukrainian territorial waters in the Black Sea.[9][10][11] This position makes it strategically important, allowing whoever controls it to blockade Odesa and dominate large parts of the Black Sea, including the area Constanta. The island also has economic importance, as within the exclusive economic zone that it projects are significant reserves of hydrocarbons.[12] The only settlement on the island is Bile, built in 2007.[13]

In August 2021, as Russian forces built up around Ukraine, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a press event on the island, during which he said: "This island, like the rest of our territory, is Ukrainian land, and we will defend it with all our might."[11]

## Capture by Russia[edit]

The Russian Navy vessels involved: cruiser Moskva (left) and patrol ship Vasily Bykov (right).

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[3] Ukrainian State Border Guards announced about 18:00 local time that Snake Island had come under attack by the Russian cruiser Moskva and patrol ship Vasily Bykov[14][15] who were attempting to seize it as part of the battle for control of the Black Sea.[16]

External video

'Go fuck yourself', Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island tell Russian ship – audio on YouTube – via The Guardian

When the Russian warship identified itself and ordered the Ukrainian soldiers stationed on the island to surrender, a border guard later identified as Roman Hrybov[17] replied, "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." (Russian: 'Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй', tr. Russky voyenny korabl, idi na khuy).[18][19] An audio clip of the exchange was first shared by Ukrainian government official Anton Herashchenko,[20] then widely publicized by Ukrayinska Pravda, and later verified as authentic by Ukrainian government sources.[21][22]

One Ukrainian border guard live-streamed the moment that the Russian warship opened fire.[23] Later in the evening, the State Border Guard Service said that communication with the island had been lost.[24] At 22:00 (01:00 Moscow Time, UTC+2), service officials announced that Russian forces had captured the island following a naval and air bombardment that destroyed all infrastructure on the island.[25][26] After the bombardment, a detachment of Russian soldiers landed and took control of Snake Island.[27]

The Russian government reported that on 25 February 2022, a squadron of 16 boats of the Ukrainian Navy attacked Russian vessels off Snake Island, also claiming that it sank six of the Ukrainian boats.[28] The Russian government further accused the United States of providing intelligence support to the Ukrainian squadron during the action. The United States denied any involvement.[29]

On 26 February 2022, Ukrainian authorities announced that the civilian search and rescue ship Sapfir had been captured by the Russian Navy off Snake Island.[30]

## Status of Ukrainian soldiers and civilian sailors[edit]

Ukrainian government sources initially stated that 13 border guards, representing the entirety of the Ukrainian military presence on the island, were killed after refusing to surrender.[31][32] Zelenskyy announced that the border guards would be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.[19]

Russian defence media presented an alternative version of events, claiming that 82 Ukrainian soldiers had been taken prisoner after surrendering voluntarily,[22] and had been taken to Sevastopol.[33] Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that the prisoners had been signing pledges promising not to continue military action against Russia, and would be released soon.[34]

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine later announced that the guards might instead have been captured,[35] based on the Russian reports that they were being held as prisoners of war.[36] On 26 February 2022 it issued a statement saying that they believed "that all Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island may be alive".[37] On 28 February 2022, the Ukrainian Navy posted on its Facebook page that all the border guards of the island were alive and detained by the Russian Navy.[38][39]

### Release[edit]

On 24 March 2022, Sapfir and 19 Ukrainian civilian sailors were released by Russia in a prisoner exchange. 10 prisoners of war were released in the same exchange, and Ukraine stated that Deputy Prime Minister Vereshchuk was working towards the release of Snake Island prisoners particularly.[40]

On 30 March, it was reported that the soldier who made the remark toward the ship was released in a prisoner exchange, and subsequently awarded a Ukrainian medal.[41]

## Ukrainian counterattacks[edit]

See also: Sinking of the Moskva and 2022 bombing of Odesa

On 14 April, Ukrainian claimed their anti-ship missiles fired from Odesa struck and sunk the Moskva, a Russian guided missile cruiser that served as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. This forced Russia to withdraw its ships beyond the range of the missiles, leaving the island exposed as it increased the difficulty of resupplying the occupying forces by sea.[42]

Self-propelled howitzer 2S22 Bohdana shelling Snake Island from the Odesa Oblast

From 26 to 30 April OC South claimed strikes on the Russian forces on the island left a control post hit and two anti-aircraft missile complex Strela-10 destroyed as well as 42 Russian soldiers killed.[43][44][45][46]

On 1 May, Ukrainian Air Force Command South claimed to have launched an attack on Snake Island that destroyed Russian equipment stationed there,[47] and the next day at dawn two Russian Raptor patrol and landing boats were sunk by a Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drone. Video footage was released showing the boats being struck by guided bombs followed by explosions and fires on them.[48][49]

On 7 May, Ukraine officials reported and displayed footage of a Russian Serna-class landing craft located in the Black Sea being destroyed near Snake Island by a Ukrainian drone.[50][51] Ukrainian Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drones were used to destroy two Tor surface-to-air missile launchers, one of which was in the process of being unloaded from the Serna-class landing craft, possibly clearing the way for a pair of Ukrainian Su-27s conducting a high-speed, low level bombing run that day;[52][53] satellite photos seem to back up the footage.[54] Later, footage of a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian Mi-8, the TB2's first aerial kill, on Snake Island was released,[54][55] and independently verified by Reuters.[56] An additional two or three Raptor-class patrol boats were also destroyed by a TB2 drone. The Ukrainians claimed to have killed 46 Russian service members during the attacks.[57][58] Meanwhile, on the same day the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed Russian forces repelled Ukrainian attempts to retake Snake Island.[59][56] During the 7 May actions, Ukrainian forces losses according to Ukrainian media reached 10 killed and the assault craft Stanislav.[4][60]

On 9 May, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said that Russian army holding the island is an advantage for Ukraine, as they can repeatedly assault Russian targets on the island.[56] The UK Ministry of Defense reported that according to their analysis, Russia was trying to reinforce an exposed garrison on the island, where upon Ukraine had successfully launched drone attacks against resupply vessels and air defenses.[61] The status of the island is critical to both Ukraine and Russia as a military asset.[62]

On 12 May, Ukraine claimed it had attacked Russian logistics ship Vsevolod Bobrov near Snake Island while it was attempting to deliver an air defense system, causing it to catch on fire and be towed back to Sevastopol. Russia did not provide a comment on the event, and there were no reports of casualties.[63][64] On the same day, Maxar Technologies captured a satellite image of a Russian Serna-class landing craft taking evasive maneuvers from a Ukrainian missile.[65]

On 16 May, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that a Ukrainian Su-24 was shot down near the island.[66]

On 17 June, Ukraine sunk the Russian tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh with two Harpoon missiles, preventing it from delivering vital supplies such as weapons and personnel and forcing Russia to rethink their position on the island. The Russians claimed that out of 33 crew members, 10 were missing and the other 23 were injured.[67][42][68][69][70] Three days later Ukrainian forces struck gas platforms near the island that it said Russian forces had been using by installing radio jamming equipment.[71][72] Strikes continued the next day, with Ukraine claiming the destruction of military vehicles as well as anti-aircraft and radar systems, likely a Pantsir-S1,[73] claims that Russia denied.[16] Russian officials countered that the Russian forces have intercepted all of the incoming rounds, destroyed 13 drones, and repelled an amphibious assault; this has been met with doubt by the online publication The Drive.[74]

On 27 June, Ukrainian officials released footage of Ukrainian forces conducting 10 precision strikes on the island. A second Pantsir-S1 was reportedly destroyed in the attack. The Russian MoD denied that their system was destroyed and instead claimed that their Pantsir system destroyed 12 rockets and a Ukrainian Su-25.[75] Ukraine's southern command stated that there was an ongoing operation to recapture the island.[71]

View of the island on the morning of 30 June 2022

These regular attacks against the island and its resupply ships made the Russian position untenable.[42] According to Ukrainian officials, the Russian Air Force attacked Ukrainian rocket and artillery positions in the Odesa Oblast with Su-35 fighters in order to reduce the intensity of the Ukrainian attacks on Snake Island. Three Kh-31D missiles were reportedly fired, but Ukrainians claimed no casualties or damages were reported. On 29 June, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed one of four helicopters, possibly a Ka-52, that were approaching the island during a search and rescue operation.[76][77]

On 30 June, Russian forces retreated in what has been described as a major Ukrainian victory and a propaganda coup.[78][79] Russia claimed that their troops had completed their assigned tasks and that the move was a "goodwill gesture" to demonstrate that Russia was not preventing the establishment of a shipping corridor to allow the export of grain from Odesa,[80] while Ukraine claimed that they forced the Russians to withdraw in two speedboats through artillery and missile attacks;[81] photos show the island enveloped in smoke.[82]

## Russian shelling of recaptured Snake Island[edit]

On 1 July at around 18:00, two Russian Su-30s bombed the island in two air strikes with phosphorus bombs, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[83][84] Ukrainian officials believe these airstrikes were an attempted scorched earth tactic to destroy weapons and equipment that were left behind.[85]

Soldiers raise the Ukrainian national flag on Snake Island, July 2022

On 4 July, the Ukrainian Operational Command South reported that the island was fully recaptured; a Ukrainian flag was raised over it.[86]

On 7 July, Russian Defence Ministry announced its aircraft carried out another missile strike against Snake Island, killing a number of Ukrainian troops there.[87] According to Ukrainian sources, no casualties were reported; however, a pier was "seriously damaged" as a result of two missiles that struck the island.[88]

## Analysis[edit]

Despite being a small and almost unremarkable island, Snake Island has been described as strategically valuable, besides the symbolic value for Ukrainian resistance which the island attained due to the famous exchange between the Ukrainian garrisons and the Moskva at the onset of the invasion. Control over the island would allow Russia to establish long-range air defense, cruise missiles, and electronic warfare assets to cover the north-western part of the Black Sea and southern Ukraine, as well as help the Russian navy reinforce its naval blockade and control the flow of civilian vessels. This is particularly true for the city of Odesa, as most of Ukraine's agriculture export comes out of the port of Odesa.[89][90][91] Additionally, Russia's control over the island would allow the country to reinforce its presence with Transnistria, a Russian controlled breakaway region of Moldova. Furthermore, a Russian controlled Snake Island represents a major security threat to NATO as the island is only 28 miles or 45 km away from Romania. British naval analyst Jonathan Bentham and Romanian historian Dorin Dobrincu believe that if Russia deploys missile systems, such as the S-400, NATO's southern flank would be in serious danger. Russian military-political analyst Alexander Mikhailov stated that with Snake Island Russia can control and blockade naval traffic between the north-western Black Sea and the Danube Delta. For Romania, a Russian blockade of Romania's ports would pose a major economic risk. Romania's Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre believes Russia's intention in capturing Snake Island is to annex it in order to control as many shipping routes as possible that lead to the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey.[89][90]

The loss of the cruiser Moskva is said to have deteriorated the Russian naval threat, particularly its air defense, in the Black Sea. It is believed that with the loss of such a large vessel and the air defense void left behind for the Russian Black Sea fleet, the Ukrainian forces became emboldened to carry out these attacks on the Russian-occupied Snake Island. Coupled with the stalling and reversal of the Russian advances from the Battle of Mykolaiv, the Russian forces on Snake Island became increasingly isolated and vulnerable.[92][93] Russian forces made efforts to improve their air defenses on Snake Island following the loss of the Moskva and repeated Ukrainian airstrikes. These included deploying several Pantsir and Tor missile systems.[94][95] However, the isolated location of Snake Island still left resupply ships vulnerable to attacks, something the Ukrainian forces exploited and US Department of Defense credits for forcing the Russian forces to abandon Snake Island.[96] Ukraine's success in forcing the Russians to withdraw from the island has been attributed in part to the supply of Western weapons, including the use of Harpoon anti-ship missiles, while pro-Russian reporters have attributed some of Ukraine's success to the use of the French CAESAR self-propelled howitzer.[72][97]

Ukraine's usage of the TB2 drones to attack Snake Island has highlighted the increased importance of drone warfare and the reputation of TB2's service record. The successful attacks from the TB2s have stunned observers as on paper the drones were expected to be vulnerable to Russian air defense systems. Retired naval officer and defense analyst Tayfun Ozberk stated that there are several reasons for the TB2's success on Snake Island. First, while not fully stealthy, the TB2s low radar cross-section, low altitude operation, and slow speed makes it difficult for radars to track. Second, the drone's deep learning algorithm makes it able to learn and improve its performance on the next mission. Third, the TB2's modular design allows it to be assembled and dissembled quickly in areas where larger aircraft or UAVs can't operate. This would make it easier for the drones to avoid destruction when Russian forces strike Ukrainian air bases. Fourth, the TB2 is said to be resilient in complex electronic warfare environment. This, combined with Russian personnel turning off their radar and electronic equipment to reduce their radio frequency emission, created a perfect storm for Ukrainian TB2s to inflict serious damage on the Russian forces.[98]

Debris on the island on 7 July 2022

Following the Russian force's retreat from the island, the US Department of Defense and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) stated that Ukraine will be able to better defend Odesa and nearby coastal regions.[96][99] Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, emphasized the importance of Russia's retreat by claiming that Russian signals intelligence were present on the island and could monitor the Odesa Oblast, the Bessarabia region, and Transnistria.[100]

Throughout the campaign, both sides have often put forth claims of attacks and damage inflicted on their opponents. The Drive, a sister publication to The War Zone, and the ISW have expressed doubt on the Russian claims of repeatedly repelling Ukrainian attacks, noting that such claims are never supported with hard evidence. Conversely, Ukrainian claims are usually supported with satellite imagery or combat footage of the operation.[99][74]

In terms of casualties, on 14 May, Ukrainian intelligence have claimed that out of 40 Russian officers deployed to Snake Island, only eight have returned alive back to Sevastopol. Ukrainian intelligence and a Wagner mercenary have also claimed that Russian Special Operations Forces were killed on the island.[55][101] Forbes estimated that Russia lost $915 million worth of equipment occupying Snake Island, around three-quarters of which belonged to the cruiser Moskva.[102]

## Legacy[edit]

Ukrainian postage stamp "Russian warship, go fuck yourself!"

The Ukrainian border guards' final communication before the attack, "Russian warship, go fuck yourself!", went viral and became a rallying cry for Ukrainians and their supporters around the world.[103] The Week compared the phrase to "Remember the Alamo" from the 19th-century Texas Revolution.[104]

In March 2022, the Ukrainian government announced that a postage stamp honoring the soldiers on Snake Island would be released. In a public vote, Ukrainian artist Boris Groh's design of a Ukrainian soldier standing on a beach and giving the finger to a passing Russian warship received the most votes and was selected.[105]

On 13 April 2022, the warship Moskva that was used in the attack and that the Ukrainians had told to "go fuck yourself" exploded and burned, according to Ukraine as a result of being hit by two R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles fired from offshore in or near Odesa.[106] On 14 April, the Russians attempted to tow the damaged ship in the direction of Sevastopol but she ultimately sank before she reached port.[107][108]

## See also[edit]

* War portal

* List of last stands
* List of military occupations
* Raid on Porto Buso
* Battle of Ad-Dawrah

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* v
* t
* e

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

| General|

* Outline
* Timeline
* Phase 1
* Phase 2
* Phase 3
* Phase 4
* Aerial warfare
* Control of cities
* Foreign fighters
* Hypothetical Ukrainian victory
* Information war
* Legality
* Map
* Order of battle
* Peace negotiations
* Proposed no-fly zone
* Reparations
* Women

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Prelude|

* Reactions
* Disinformation
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
* 2021 Russia–United States summit
* 2021 Black Sea incident
* 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis
* "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
* Crimea Platform
* Zapad 2021
* Ukraine cyberattacks
* Union Resolve 2022
* Evacuation of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Mobilization in Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* "Address concerning the events in Ukraine"
* "On conducting a special military operation"

Background|

* Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* Annexation of Crimea
* reactions
* War in Donbas
* 2022 timeline
* Minsk agreements
* humanitarian situation
* international recognition of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Putinism
* Foundations of Geopolitics
* Novorossiya
* Rashism
* Russian irredentism
* Russian imperialism

Foreign
relations|

* Russia–Ukraine
* Belarus–Ukraine
* Belarus–Russia
* Russia–United States
* Russia–NATO
* Ukraine–NATO
* enlargement of NATO
* eastward expansion controversy in Russia
* open door policy

Military engagements

| Southern
Ukraine|

* Snake Island campaign
* Bombing of Odesa
* Siege of Mariupol
* Battle of Kherson
* Battle of Melitopol
* Battle of Mykolaiv
* Battle of Enerhodar
* Battles of Voznesensk
* Battle of Huliaipole
* Battle of Davydiv Brid
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Liberation of Kherson
* Skirmishes on the Dnieper

|

Eastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Avdiivka
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Volnovakha
* Battle of Izium
* Battle of Rubizhne
* Battle of Popasna
* Battle of Dovhenke
* Battle of Donbas
* First Battle of Kreminna
* Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
* Battle of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Bilohorivka
* Battle of Toshkivka
* First Battle of Lyman
* Battle of Sviatohirsk
* Battles of Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia
* Battle of Lysychansk
* Battle of Siversk
* Battle of Pisky
* Battle of Bakhmut
* Battle of Soledar
* Battle of Pavlivka
* Battle of Vuhledar
* Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Battle of Balakliia
* Battle of Shevchenkove
* Battle of Kupiansk
* Second Battle of Lyman
* Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line

Kyiv|

* Battle of Antonov Airport
* Capture of Chernobyl
* Battle of Ivankiv
* Battle of Kyiv
* Battle of Hostomel
* Battle of Vasylkiv
* Battle of Bucha
* Battle of Irpin
* Battle of Makariv
* Russian Kyiv convoy
* Battle of Moshchun
* Battle of Brovary
* Battle of Slavutych

Northeastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Hlukhiv
* Battle of Kharkiv
* Battle of Konotop
* Battle of Sumy
* Battle of Trostianets
* Siege of Chernihiv
* Battle of Okhtyrka
* Battle of Lebedyn
* Battle of Romny
* Northeastern Ukraine–Russia border skirmishes

Strikes on
military targets|

* Chuhuiv air base attack
* Millerovo air base attack
* Chornobaivka attacks
* Yavoriv military base attack
* Berdiansk port attack
* Sinking of the Moskva
* Desna barracks airstrike
* Attack on Nova Kakhovka
* Crimea attacks
* Novofedorivka explosions
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases attacks
* Chulakivka military quarters shelling
* Makiivka military quarters shelling

Resistance|

| Russian-occupied Ukraine|

* Popular Resistance of Ukraine
* Berdiansk Partisan Army
* Yellow Ribbon
* Atesh

|

Russia and Belarus|

* Killing of Darya Dugina
* National Republican Army
* Military commissariats arsons
* Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting
* Black Bridge
* Rail war in Russia
* Stop the Wagons
* Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
* Rail war in Belarus
* Busly liaciać
* BYPOL
* Community of Railway Workers
* Cyber Partisans

Russian
occupations|

* Flags used in Russian-occupied Ukraine

| Ongoing|

* Annexation referendums
* Annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
* Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol
* Donetsk Oblast
* Kharkiv Oblast
* Kherson Oblast
* Luhansk Oblast
* Mykolaiv Oblast
* Zaporizhzhia Oblast

|

Previous|

* Chernihiv Oblast
* Kyiv Oblast
* Odesa Oblast
* Sumy Oblast
* Zhytomyr Oblast

Potentially
related|

* Mystery fires in Russia
* Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
* Transnistria attacks
* Zagreb Tu-141 crash

Other|

* Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* Coup d'état attempt in Ukraine
* Crimean Bridge explosion
* Dnipro missile strikes
* Bombing of Ivano-Frankivsk
* Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
* Bombing of Lviv
* Rivne missile strikes
* Vinnytsia missile strikes
* Bombing of Zaporizhzhia
* Zhytomyr attacks
* Missile explosion in Poland
* Western Russia attacks

War crimes

| General|

* Accusations of genocide in Donbas
* Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians
* child abductions
* Attacks on hospitals
* Cluster bombs
* Russian filtration camps
* Russian mobile crematoriums
* Russian theft of Ukrainian grain
* Russian torture chambers
* Sacking
* Sexual violence
* White phosphorus bombs

|

Attacks on
civilians|

* February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Kharkiv government building airstrike
* 3 March Chernihiv bombing
* Irpin refugee column shelling
* Mariupol hospital airstrike
* Stara Krasnianka care house attack
* Mykolaiv cluster bombing
* March Donetsk attack
* Bombing of Borodianka
* Chernihiv breadline attack
* Mariupol theatre airstrike
* Mariupol art school bombing
* Kyiv shopping centre bombing
* Sumykhimprom ammonia leak
* March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Mykolaiv government building missile strike
* Bucha massacre
* Kramatorsk railway station attack
* April 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Bilohorivka school bombing
* Maisky Market attack
* Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
* Serhiivka missile strike
* Chasiv Yar missile strike
* Olenivka prison massacre
* Kharkiv dormitories missile strike
* Chaplyne railway station attack
* Izium mass graves
* September Donetsk attack
* Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack
* Kupiansk civilian convoy shelling
* Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
* Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike

Attacks on
prisoners of war|

* Torture of Russian soldiers in Mala Rohan
* Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia
* Murder of Yevgeny Nuzhin
* Makiivka surrender incident

Legal cases|

* ICC investigation
* ICJ court case
* Task Force on Accountability
* Universal jurisdiction
* Crime of aggression
* Criminal proceedings
* Vadim Shishimarin
* Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov

Reactions

| States and
official entities|

| General|

* Sanctions
* people and organizations
* restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast
* Foreign aid
* European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine
* People's Bayraktar
* Signmyrocket.com

|

Ukraine|

* Application to NATO
* Communication campaigns
* Be Brave Like Ukraine
* Embrace Ukraine. Strengthen the Union
* Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
* Destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition
* For Courage and Bravery [et; uk]
* Grain From Ukraine
* Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
* Hero City
* I Want to Live
* International Legion
* Canadian-Ukrainian Brigade
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
* Norman Brigade
* Pahonia Regiment
* Russian Volunteer Corps
* Separate Special Purpose Battalion
* Forced confiscation law of Russian property [ru; uk]
* Look for Your Own
* Martial law
* Mobilization
* Media Center Ukraine
* National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War [uk]
* National Multi-Subject Test [uk]
* North Korea–Ukraine relations
* Points of Invincibility [uk]
* Recognition of Ichkeria
* Rescuer City [uk]
* Syria–Ukraine relations
* Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
* United24
* United News

Russia|

* Chechnya
* Conmemorative Medal "Participant of a Special Military Operation" [ru]
* Conversations about the important [ru]
* Krasovsky case
* Legalization of parallel imports [ru]
* Manifesto of the South Russian People's Council
* Martial law
* Metropolis of Crimea [pt; ru; uk]
* Mobilization
* Recruitment of irregular forces [ru]
* Moscow rally
* Moscow Victory Day Parade
* Orthodox Christmas truce proposal
* "People's choice. Together Forever"
* Russian Orthodox clergymen appeal against war [ru]
* Salvation Committee for Peace and Order
* Special Coordinating Council
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Unfriendly Countries List
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"
* War censorship laws
* We Are Together. Sports

United States|

* 2022 State of the Union Address
* Consolidated Appropriations Act
* Disinformation Governance Board
* Executive Order 14071
* Task Force KleptoCapture
* Ukraine Defense Contact Group
* Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act
* Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

Other countries|

* Belarus
* China
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum
* Georgia [ru]
* Germany
* Zeitenwende speech
* India
* Operation Ganga
* Iran
* Israel
* Operation Israel Guarantees [he]
* Lithuania
* Moldova [ru]
* New Zealand
* Russia Sanctions Act
* Syria [ru]
* Taiwan [zh-yue]
* United Kingdom
* Economic Crime Act
* Homes for Ukraine
* Operation Interflex

United Nations|

* Emergency special session
* Resolution ES-11/1
* Resolution ES-11/2
* Resolution ES-11/3
* Resolution ES-11/4
* Security Council Resolution 2623
* Easter truce

International
organizations|

* Accession of Ukraine to the EU
* Brussels summit
* European Political Community
* 1st summit
* Madrid summit
* NATO virtual summit
* Operation Oscar
* Ramstein Air Base meeting
* EU–Ukraine Summit
* REPowerEU
* SWIFT ban against Russian banks
* Ukraine Recovery Conference
* Versailles declaration

Other|

* Consecration of Russia
* Finland–NATO relations
* Iron diplomacy
* Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia
* Recognition of Russia as a terrorist state
* Removal of monuments and memorials
* Streets renamed
* Ukraine Square, Oslo
* Serving heads of state and government that have visited Ukraine during the invasion
* Sweden–NATO relations

Public|

| Protests|

* In Ukraine
* in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin
* ArmWomenNow
* Ukrainian Artistic Front [uk]
* In Russia
* Anti-War Committee
* Businessmen mystery deaths in Russia
* Congress of People's Deputies
* Council of Mothers and Wives
* Feminist Anti-War Resistance
* Flower protests
* Marina Ovsyannikova
* Russian Action Committee
* North Caucasian protests
* 2022 Russian Far East protests
* State Duma initiative for charging Vladimir Putin of high treason
* White-blue-white flag
* In Belarus
* In China
* Great Translation Movement
* In Czech Republic
* Czech Republic First!

|

Companies|

* Address of the Russian Union of Rectors
* Boycott of Russia and Belarus
* "Do not buy Russian goods!"
* McDonald's in Russia
* NashStore [ru]
* Starlink satellites in Ukraine
* Stop Bloody Energy
* Vkusno i tochka
* Wagner Group
* Wagner Line [ru]
* Yale CELI List of Companies

Technology|

* Anonymous and the invasion
* alerts.in.ua
* DDoS attacks on Romania
* IT Army of Ukraine
* Killnet
* Liveuamap
* Open-source intelligence
* peacenotwar
* Russian Asset Tracker
* Squad303 [pl]
* Ukraine Siren Alerts
* Wikipedia
* threat to block in Russia
* detention of Mark Bernstein

Other|

* 2022 Pulitzer Prize
* Black Sea Grain Initiative
* Collaboration with Russia
* We Are Together with Russia
* Concert for Ukraine
* DeepStateMapLive [uk]
* Free Buryatia Foundation
* Free Nations of Russia Forum
* Global Tour for Peace
* Guide to the Free World
* Mozart Group
* Olena Zelenska Foundation
* Open letter from Nobel laureates
* Russia's War Crimes House
* Spain letter bomb attacks
* Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions
* Pavel Filatyev
* True Russia

Impact

| Effects|

* Aircraft losses
* Casualties
* journalists killed
* Russian generals killed
* Economic impact
* Inflation surge
* Moldovan energy crisis
* protests
* Protests in Europe
* in France
* Protests in Peru
* Russia–EU gas dispute
* 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
* Russian debt default
* 2022 Russian oil price cap
* 2023 Russian oil products sanctions and price cap
* EU natural gas price cap
* Education
* End of the Whisky War
* Environmental impact
* Eurovision Song Contest 2022
* Russia
* Ukraine
* Food crises
* Landmine contamination
* Nuclear power plants
* Crisis at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear threats
* Religion
* Russian emigration
* Ship losses
* Ukrainian theaters [uk]
* Ukrainian cultural heritage
* art theft and looting
* damaged cultural sites
* Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
* Women

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Human rights|

* Humanitarian impact
* Ukrainian refugee crisis
* Sobieskiego 100
* UN Commission of Inquiry
* UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

Terms and phrases|

* "And now I will show you where the attack on Belarus was prepared from"
* "Grandpa in his bunker"
* "Good evening, we are from Ukraine"
* "Good Russians"
* "Orcs [ru]"
* "Putin khuylo!"
* "Russian warship, go fuck yourself"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Strength is in truth"
* "Westsplaining"
* "Where have you been for eight years?"
* "Without you! [uk]"

Popular culture|

* "12"
* "Back to the Cold War"
* "Bayraktar"
* Borodianka cat [uk]
* "City of Mary"
* "Flowers of Minefields [uk]"
* "Generation Cancellation"
* "Generation Z"
* "Oyda"
* Ghost of Kyiv
* "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
* Královec Region
* Madonna of Kyiv [ro]
* North Atlantic Fellas Organization
* Newspeak in Russia [ru; uk]
* "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna"
* Patron
* "Putler"
* Raccoon of Kherson [ru]
* "Russia is here forever [ru]"
* Saint Javelin
* Saint Mariuburg [ru; uk]
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Stefania"
* "Ukraine"
* "Ukraine on Fire 2 [uk]"
* Vasylkiv maiolica rooster
* Vladimir Putin's meeting table
* Walk of the Brave
* Watermelon symbol [uk]
* "Z" military symbol

Key people

| Ukrainians|

* Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* speeches during the invasion
* visit to the United States
* visit to the United Kingdom
* Denys Kireyev
* Denys Monastyrsky
* Denys Prokopenko
* Denys Shmyhal
* Iryna Venediktova
* Kyrylo Budanov
* Mykola Oleschuk
* Oleksandr Pavlyuk
* Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Oleksii Reznikov
* Oleksiy Danilov
* Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Ruslan Khomchak
* Sergiy Kyslytsya
* Serhiy Shaptala
* Valerii Zaluzhnyi
* Vitali Klitschko
* Yevhen Moisiuk

|

Russians|

* Vladimir Putin
* Aleksandr Dvornikov
* Aleksandr Lapin
* Aleksey Nagin
* Alexander Bortnikov
* Andrei Sychevoi
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Gennady Zhidko
* Igor Kastyukevich
* Mikhail Mishustin
* Nikolai Patrushev
* Oleg Salyukov
* Ramzan Kadyrov
* Roman Berdnikov
* Sergei Shoigu
* Sergey Surovikin
* Sergey Lavrov
* Sergey Naryshkin
* Valery Gerasimov
* Viktor Zolotov

Other|

* Alexander Lukashenko
* Denis Pushilin
* Leonid Pasechnik

Related

* Anti-Russian sentiment
* Anti-Ukrainian sentiment
* Antonov An-225 Mriya
* Azovstal iron and steel works
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Derussification in Ukraine
* Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine
* Foreign leaders that have visited during the invasion
* Ryazan military aircraft crash
* Irkutsk military aircraft crash
* Nord Stream 2
* Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria
* Punisher
* Russian nuclear weapons
* Sarmat
* Russian military presence in Transnistria
* Siberian wildfires
* Soloti military training ground shooting
* Soviet imagery
* U-24 association
* Voronezh military aircraft crash
* Yeysk military aircraft crash

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