2024 Kharkiv offensive

Ongoing battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

2024 Kharkiv offensive

Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The frontline on 29 July 2024 (details)
| Date| 10 May 2024 (2024-05-10) – 1 June 2024 (2024-07)
(initial offensive 3 weeks and 1 day)
1 June 2024 (2024-06) \- present
(stalemate 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)

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Location|

Kharkiv Oblast[a]

Status|  Ongoing; main Russian offensive halts by early June, front largely stalemate
Belligerents
Russia|  Ukraine
Units involved
Order of battle|  Order of battle
Strength
2,000 – 8,000 (initial force per Ukraine)[1]
72,000–75,000 (Northern Group of Forces total strength by August 7 per ISW)[2]
46,000-47,000 (Belgorod Group of Forces total strength by September 29 per ISW)[3]|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
10,500 civilians evacuated

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Timeline

*     * February – April 2022
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* August – November 2022
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* January 2025 – present

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* Prelude
* Casualties
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* List of engagements
* War crimes
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* Economic impact
* Peace negotiations
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* Russian annexation
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Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

Northern front

* Antonov Airport
* Chernobyl
* Hostomel
* Kyiv
* Kyiv strikes
* shopping centre bombing
* Russian Kyiv convoy
* Bucha
* massacre
* Irpin
* refugee column shelling
* Makariv
* Moshchun
* Kozarovytska Dam
* Brovary
* Slavutych
* Borodianka
* Sumy
* ammonia leak
* Chernihiv
* Chernihiv strikes
* 3 March 2022 bombing
* 16 March 2022 breadline attack
* Lebedyn
* Northern Ukraine skirmishes
* Desna

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Eastern front

* Mariupol
* hospital airstrike
* theatre airstrike
* art school bombing
* 1st Kharkiv
* Kharkiv strikes
* February cluster bombing
* government building airstrike
* March cluster bombing
* April cluster bombing
* dormitories missile strike
* Chuhuiv Air Base
* Volnovakha
* Izium
* massacre
* Stara Krasnianka
* Donetsk
* March 2022 attack
* June 2022 attack
* September 2022 attack
* Rubizhne
* Popasna
* Marinka
* Kramatorsk
* railway station attack
* Battle of Donbas
* Siverskyi Donets
* school bombing
* Sievierodonetsk
* Lysychansk
* Chasiv Yar strike
* Pisky
* Olenivka massacre
* Bakhmut
* Soledar
* Vuhledar
* Makiivka
* 2nd Kharkiv
* Kupiansk
* civilian convoy shelling
* 2nd Lyman
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Velyka Novosilka
* Russian Winter Offensive

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Southern front

* Kherson
* Kherson strikes
* Melitopol
* Mykolaiv
* bombing
* 7 March 2022 military quarters attack
* cluster bombing
* 18 March 2022 military quarters attack
* government building airstrike
* Chornobaivka
* Enerhodar
* Zaporizhzhia NPP
* Voznesensk
* Berdiansk
* Huliaipole
* Davydiv Brid
* Crimea
* Novofedorivka
* 1st Crimean Bridge
* 1st Sevastopol Naval Base
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Prelude
* Nova Kakhovka
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper

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Other regions

* Zaporizhzhia
* civilian convoy attack
* residential building airstrike
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kryvyi Rih
* Lviv
* Odesa
* Zhytomyr
* Rivne
* Vinnytsia
* Dnipro
* Yavoriv
* Khmelnytskyi
* Kremenchuk
* Serhiivka
* Chaplyne
* Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

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Naval operations

* Snake Island
* Berdiansk
* Moskva

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Spillover & related incidents

* Western Russia
* Millerovo
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases
* 2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* Zeitenwende speech
* Zagreb Tu-141 crash
* Russian mystery fires
* Transnistria
* 2022 Russian mobilization
* Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
* 2022 Russian Far East protests
* Soloti training ground shooting
* Poland missile explosion
* 2022 Russian martial law
* Lady R incident

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Russian invasion of Ukraine (2023)

Northern Ukraine skirmishes
* Kyiv strikes
* Chernihiv strikes

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Eastern front

* Marinka
* Russian Winter Offensive
* Bakhmut
* Soledar
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Vuhledar
* Makiivka
* Kramatorsk strike
* Lyman cluster bombing
* Kostiantynivka
* Hroza
* Avdiivka
* Kharkiv strikes
* Velyka Novosilka

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Southern front

* Huliaipole
* Dnieper
* Kakhovka Dam
* Crimea strikes
* 2nd Crimean Bridge
* 2nd Sevastopol Naval Base
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive (Mala Tokmachka)
* Zarichne
* Mykolaiv strikes
* Zaporizhzhia NPP

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Other regions

* Sloviansk
* Uman
* Pokrovsk
* Zaporizhzhia
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kryvyi Rih
* Lviv
* Odesa
* Zhytomyr
* Rivne
* Vinnytsia
* Dnipro
* 14 January 2023 strikes
* 29 December 2023 strikes
* Khmelnytskyi
* Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

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Spillover & related incidents

* Western Russia
* Bryansk Oblast
* Kremlin drone attack
* Belgorod Oblast incursion
* Moscow drone strikes
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Black Sea drone incident
* Belgorod accidental bombing
* Synytsia

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Russian invasion of Ukraine (2024)

Northern Ukraine skirmishes
* Kyiv strikes
* Chernihiv strikes

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Eastern Ukraine campaign

* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Avdiivka
* Vuhledar
* Donetsk strike
* Lysychansk strike
* Chasiv Yar
* Krasnohorivka
* Ocheretyne
* 3rd Kharkiv
* Kharkiv strikes
* Toretsk
* Pokrovsk
* Pokrovsk strike
* Kurakhove
* Velyka Novosilka

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Southern Ukraine campaign

* Huliaipole
* Dnieper
* Kherson strikes
* Mykolaiv strikes
* Zaporizhzhia
* Zaporizhzhia NPP
* Crimea strikes
* Odesa
* Dnipro

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Other regions

* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Poltava
* Kryvyi Rih
* Lviv
* 6 March strike
* Zhytomyr
* Rivne
* Vinnytsia
* Khmelnytskyi
* Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* 22 March strikes
* 26 August strikes
* 17 November strikes

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Naval operations

* Tendra Spit

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Spillover & related incidents

* Kursk offensive
* Olgovskiy Forest
* Western Russia
* February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* May 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* March 2024 western Russia incursion
* Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Skadovsk polling center bombing
* June 2024 Ukraine peace conference
* 2024 Ukrainian coup attempt allegations
* 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
* Toropets explosions
* Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243

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Resistance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

* Ukrainian resistance
* Belarusian resistance

* rail war in Belarus
* Machulishchy air base attack

* Russian anti-war resistance

* rail war in Russia
* Russian commissariat attacks
* Ust-Ilimsk shooting
* St. Petersburg cafe bombing

On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovchansk and Kharkiv.[4] The Guardian reported that the offensive has led to Russia's biggest territorial gains in 18 months.[5] By early June the Russian offensive stalled, with The Guardian reporting that the situation on the frontline had been "stabilized."[6] Ukrainian forces then began small-scale counterattacks, which reportedly recaptured its first settlement on 19 June.[7]

The Russian armed forces have also launched raids into Sumy Oblast,[8] Chernihiv Oblast,[9] and other segments of Kharkiv Oblast,[10] in an effort to draw Ukrainian resources away from the main offensive in Kharkiv.[11] Similarly, Ukrainian forces have launched raids into Belgorod Oblast, while some western analysts attribute the 2024 Kursk offensive as a diversion from Kharkiv.[12][13]

## Background

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Ukrainian forces dismantling Russian pro-annexation propaganda posters in Vovchansk during the city's liberation in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive

Territory formerly occupied by Russia (right) shown with  , with the flag of the Russian occupied Kharkiv Oblast (left)

Further information: Battle of Kharkiv (2022), 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, and Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast

On February 24, 2022, the opening day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 20,000 Russian soldiers commenced an offensive operation south from Belgorod Oblast to capture Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.[14] Russian forces quickly captured Vovchansk, before continuing south to Balakliia, Izium, and Shevchenkove in an effort to attack Kharkiv from the north and east.[15] For three days Kharkiv was the site of street fighting until Russian forces withdrew on February 28 under threat of being encircled in the city.[16][17]

Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive to recapture Russian held Kharkiv Oblast in late 2022.[18] Ukraine reestablished control over most of Kharkiv Oblast, except for a small portion in the east between the border with Luhansk Oblast and the Oskil river. Ethnically Russian pro-Ukrainian militias, the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion performed cross-border raids into Kursk and Belgorod in 2023 and again later in 2024.[19][20] Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeatedly threatened to attack Kharkiv Oblast and establish a buffer zone to protect Russia's border in response.[21][22] During the first months of 2024, reports appeared that the Russian army was rebuilding its forces in the north to launch a new offensive in the direction of Kharkiv later that year.[23][24][25] On 8 May 2024, the governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Syniehubov, reported a large gathering of Russian forces north of the region.[26][27] The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, subsequently said that over 50,000 Russian soldiers had been deployed to the border.[28]

## Offensive

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### Early Russian offensive

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See also: Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War § 2024 Kharkiv offensive

#### 10 May

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Firefighters fighting a blaze from a Russian S-400 strike on Kharkiv city, 10 May 2024

According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russian forces shelled positions with guided bombs in the direction of Vovchansk during the day and added artillery fire at night. An attempt to break through the front line was recorded at 5:00 am on 10 May.[29] Up to 4–5 Russian infantry battalions from a newly created force[30] crossed the state border, reportedly capturing the villages of Krasne, Borysivka, Strilecha, and Pylna.[29][31][32] Ukraine's armed forces urged residents of northern Kharkiv Oblast to evacuate.[33][34] The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, subsequently said that over 30,000 Russian soldiers were involved in the offensive.[28] Communication in the Ukrainian military was temporarily disrupted due to Starlink devices having been knocked out.[35]

According to Ukrainian military journalist Yuri Butusov, the captured border area had been a "gray zone" behind the Ukrainian defensive line with no Ukrainian military presence, with the exception of Strilecha.[31][36] Syniehubov also referred to the affected villages as a "gray zone",[37] claiming that "the Ukrainian armed forces have not lost a single meter".[38] According to DeepStateMap.Live analysts, citing confidential sources, Russian forces had occupied the village of Pylna several days before 10 May, but poor communication within the Ukrainian military had prevented any action from being taken.[39]

Later in the afternoon, reserve units were sent to Kharkiv Oblast to hold the front line, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.[40]

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that artillery had thus far been able to repel the Russian offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and that Russia may pull more reserves to support the offensive but that Ukraine's armed forces were ready to resist them.[41]

Later that day a senior Ukrainian commander said that Russian forces had pushed Ukrainian forces back by one kilometer from the Russian-Ukrainian border and were aiming to advance 10 kilometers into Ukraine. The border city of Vovchansk was subjected to "massive shelling" and residents were evacuated.[42]

Fighting was also reported in the villages of Pletenivka [uk], Hatyshche,[43] Hoptivka,[44] Morokhovets,[45] Oliinykove and Ohirtseve [uk].[46] Russian bloggers claimed that Pletenivka, Hatyshche, Ohirtseve and Zelene had come under Russian control.[47] Ukraine's 42nd Mechanized Brigade published footage of its "Perun" unit destroying four Russian BMP infantry fighting vehicles in the area of Pylna using combat drones, claiming to have inflicted several casualties.[48][49]

A member of the Ukrainian partisan movement Atesh allegedly serving in the Russian military claimed that parts of his unit, a motorised rifle battalion of the 44th Army Corps, refused to participate in the assault on Kharkiv Oblast, owing to the failure of previous sabotage and reconnaissance and the strength of Ukrainian fortifications.[50]

By 10 May, Russian forces, according to the ISW, had seized around "35 square miles of territory".[51]

#### 11 May

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The Ukrainians claimed to have destroyed 20 Russian units of armored equipment during the previous day's offensive. Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman of Ukraine's Khortytsia operational-strategic group, claimed that the Russians were contained in the "gray zone" and that the offensive had effectively been repelled.[52]

According to the ISW, geolocated footage published on 11 May indicated that Morokhovets, Oliinykove and Ohirtseve had come under Russian control.[53][54] Russian military bloggers claimed that Russian forces had also captured the villages of Hoptivka, Kudiivka [uk] and Tykhe, and were trying to advance into Vovchansk, though the think tank said it had not observed evidence to verify these claims.[53] The Russian defence ministry claimed in a briefing that its forces had taken five villages: Strilecha, Pylna, Borysivka, Ohirtseve and Pletenivka.[55]

#### 12 May

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The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces had captured the villages of Hatyshche, Krasne, Morokhovets and Oliinykove.[56]

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on Telegram that the situation in Kharkiv Oblast had "significantly worsened".[57] Amid claims by Russian and Ukrainian sources of combat within Vovchansk, ISW assessed that Hatyshche, Pletenivka and Tykhe had come under Russian control.[54]

#### 13 May

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Ukrainian outlets Rubryka and Ukrainska Pravda reported that the DeepState map indicated that Russian forces had taken control over the village of Zelene, while the village of Lukiantsi was almost wholly occupied.[58][59] Russian forces advanced towards Vovchansk following the capture of these settlements,[60] and managed to capture the Vovchansky meat processing plant [uk] located north of the city.[61]

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces partially withdrew from the village of Ternova following clashes nearby however the status of the village is currently unknown.[61]

Ukrainian forces claimed to have killed over 100 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours in northern Kharkiv Oblast. Some five Russian battalions were involved in Vovchansk. Ukrainian officials acknowledged that Russian forces had made "tactical gains" and that Ukrainian forces appeared to be avoiding direct engagements with Russian forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook that its forces were "conducting defensive operations, inflicting fire damage on the enemy, widely using unmanned systems for reconnaissance and launching pinpoint strikes to inflict maximum damage" adding that reserves were being deployed to "stabilize the situation."[62]

A shoe factory in the north of Vovchansk was captured in the morning and Russian troops advanced into the center of Vovchansk up to the northern (right) bank of the river Vovcha by the evening, according to Russian milbloggers.[61] The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that Russian forces have "tactical success" in Vovchansk.[63]

#### 14 May

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DeepState reported that the village of Zelene was still under Ukrainian control despite heavy fighting in the area.[64]

Russian sources claimed that Russian forces have seized the entirety of Lukiantsi, however, this was not independently confirmed.[65] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces "repositioned" near Lukiantsi to save the lives of Ukrainian personnel.[65][66] The Institute for the Study of War called this a "tacit acknowledgment of Russian advances into the settlement."[65] Russian forces also made gains in Vovchansk and advanced into central Buhruvatka [uk] with the Russian ministry of defense claiming that they had fully secured the village, although, geolocated footage still reported some fighting in its southern outskirts.[65] The ISW also reported that Ukrainian Chief of the General Staff Major General Anatoliy Barhylevych suggested that Russian forces have lost up to 1,740 soldiers in this direction over just the past day, "which would be a very high rate of losses".[65]

#### 15 May

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Russian forces made advances east of Hlyboke and along the east bank of the Travianske Reservoir.[67] Russian milbloggers claimed Russian forces captured Starytsia, Hlyboke and Lukiantsi, of which the latter two were formally claimed captured by the Russian Ministry of Defense. A Ukrainian source stated that Lukiantsi had been captured by May 13.[67] Lyptsi Village Military Administration Head Serhiy Kryvetchenko stated Russian forces have entered Lukiantsi while the Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults between Borysivka and Neskuchne.[67] Russian forces also made advances near Vovchansk as Vovchansk City Military Administration Head Tamaz Gambarashvili stated that small arms battles took place in the northern outskirts, while Russian sources reported on Russian assaults near Izbitske and Buhruvatka.[67]

#### 16 May

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President Zelenskyy arrived in Kharkiv to meet with the top brass of the Ukrainian military and said that the situation in Kharkiv is "very difficult but under control".[68][69]

Ukrainian soldiers, fighting near Kharkiv, reported that they had "never seen anything close to the number of Lancets (drones) flying" in comparison to earlier battles. However Ukrainian soldiers reported that they did not have to ration shells as in earlier battles. Russian forces reduced the number of armoured vehicles assaults allegedly due to losses, while using smaller groups of infantry, 5-20, in assaults. With the ISW writing: the "tempo of Russian offensive operations in the area continues to decrease".[70][71]

Russian forces were confirmed to have taken control of Lukiantsi.[72] Russian forces also advanced within northern Vovchansk and made marginal gains in northeastern Starytsia while continuing offensive operations near Starytsia and Pletenivka.[72]

#### 17 May

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Russian president Vladimir Putin made for the first time statements regarding the new offensive, claiming Russia's current plan is the creation of a "buffer zone" in order to stop Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod and to protect the border areas. According to him, there are no plans to capture the city of Kharkiv as of now.[73]

Zelenskyy acknowledged that Russian forces had advanced by as much as ten kilometers into Kharkiv Oblast, but claimed that they were being held back by primary Ukrainian defensive lines.[74]

Two people were killed and 25 were wounded in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv.[75]

A Ukrainian sergeant operating near Vovchansk told the Wall Street Journal that Russian forces control the northern half of Vovchansk, although this was not corroborated by geolocated footage.[76]

#### 18 May

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The Russian ministry of defense again claimed that the Russian army had captured Zybyne.[77] The Russian ministry of defense also claimed to have repelled Ukrainian counterattacks near Tykhe and that they were advancing near Buhruvatka.[77]

#### 19 May

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Russian forces made advances in Vovchansk, namely in the northeast reportedly reaching the Vovcha River.[78] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces seized Starytsia and Buhruvatka.[78]

#### 20 May

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Russian forces made marginal gains in central Vovchansk.[79]

#### 21 May

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Russian milbloggers reported assaults near Lyptsi and Starytsia, and that a force had crossed the Vovcha River, although this was disputed, with the Institute for the Study of War assessing that Russia probably maintained a small infantry foothold across the river, but with no vehicles or artillery.[80] The Russian Ministry of Defense also claimed that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian counterattacks in Vovchansk and near Starytsia.[80]

#### 22 May

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Ukrainian soldiers said that the situation in Vovchansk was "hotter" than in the Battle of Bakhmut, but that in this case they had the artillery shells needed to defend themselves.[81]

#### 23 May

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The Kyiv Independent wrote that the offensive was "stretching Ukrainian defenses thin".[82]

The Ukrainians published photos of 28 Russian soldiers reportedly captured in the Kharkiv area, making up two-thirds their captured between 15 and 23 May.[83]

Russian forces attacked the cities of Kharkiv, Liubotyn and Zolochiv with around 15 S-300 missiles, killing seven people and injuring over a dozen others.[84][85]

Ukrainian forces recaptured "marginal territory" southeast of Lukiantsi while Russian sources reported that Ukraine launched counter-attacks on Lyptsi and Hlyboke.[86] Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that Russian forces switched to an "active defense" in the Lyptsi direction, and were no longer performing offensive actions there.[86] Syrskyi also stated that Russian forces were now "bogged down" in street fighting in Vovchansk, which was reflected by Russian milbloggers claims that fighting there had become "positional."[86]

#### 24 May

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The Ukrainian general staff said that they "halted" the Russian advance and "stabilized" the situation along the border.[87] Russian milbloggers reflected this sentiment, calling the front-line "stagnate" and reported on a failed effort by Russian forces to cross the Vovcha River.[87]

#### 25 May

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The Epicentr K Hypermarket in Kharkiv was struck, allegedly per local officials, by two Russian glide bombs, killing at least 16 and wounding 43 others.[88][89] A strike on a residential area reportedly wounded at least 20 as well.[90]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Russian losses were 8 times higher than Ukraine's during the Kharkiv Offensive.[91]

Zelenskyy also reported that Ukrainian artillery had restored "combat control" over an unspecified section of the Kharkiv front while the Ukrainian General Staff reported that they were pushing Russian forces back across the front-line.[92] A Russian assault in the Strilecha-Hlyboke direction was reported to be thwarted by a local officer.[92] Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian counterattacks near Hlyboke while Russian milbloggers reported that Russian forces were "struggling" to advance.[92] Milbloggers claimed Russian forces destroyed a bridge over the Vovcha River near Tykhe to prevent Ukrainian counterattacks.[92]

#### 26 May

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Ukrainian forces regained positions near Lyptsi with the Khortytsia Group of Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshyn reporting that Ukrainian forces had pushed Russian forces out of positions in the direction of Strilecha-Hlyboke, and stopped a Russian offensive action along the Hlyboke-Lyptsi road.[93]

#### 27 May

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The State Bureau of Investigation revealed that they were investigating why the command of the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade, 415th Separate Rifle Battalion, 23rd Mechanized Brigade, 172nd Separate Rifle Battalion, the 120th Brigade of Territorial Defense Forces and other units failed to properly organize the defense of positions on the border of Kharkiv Oblast which led to a Russian breakthrough.[94]

Ukrainian forces made marginal advances in the Lyptsi direction. The Russian ministry of defense claimed that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian counterattack near Hlyboke.[95]

#### 28 May

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Ukrainian forces recaptured a windbreak overlooking Lukiantsi.[96] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces had pushed some 200 meters or so towards the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.[96]

#### 29 May

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Russian sources claimed that, using motorcycles and ATVs, Russia made marginal gains towards Lyptsi, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Synelnykove, and Starytsia.[97] Kostyantyn Mashovets, a Ukrainian military observer, reported that the Russian 18th Motor Rifle Division had switched to an "active defense" while Russian sources claimed that the 25th and 138th motorized rifle brigades, 2nd Motorized Rifle Division, and 47th Tank Division have begun to "conslidate" their positions and engage in defensive efforts.[97]

#### 30 May

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Ukrainian forces regained positions within Vovchansk while continued Russian assaults took place there.[98] Russian Kharkiv Oblast occupation head Vitaly Ganchev claimed that Russian forces had "about half" of Vovchansk under their control.[98] Russian forces also reportedly abandoned their plans to cross the Vovcha River, with the Russian airforce destroying a bridge along Soborna Street which Russian ground forces had been pushing towards for weeks.[98] Russian milbloggers also noted the lack of Russian motorized, mechanized and armor near Vovchansk, reporting that Russian forces travel on foot, with motorcycles or ATVs.[98]

The Liut Brigade were reported to be conducting "door-to-door mop-up operations" in order to prevent Russian forces from gaining a foothold in other sections of Vovchansk.[99]

#### 31 May

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Russian forces made marginal gains in Vovchansk.[100] Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov claimed that the Russian army had forced Ukrainian forces to retreat 8–9 km from the Russian border.[100]

### Russian offensive stalls

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#### 1 June

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Russian milbloggers described the offensive as "stalled" and report that it had done so because Russian forces failed to control the battlefield with artillery and air support, attributing Ukraine's defense primarily to the use of drones.[101]

#### 2 June

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Ukrainian forces struck Russian military targets in Belgorod and Kursk oblasts including a column of unspecified Russian vehicles in Sudzha.[102] Ukrainian sources stated that the column consisted of 18 Russian vehicles, additionally, Russian governmental and milblogger sources reported that a Ukrainian MLRS strike on Shebekino killed the Deputy Head of Korochansky Raion, Igor Nechiporenko, and injured several other local administrators.[102] Russian forces made marginal advances southwest of Vovchansk towards Starytsia.[102] Additionally Russian sources were claiming Ukraine was performing a counterattack in northern and central Vovchansk and in the forest areas between Hlyboke and Lukiantsi.[102]

Both Russian and Ukrainian sources reported that both sides were transferring personnel to the Sumy-Kursk border.[102]

#### 3 June

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Geolocated footage showed a Russian advance in the village of Hlyboke and towards Lyptsi.[103] Ukrainian forces regained limited positions in central Vovchansk.[103] Kostyantyn Mashovets sardonically noted that the pace of the Ukrainian counterattacks had not changed since the start of the offensive, and that Russian milbloggers were reporting major Ukrainian offensive efforts in an attempt to make the Russian army look better.[103] Ukrainian "Kharkiv" Group of Forces Spokesmen Yuryi Povkh also noted a general decrease in Russian offensive efforts to "no more than a few motorized rifle units."[103]

#### 4 June

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Russian forces advanced near Vovchansk towards Starytsia.[104] Ukrainian Khortytsia Group of Forces Spokesmen Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshyn said that Ukraine was in control of 70% of Vovchansk.[104] Russian milbloggers meanwhile claimed that Russian forces were destroying bridges across the Vovcha River in an effort to stall Ukrainian forces.[104]

#### 5 June

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Vovchansk City Military Administration Head Tamaz Gambarashvili claimed that Ukrainian forces recaptured unspecified positions within the city and fully control the central portion of the city.[105]

The Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) released a wiretapped conversation of Russian forces in Grayvoron, Belgorod Oblast, about preparations for a Russian assault on another portion of the border, likely Zolochiv.[105]

#### 6 June

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The Ukrainian General Staff reported that for the first time since the offensive started there was no Russian offensive action towards Lyptsi.[106] Meanwhile, Russian forces advanced in Starytsia near Vovchansk.[106]

#### 7 June

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The Ukrainian General Staff noted another lack of action towards Lyptsi, assessing that Russian forces were regrouping.[107] Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces had performed a limited counterattack near Lyptsi.[107] Yuriy Povkh also claimed that 25 Russian personnel abandoned their post in the village.[107] Ukraine's Khortytsia Regional Command claimed that more than 60 Russian soldiers had been captured in and around Vovchansk in "less than" a week.[108]

#### 8 June

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Ukrainian forces conducted tactical counterattacks in Vovchansk.[109] Russian forces likely captured Hlyboke. A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukraine had performed a counter-attack to regain the southern portion after it had been seized, although this was disputed.[109] Another Russian source claimed that Ukrainian forces likely pushed Russian forces from the dacha area north of Lyptsi and southwest of Hlyboke.[109]

#### 9 June

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Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, stated that the Russians captured the village of Ryzhivka in Sumy Oblast of Ukraine, located near the border, next to the Russian settlement of Tyotkino.[8] The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service and President Zelenskyy denied that the village was under Chechen control.[110][111][112] Geolocated footage confirmed that Russian forces had entered the village and had advanced 730 meters inside Ukraine.[113] The ISW assessed that the incursions "have not established a significant or enduring presence in this area".[113]

A Ukrainian fixed-wing crewed aircraft struck a Russian command post in Belgorod Oblast, marking the first time a crewed Ukrainian airplane has performed a strike on Russian territory.[114]

#### 11 June

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Ukrainian forces regained positions in the Lyptsi direction.[115] Russian milbloggers also claimed that Ukrainian forces regained positions near Hlyboke.[115]

#### 12 June

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Ukrainian State Border Guard Service Spokesmen Andriy Demchenko stated that there was "almost no" activity of Russian forces operating in the Sumy direction.[116] The Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade published a video purporting to show the capture of 24 Russian soldiers taken in Vovchansk.[108] Meanwhile, Russian forces marginally advanced in Vovchansk.

#### 13 June

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Ukrainian forces regained a windbreak just southeast of Hlyboke amidst reports from Russian milbloggers of a Ukrainian counterattack there.[117] Several Russian sources also reported Ukrainian counterattacks in and around Vovchansk as both Russian and Ukrainian sources report that Russia has committed its reserve forces to the front, namely the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.[117]

#### 14 June

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Russian President Vladimir Putin again stated that the goal of the operation was not the control of territory, rather the establishment of a demilitarized "security zone" along the border.[118]

#### 15 June

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Ukrainian and western media circulated claims that 400 Russian soldiers were encircled in Vovchansk, however, most sources pointed back to a since deleted post by a Russian milblogger.[119] The Telegraph released geolocated footage showing at least 30 Russian personnel surrendering near the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.[119]

#### 16 June

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Heavy fighting centered around the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant continued with combat there being room to room, hallway to hallway.[120] Kharkiv Group of Forces Spokesmen Yuriy Povkh claimed that Russian forces were being rotated from the front due to becoming combat-ineffective due to high losses, including the 25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade and 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade.[120] David Axe claimed that attempts by Russia to advance into southern Vovchansk had failed and that as many as 400 Russians had been encircled by Ukrainian troops in and around a chemical plant in the city, with 30 of them having surrendered.[121]

#### 18 June

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Ukrainian forces recaptured positions near Lyptsi while a deputy commander of a Ukrainian drone battalion reported gains in and near Hlyboke.[122] Due to the forces confirmed fighting in the city via drone footage, the ISW assessed that Russia has withdrawn troops from the Kherson and Dontesk fronts to reinforce the Kharkiv front.[122]

#### 19 June

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Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured Tykhe, while Russian milbloggers reported the recapture actually occurred back on the 17th and 18th.[7] Geolocated footage also confirmed that Ukrainian forces recently recaptured areas in southern and central Starytsia.[7] Colonel Yuriy Povkh also reported to have "blocked" a few dozen Russian troops in a position within Vovchansk amid reports that upwards of 200 Russian troops were encircled near the aggregate plant.[7]

#### 20 June

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Ukrainian forces advanced northeast of Vovchansk with Russia no longer holding any positions within the central part of the settlement.[123]

#### 21 June

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Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces had captured the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.[124]

#### 23 June

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Nazar Voloshyn also claimed that Russia was withdrawing the 11th Tank Regiment, 83rd Airborne Brigade and the 25th Motorized Rifle Brigade, due to suffering too many casualties to be combat effective.[125]

#### 24 June

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Ukrainian forces counterattacked and regained some tactical positions in northeastern Vovchansk.[126]

#### 25 June

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Ukrainian forces advanced within Vovchansk.[127]

Yuriy Povkh reported that due to losses Russia was merging various units into a revived 51st Army centering around the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade as well as elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.[127]

#### 27 June

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A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group conducted a cross-border raid on Zolochiv that Ukraine claimed it repelled.[128] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian assault near Sotnytskyi Kozachok.[128] Both Russian and Ukrainian sources, including Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, concluded from the raid that Russia is preparing for a larger offensive action in the area.[128]

#### 28 June

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Ukrainian forces recaptured positions within central Vovchansk.[129] A Ukrainian battalion commander reported that the situation along the front was "stable" and that Russian forces had not made any meaningful gains since 12 June.[129]

#### 30 June

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Russian forces advanced in central Vovchansk, while at the Aggregate Plant Ukrainian forces reportedly encircled an indeterminate amount of Russian troops.[130] Russian forces also made limited gains near Lyptsi and Hlyboke.[130]

#### 1 July

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Geolocated footage showed Ukrainian forces engaged in combat with another Russian cross-border raiding party at Zhuravka in Sumy Oblast.[131]

The 3rd Assault Brigade claimed that they had "eliminated" an entire battalion of Russian soldiers in the past week, killing 151 and wounding 304. They also claimed that they had also destroyed a D-20 howitzer, three ZALA drones and a tank.[132]

#### 2 July

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The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces are conducting sabotage and reconnaissance activities in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.[9] Geolocated footage showed a limited Russian presence in the forest outside Zhuravka.[9] Russian forces advanced in Vovchansk with fresh Russian Spetsnaz troops from the 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade while the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade reinforced positions elsewhere on the front, near Hlyboke and Lyptsi.[9]

#### 3 July

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Russian forces continued to launch limited cross-border raids in Sumy oblast, with the oblast's Military Administration Head Volodymyr Artyukh reporting that the Russian forces weren't large enough to warrant a full incursion, while the ISW assessed that the raids are meant to distract Ukraine and draw resources from the front in Kharkiv.[11] Ukrainian forces regained positions in Vovchansk.[11]

#### 4 July

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Russian forces launched another cross-border raid on Sotnytskyi Kozachok, with Russian milbloggers claiming that it is the first step towards opening a new section of the front.[133] Meanwhile, geolocated footage showed Ukrainian artillery destroy a platoon sized Russian armored column that failed to advance on Hlyboke, the first platoon-sized assault since mid-May.[133]

#### 5 July

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Russian forces made gains in Vovchansk, with continued fighting in the northeast and central part of the settlement.[134]

#### 6 July

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More Russian sabotage groups were reported operating on the Ukraine-Russian border, with Russian milbloggers reporting of groups attacking Oleksandrivka and Popivka in Sumy Oblast as well as continued fighting in Sotnytskyi Kozachok.[135] The ISW assessed that this is likely the grouping of Russian forces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned about gathering on the Ukrainian border on May 26.[135]

Yuriy Povkh also noted that Russia had regrouped its units into smaller forces out of concern of being targeted by Ukrainian artillery.[135] Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov reported that a battalion-sized force of the Russian 7th Motorized Rifle Regiment was destroyed near Lyptsi sometime in late June.[135]

#### 7 July

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Ukrainian forces advanced following counterattacks on Hlyboke, with Russian milbloggers disputing if the village was in either Russian or Ukrainian control.[136]

#### 9 July

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Ukrainian forces regained positions near and in Hlyboke defended by the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, including most of the western half of the settlement.[137] A Ukrainian serviceman also reported that Russian forces were attempting to attack positions in Vovchansk while in civilian clothes, hiding machine-guns under said civilian clothes, which constitutes the war crime of perfidy.[137]

#### 10 July

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The ISW assessed that Russian forces had advanced into central Vovchansk three days prior and had crossed the Vovcha River, capturing the southern tip of the northern portion of the city in the process.[138]

#### 11 July

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Ukrainian forces marginally advanced in the outskirts of Hlyboke, while Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces were bypassing the settlement.[139] Some Russian milbloggers claimed Russian forces had crossed the Vovcha, while Kremlin-affiliated milbloggers denied this.[139]

#### 14 July

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Ukrainian forces conducted localized counterattacks within Vovchansk, capturing tactical positions.[140] Meanwhile, the ISW reported that a Russian source claimed that the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces, responsible for the offensive in the Kharkiv direction, has "only" 30,000 to 70,000 troops "insufficient for a full-fledged penetration of Ukrainian defenses to a depth of 40 kilometers".[140]

#### 17 July

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Russian forces marginally advanced north of Hlyboke.[141] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported that the offensive will continue until a "security buffer" is created in northern Kharkiv.[141]

#### 18 July

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Russian forces reportedly conducted a limited and unsuccessful cross-border raid into Sumy Oblast, failing to break through to Chuikivka, Rozhkovychi, and Sytne.[142] Russian forces made a marginal confirmed advance in Vovchansk.[142]

#### 20 July

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Russian forces recently advanced within western Starytsia as per geolocated footage, while milbloggers claimed that Russian forces also gained positions in Hlyboke.[143]

#### 22 July

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Russian forces marginally advanced within Vovchansk and west of Synelnykove.[144] Meanwhile Kostyantyn Mashovets stated that Russian forces only maintain control of the northern part of Hlyboke while Russian sources either call the settlement a "grey area" or under Russian control.[144]

#### 24 July

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Russian forces conducted a limited cross-border attack near Sotnytskyi Kozachok, however, Russian forces did not attempt to hold onto positions and quickly returned across the border.[145] Russian forces advanced in western Hlyboke.[145]

#### 25 July

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The Ukrainian General Staff reported another raid on Sotnytskyi Kozachok which again held no territory and quickly returned across the border.[146] Geolocated footage showed Russian forces marginally advancing north of Hlyboke.[146]

#### 26 July

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Russian milbloggers claimed another raid on Sotnytskyi Kozachok, however, this was not verified by any official Ukrainian or Russian source.[147]

#### 27 July

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Ukrainian forces advanced within Vovchansk and counterattacked near Starytsia.[148]

#### 28 July

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The ISW assessed that it was "likely" Russian forces no longer held positions south of the Vovcha River within Vovchansk amidst a Ukrainian counterattack.[149] A Russian milblogger, meanwhile, claimed that Russian forces only control the western part of the Aggregate Plant within central Vovchansk.[149] Ukrainian Kharkiv Group of Forces Spokesman Colonel Vitaly Sarantsev stated that Russian forces are suffering from significant losses and are exhausting their limited reserves.[149]

#### 29 July

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Special Operations Forces front-line command post near Vovchansk visiting with soldiers and members of the general staff.[150] This comes amidst reports that the Russian bridgehead across the Vovcha river was encircled and abandoned by Russian command to instead focus on defending the aggregate plant and preventing an encirclement of most Russian forces in the city.[151][152]

#### 31 July

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A Russian insider source claimed Ukrainian forces ambushed elements of the Russian 322nd Spetsnaz Training Center in the Semenivskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast border area.[153] The report claimed that 5 Russian Spetsnaz personnel were killed in the ambush, and that it was covered up to save face in the wake of the defeat of Wagner personnel at the 2nd Battle of Tinzaouaten.[153]

#### 7 August

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Coinciding with the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion, activity in Kharkiv dropped significantly, with only limited engagements along the front-line.[2] Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets noted that Russian forces had not withdrawn from Kharkiv to engage Ukrainian forces in Kursk.[2] Mashovets' estimated, according to publicly available troop movements, that there were between 72,000 to 75,000 Russian personnel engaged in northern Kharkiv.[2]

#### 9 August

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Russian forces reportedly seized border settlements that they had previously raided, namely, Sotnytskyi Kozachok in Kharkiv Oblast, and Lukashivka in Sumy Oblast.[10]

#### 10 August

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A prominent Russian milblogger denied earlier claims that Russian forces had captured Lukashivka and Sotnytskyi Kozachok, stating that these settlements had changed hands dozens of times in the past weeks as there are no adequate defensive positions for either side to utilize.[154]

#### 12 August

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Russian forces advanced marginally within Vovchansk and near Tykhe.[155]

#### 13 August

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The Ukrainian Khartiia Brigade repelled a Russian armored assault with twelve tanks, destroying four tanks and damaging one. Ten Russian soldiers were killed and 30 were wounded.[156][157]

#### 14 August

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Russian forces made marginal advances along the Travyanske Reservoir.[158] Additional geolocated footage showed a Russian advance along a windbreak near Lukiantsi.[158]

#### 21 August

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Sarantsev stated that a Russian contingent remains trapped in the Vovchansk aggregate plant.[159]

#### 26 August

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Russian forces advanced marginally within Starytsya.[160]

#### 28 August

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A Ukrainian spokesmen reported that the intensity of Russian assaults in the Kharkiv direction had decreased since the start of the incursion in Kursk Oblast from up to 10 attacks per day to one or two attacks per day.[161]

#### 1 September

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Russian forces advanced within western Hlyboke.[162]

#### 5 September

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Ukrainian forces regained positions near Lyptsi.[163] Russian troops from the 7th Motorized Rifle Regiment complained of a shortage of potable water on the front-line near Lukyantsi.[163]

#### 16 September

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Ukrainian forces advanced within Vovchansk.[164] A Ukrainian officer reported that Vovchansk is so destroyed that Russian forces do not have defensive positions besides the Vovchansk aggregate plant within the city.[164]

#### 19 September

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Russian forces advanced west of Hlyboke along the Travyanske Reservoir.[165]

#### 20 September

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Both Ukrainian and Russian forces advanced, with Ukrainian forces advancing within Vovchansk while Russian forces advanced north of Tykhe and along the Travyanske Reservoir near Hlyboke.[166]

#### 21 September

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Russian forces marginally advanced near Lyptsi and in Vovchansk and Hlyboke.[167] The commander of a Ukrainian battalion reported that one of the Chechen Akhmat units had been deployed as barrier troops on the front.[167]

#### 24 September

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Ukrainian forces recaptured the Vovchansk aggregate plant.[168][169] Personnel from the HUR's Tymur unit, alongside Stugna, Paragon, Yunger, BDK, and Terror units, engaged in room-by-room combat, including hand-to-hand combat, with several dozen Russian personnel being killed and 20 captured.[170][171] Four Russians managed to flee, but were later killed along the plant's perimeter.[172]

#### 25 September

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Ukrainian forces continued to regain positions within Vovchansk from both central Vovchansk near the aggregate plant, and from the north-east in the direction of Tykhe.[173]

#### 26 September

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Russian forces made marginal advances along the Travyanske Reservoir and continued assaults near Lyptsi, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, and Tykhe while Chechen "Akhmat" forces where reported operating near Lukyantsi alongside former Wagner personnel.[174]

#### 27 September

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Russian forces marginally advanced near Zelene, while geolocated Ukrainian footage showed a Russian platoon sized offensive being repelled.[175] Ukrainian Colonel Vitaliy Sarantsev reported that Russian forces are digging tunnels and underground passageways between buildings in Vovchansk to conceal troop movements.[175] Failed Russian assaults where also reported near Hlyboke, Starytsya, Vovchansk, and Tykhe.[175]

#### 28 September

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A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced 100 meters near Tykhe, however, the ISW was unable to verify that claim.[176] Russian force also claimed that Ukrainian forces do not fully control the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.[176]

#### 29 September

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Russian forces continued offensive operations near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, and Tykhe with no confirmed changes to the front-line.[3] Russian milbloggers claimed the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant was the site of extensive operations by either side.[3]

#### 30 September

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Russian forces marginally advanced in Vovchansk while also continuing attacks near Burhuvatka and Starytsya.[177] Ukrainian forces also observed Russian forces constructing tunnels to transport men and material to the front to counteract Ukraine's drone parity.[177]

#### 2 October

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A massive explosion occurred in Vovchansk, which some speculated to have been caused by an ODAB-9000, Russia's largest non-nuclear bomb. However, this was disputed by the Ukrainians, as the bomb has to be directly dropped over the target, by either Tu-160, Tu-95 or Tu-22M3 strategic bombers.[178][179]

#### 7 October

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Russian forces recaptured the Vovchansk aggregate plant.[180]

#### 17 October

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Russian forces continued assaults near Vovchansk and Starytsya.[12] Ukraine claimed to have cleared a 500-hectare forest north of Lyptsi, capturing between 20 and 30 Russian soldiers.[12][181] Russian milbloggers claimed Ukrainian reconnaissance forces crossed the border and raided the village of Zhuravlyovka, Belgorod Oblast in an effort to threaten Russian supply lines.[12][182] However, the governor of Belgorod denied that the village was under Ukrainian control, but noted the area of the village has been the subject to cross border raids since February 22, 2022.[b][183]

#### 24 October

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By 24 October Russian mechanized assaults have stopped, with Ukrainian officers reporting that Russian forces had constructed elaborate "multi-story" foxholes and defensive structures, and where preparing for winter to make the ground more solid.[184]

#### 1 November

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Russian forces had advanced in Vovchansk along Zernova Street, with geolocated footage showing Ukraine recapturing the positions by 1 November, with the 57th Motorized Brigade capturing 15 Russian soldiers.[185][186]

#### 4 November

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Ukrainian forces advanced west of Hlyboke along the Travyanske Reservoir, as Ukrainian officers report that Russian forces are increasingly relying on unsupported infantry assaults and the occasional civilian vehicles.[187]

#### 7 November

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Ukrainian forces cleared 400 hectares of forest along the entire front.[188]

#### 14 November

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Ukrainian sources claimed Russian forced performed a cross-border raid the village of Vysoka Yaruha.[189]

#### 15 November

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A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group conducted a limited incursion into Chernihiv Oblast raising the Russian flag over an abandoned apartment building without establishing any permanent presence in the villages of Hremyach, Kolos, Novoselydivka and Muravi. The Ukrainian State Border Service reported that the area where the raid took place is cut off from the rest of Ukraine by a river and are abandoned.[190]

#### 16 November

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Ukrainian drones destroyed the Russian flags in Chernihiv, while Russian milbloggers claimed another Russian raid had captured the village of Sotnytskyi Kozachok which the ISW was unable to verify.[191]

#### 18 November

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Russian milbloggers claimed that a Ukrainian raid on Zhuravlyovka was repelled, however, the ISW was unable to verify this.[192]

#### 19 November

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The ISW reported that a Ukrainian battalion commander claimed that in one attack Russian forces suffered 139 casualties trying to seize 200 meters of ground.[193]

#### 19 December

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A Ukrainian attack near Lyptsi for the first time employed dozens of uncrewed ground combat vehicles (UGV) and first person view drones (FPV) drones, but no soldiers. The ground vehicles conducted surveillance, mine clearing, and direct machine gun fire.[194]

#### 17-19 January 2025

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The Ukrainian claimed that Russian forces had launched an offensive against their positions in Vovchansk, attacking in groups of 20. They claimed that "there are about 200 corpses lying in our plantings and fields".[195] Two days later, they also claimed to have captured six Russians after repulsing another assault, also near Vovchansk.[196]

## Analysis

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The offensive comes at a time when the limited Ukrainian troops were already stretched across a 1,000+ km frontline, forcing partial troop pull backs from other areas such as Kupiansk.[197] Observers assessed that Ukraine appeared to be ill-prepared for the offensive despite official denials.[198] Noting a small buildup of Russian forces near Sumy Oblast, Kiev warned that the current operation may be a precursor to a larger summer offensive.[197]

In a Reuters article, Pasi Paroinen, an analyst with the Black Bird Group, also assessed that the Kharkiv push aimed to deplete limited Ukrainian reserves before a main offensive. Notably, he said: "If Ukraine overcommits in Kharkiv and Sumy, they may preserve some territory there, perhaps prevent Kharkiv civilians from suffering artillery bombardments, perhaps even push back the enemy back to the border, but it may cost them the war, if the reserves are not available to respond to crises during the Russian summer offensive."[197] In a lighter tone, David Axe, a military correspondent for Forbes, suggested that the offensive might be "an elaborate feint" whose main goal was to pull Ukrainian resources away from Chasiv Yar and the area of Avdiivka.[199]

On 28 May, the Institute for the Study of War reported attacks east of Chasiv Yar and Novopokrovske, as well as attacks near Novomykhailivka and Staromaiorske, all of which are in Donetsk Oblast. All four attacks were considered by the ISW to have likely been intended to test Ukrainian response after the Kharkiv offensive; they failed to make any meaningful gain.[96]

The decision by US president Joe Biden in late May to allow firing US-supplied weapons into Russian territory to defend Kharkiv was seen by observers as having allowed Ukraine to very quickly stem the Russian offensive, and gain time to bring in troops from the southern and eastern fronts.[200]

By July 6, Russian milbloggers began to critically denounce the offensive's leadership, claiming that Russian forces are far from achieving their objective of creating a 15-kilometer buffer zone and that Russian forces are struggling with coordination in the Vovchansk direction.[135] These milbloggers also pointed out that Russian forces have already suffered a third of the casualties that Russian forces suffered in their four-month campaign to seize Avdiivka.[135] Milbloggers conclude that this is the result of the poor leadership and tactical skills of Colonel General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces.[135]

## Reactions

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On 25 May 2024, the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into the Ukrainian army's 125th Brigade and its subordinate units for failing to "properly organize the defense of positions on the border of Kharkiv Oblast" due to a "careless attitude to military service".[201]

On 30 May 2024, US president Biden gave Ukraine permission to strike targets inside Russia near Kharkiv Oblast using American-supplied weapons.[202] The same permission was given to Ukraine by Germany,[203] France and the United Kingdom.[204]

On 8 June 2024, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy said in his evening address that Russia had failed its Kharkiv offensive despite on-going fighting in the area.[205]

On 9 June 2024, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Russia's advance in the area had "stalled out".[206]

## Military casualty claims

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The Ukrainian's Khortytsia group claimed on 10 June that Russia lost 4,000 soldiers killed and injured over the past month. They also claimed to have damaged or destroyed 52 Russian tanks, 59 armored vehicles, 165 artillery systems, six units of air defense equipment. However, an undisclosed NATO official estimated that "Russia likely suffered losses of almost 1,000 people a day in May," referring to the number of fatalities (allegedly "calculated" at over 30,000), potentially indicating even higher numbers than those presented by the Khortytsia group.[207][208][209]

On 10 July, Ukraine's Kharkiv OTP group made an estimate claiming that out of 10,350 Russian troops deployed, 2,939 soldiers had been killed and 6,509 had been wounded in action, losses of approximately 91%. Additionally, 45 Russian troops have been captured as of early July. Russia's 83rd Air Assault Brigade was claimed to be "constantly suffering losses" of "several dozen people a day".[210] On 21 July, President Zelenskyy gave a much higher claim of Russians killed, saying that "their maximum depth of incursion was 10 kilometres from the border. We stopped them. Approximately 20,000 people died." In that same interview, he claimed that the ratio of killed and wounded soldiers "in" Russia is 1 to 3.[211][212]

As of 21 June, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Ukraine suffered 9,845 losses, including killed and wounded, in at least 9 brigades in the Kharkiv direction since the start of the offensive. It also said that 28 tanks, 46 armored combat vehicles, 30 MLRS combat vehicles, 5 air defense vehicles and 6 EW stations from Ukraine, among other equipment, were destroyed in the time period.[citation needed]

On 6 July, Russian milbloggers reported that the Russian forces in Kharkiv have lost around a third of the casualties that Russia lost during the Battle of Avdiivka.[135]

The Ukrainian 71st Jaeger Brigade claimed that they had killed or wounded 1,200 Russian soldiers near Vovchansk in August.[213][214]

## Impact on civilians

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Evacuation of a civilian and their dog from the front-line region

The governor of Kharkiv Oblast reported that, as of 20 May 2024, more than 10,500 residents have been evacuated from areas of Kharkiv Oblast affected by the fighting,[215] particularly in Kharkiv, Bohodukhiv and Chuhuiv raions.[216] By 14 May, only about 400 civilians remained in Vovchansk, with "almost none" in the northern part of the city.[217]

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko claimed on 16 May that a resident of Vovchansk had been killed by Russian soldiers after refusing to obey their orders and attempting to escape on foot. He also said that other civilians were being forced into basements.[218]

A video shot by aerial reconnaissance over Vovchansk showed the body of a dead civilian man in a wheelchair in the middle of a road near a local hospital that had been occupied by Russian forces. Law enforcement officials reported they opened a proceeding to investigate the circumstances of the death.[219]

On 7 June, the regional governor of Sumy Oblast Volodymyr Artyukh ordered the evacuation of 8 border settlements in Sumy Oblast.[220]

### Allegations of war crimes

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Ukrainian police claimed on 17 May that up to 40 civilians, mostly elderly, were being interrogated by people who were calling themselves FSB employees, and alleged that they were being used as human shields by Russian forces, a claim which has not been independently verified.[221][222]

Furthermore, a Ukrainian military spokesman claimed that Russian forces were looting houses of local residents on the outskirts of Vovchansk,[223] with a video published on Telegram showing a Russian soldier taking a large covered object into a UAZ-3303 truck, purportedly looting.[224][better source needed]

On June 9, a Ukrainian serviceman reported that Russian forces were attempting to attack positions in Vovchansk while in civilian clothes, hiding machine-guns under said civilian clothes, which constitutes perfidy, a war-crime per Articles 37, 38 and 39 of the Geneva convention.[137]

## See also

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* Ukraine portal
* Russia portal

* List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Battle of Kupiansk
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* Battle of Chasiv Yar
* Battle of Krasnohorivka

## Notes

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1. ^ Small-scale raids have taken place in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts
2. ^ Two days before the full-fledged Russian invasion on February 24

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* v
* t
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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

General|

* Outline
* Timeline
* Prelude
* Feb – Apr 2022
* Apr – Aug 2022
* Aug – Nov 2022
* Nov 2022 – Jun 2023
* Jun – Aug 2023
* Sep – Nov 2023
* Dec 2023 – Mar 2024
* Apr – Jul 2024
* Aug – Dec 2024
* Jan 2025 – present
* Aerial warfare
* Defense lines
* Foreign fighters
* Information war
* Naval warfare
* Legality
* Map
* Order of battle
* Peace negotiations
* Ukraine's Peace Formula
* China peace proposal
* June 2024 peace summit
* Proposed no-fly zone
* Red lines
* Reparations
* Territorial control
* Women

Prelude|

* Reactions
* Disinformation
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
* 2021 Russia–United States summit
* 2021 Black Sea incident
* Belarus–European Union border crisis
* "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
* Crimea Platform
* Zapad 2021
* December 2021 ultimatum
* 2022 Ukraine cyberattacks
* Zametil 2022
* Union Resolve 2022
* Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
* British–Polish–Ukrainian trilateral pact
* 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
* 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
* 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
* Ruscism
* Russian irredentism
* Russian imperialism

Foreign
relations|

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

Military engagements

Southern
Ukraine|

* Snake Island campaign
* Siege of Mariupol
* Battle of Kherson
* Battle of Melitopol
* Battle of Mykolaiv
* Battle of Enerhodar
* Battle of Voznesensk
* Battle of Huliaipole
* Battle of Davydiv Brid
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper campaign
* Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam

Eastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Volnovakha
* Battle of Kharkiv
* Battle of Izium
* Battle of Rubizhne
* Battle of Popasna
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Donbas
* Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
* Battle of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Lysychansk
* Battle of Pisky
* Battle of Bakhmut
* Battle of Soledar
* Battle of Vuhledar
* Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022)
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Battle of Avdiivka
* Battle of Chasiv Yar
* Battle of Krasnohorivka
* Battle of Ocheretyne
* Battle of Toretsk
* Pokrovsk offensive
* Battle of Kurakhove

Northern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Antonov Airport
* Capture of Chernobyl
* Battle of Kyiv
* Battle of Hostomel
* Battle of Vasylkiv
* Battle of Bucha
* Battle of Irpin
* Battle of Makariv
* Russian Kyiv convoy
* Battle of Moshchun
* Destruction of the Kozarovytska Dam
* Battle of Brovary
* Battle of Slavutych
* Battle of Sumy
* Siege of Chernihiv
* Battle of Lebedyn
* Northeastern border skirmishes

Russia|

* Bryansk Oblast raid
* Kremlin drone attack
* Moscow drone strikes
* 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* May 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* March 2024 western Russia incursion
* 2024 Kursk offensive
* occupation
* Battles for Olgovskiy Forest
* Toropets depot explosions

Airstrikes
by city|

* Chernihiv strikes
* Dnipro strikes
* Ivano-Frankivsk strikes
* Kharkiv strikes
* Kherson strikes
* Khmelnytskyi strikes
* Kryvyi Rih strikes
* Kyiv strikes
* Lviv strikes
* Mykolaiv strikes
* Odesa strikes
* Rivne strikes
* Vinnytsia strikes
* Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Zhytomyr strikes

Airstrikes
on military
targets|

* Chuhuiv air base attack
* Millerovo air base attack
* Chornobaivka (Saky) attacks
* 7 March 2022 Mykolaiv military barracks attack
* Yavoriv military base attack
* 18 March 2022 Mykolaiv military quarters attack
* Berdiansk port attack
* Sinking of the Moskva
* Desna barracks airstrike
* Attack on Nova Kakhovka
* Crimea attacks
* Novofedorivka explosions
* Drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base
* Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases attacks
* Makiivka military quarters shelling
* Machulishchy air base attack
* Zarichne barracks airstrike

Resistance|

| Russian-occupied Ukraine|

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

|

Belarus and Russia|

* Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky
* Civic Council
* Irpin Declaration
* 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
* Elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
* 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|

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

Other|

* 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
* 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
* Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* Coup d'état attempt in Ukraine
* Bridges in the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Dragon drone
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Missile explosion in Poland
* Operation Synytsia
* Ukraine and electronic warfare
* Use of long-range weapons by Ukraine in Russia
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
* Wagner Group rebellion

War crimes

General|

* Accusations of genocide in Donbas
* Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians
* child abductions
* Attacks on hospitals
* Cluster munitions
* Incendiary weapons
* Landmines
* Russian filtration camps
* Russian mobile crematoriums
* Russian theft of Ukrainian grain
* Russian torture chambers
* Looting
* Sexual violence
* Mistreatment of prisoners of war

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 2022 Donetsk attack
* 2022 Borodianka airstrikes
* Chernihiv breadline attack
* Mariupol theatre airstrike
* 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
* Shooting of Andrii Bohomaz
* 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 2022 Donetsk attack
* Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack
* Kupiansk civilian convoy shelling
* Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
* Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
* Sloviansk airstrike
* Uman missile strike
* Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike
* Lyman cluster bombing
* 2023 Pokrovsk missile strike
* Chernihiv missile strike
* Kostiantynivka missile strike
* Hroza missile attack
* Volnovakha massacre
* December 2023 strikes
* 2024 Pokrovsk missile strike
* 2024 Donetsk attack
* Lysychansk missile strike
* 6 March 2024 Odesa strike
* March 2024 strikes
* May 2024 Kharkiv strikes
* 8 July 2024 strikes
* 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
* 26 August 2024 strikes
* September 2024 Poltava strike
* November 2024 strikes

Crimes
against
soldiers|

* Torture of Russian soldiers in Mala Rohan
* Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia
* Rape of Donetsk People's Republic soldiers by Kadyrovites
* Murder of Yevgeny Nuzhin
* Makiivka surrender incident
* Execution of Oleksandr Matsievskyi
* 2022 Ukrainian prisoner of war beheading

Legal cases|

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

Reactions

States
and
official
entities|

| General|

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

|

Ukraine|

* Application to NATO
* Be Brave Like Ukraine
* Brave1
* Ban on Russia-associated religious groups
* Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
* Decolonization and derussification law
* Delta
* Destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition
* For Courage and Bravery (Ukraine)
* Grain From Ukraine
* Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
* Hero City
* I Want to Live
* International Legion and other foreign units
* Belarusian Volunteer Corps
* Terror Battalion
* Black Maple Company
* Canadian-Ukrainian Brigade
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* German Volunteer Corps
* Karelian National Battalion
* Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
* Norman Brigade
* Pahonia Regiment
* Polish Volunteer Corps
* Romanian Battlegroup Getica
* Russian Volunteer Corps
* Separate Special Purpose Battalion
* Sibir Battalion
* Turan Battalion
* International Sponsors of War
* Forced confiscation law of Russian property [ru; uk]
* Look for Your Own
* Lukoil sanctions
* 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
* Recognition of Ichkeria
* Rescuer City
* Save Ukrainian Culture [uk]
* Syria–Ukraine relations
* Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
* United24
* United News

Russia|

* highways in the annexed territories
* A290
* A291 "Tavrida"
* R260
* R280 "Novorossiya"
* 2022 Moscow rally
* 2023 Moscow rally
* 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
* Blockade of Ukraine [ru]
* Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion
* Censorship in Russia [ru]
* Chechnya
* Pro-Ukrainian Chechen fighters
* Conmemorative Medal "Participant of a Special Military Operation" [ru]
* Conversations about Important Things
* Krasovsky case
* Legalization of parallel imports [ru]
* Manifesto of the South Russian People's Council
* Martial law
* Masha Moskalyova case
* Metropolis of Crimea
* Mikhail Simonov case
* Mobilization
* Recruitment of irregular forces [ru]
* Operation Doppelgänger
* Opinion polling [ru]
* Orthodox Christmas truce proposal
* Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict
* Russian Orthodox clergymen appeal against war
* Salvation Committee for Peace and Order
* Special Coordinating Council
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Unfriendly countries list
* War censorship laws
* We Are Together. Sports
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"

United States|

* 2022 Joe Biden speech in Warsaw
* 2022 State of the Union Address
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
* Disinformation Governance Board
* Executive Order 14071
* Pentagon document leaks
* Task Force KleptoCapture
* Ukraine Defense Contact Group
* Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act
* Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

Other countries|

* Belarus
* Canada
* Canada–Ukraine authorization for emergency travel
* China
* Closer ties with Russia
* Chinese peace plan
* Hong Kong
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Federated States of Micronesia–Russia relations [ru]
* France
* Mission Aigle
* Georgia
* Germany
* German Taurus controversy
* Taurus leak
* Zeitenwende speech
* Hungary
* India
* Operation Ganga
* Iran
* Closer ties with Russia
* Israel
* Operation Israel Guarantees
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Russia Sanctions Act
* North Korea
* Poland
* border crisis with Ukraine
* Syria [ru]
* Taiwan
* 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
* Resolution ES-11/5
* Resolution ES-11/6
* Security Council Resolution 2623
* Resolution A/RES/77/229
* Easter truce

International
organizations|

* Accession of Moldova to the EU
* Accession of Ukraine to the EU
* Brussels summit
* European Political Community
* 1st summit
* 2nd summit
* 3rd summit
* Madrid summit
* NATO virtual summit
* Operation Oscar
* Ramstein Air Base meeting
* EU–Ukraine Summit
* REPowerEU
* Steadfast Defender 2024
* SWIFT ban against Russian banks
* Ukraine Recovery Conference
* Versailles declaration
* 2023 Vilnius summit
* 15th BRICS summit
* 2024 Washington summit

Other|

* Consecration of Russia
* F-16 training coalition
* Finland–NATO relations
* Finland–Russia border barrier
* 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
* Swedish anti-terrorism bill

Public|

| Protests|

* In Ukraine
* in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin
* ArmWomenNow
* Ukrainian Artistic Front
* In Russia
* Angry patriots
* Club of Angry Patriots
* Anti-War Committee
* Suspicious deaths of Russian businesspeople
* 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!"
* E.N.O.T. Corp.
* Igor Mangushev
* McDonald's in Russia
* Vkusno i tochka
* NashStore [ru]
* People's Satellite
* Starlink satellites
* Stop Bloody Energy
* Wagner Group
* Andrey Aleksandrovich Medvedev
* Death of Nemes Tarimo
* Yale CELI List of Companies

Technology|

* Anonymous and the invasion
* alerts.in.ua
* DDoS attacks on Romania
* DeepStateMap.Live
* 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

Spies|

* Diplomatic expulsions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Other|

* Association of Azovstal Defenders' Families
* Black Sea Grain Initiative
* Collaboration with Russia
* We Are Together with Russia
* Concert for Ukraine
* Free Buryatia Foundation
* Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
* Game4Ukraine
* Get Lost
* Global Tour for Peace
* Go by the Forest
* Guide to the Free World
* Mozart Group
* Olena Zelenska Foundation
* Open letter from Nobel laureates
* Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion
* Rubikus.HelpUA
* Ruslan Shostak Charitable Foundation
* Russia's War Crimes House
* Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online
* Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
* Spain letter bomb attacks
* Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions
* Pavel Filatyev
* True Russia
* Volos Declaration
* Wimbledon ban

Impact

Effects|

* Aircraft losses
* Casualties
* journalists killed
* Russian generals killed
* Economic impact
* Inflation surge
* 2022–2023 Moldovan energy crisis
* protests
* 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
* Russia–EU gas dispute
* 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
* Russian debt default
* 2022 Russian oil price cap
* 2022-2024 German economic crisis
* 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
* Eurovision Song Contest 2023
* Food crises
* Impact on theatre [uk]
* List of notable deaths
* Lukoil oil transit dispute
* Nuclear power plants
* Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
* Nuclear risk
* Religion
* Russian emigration
* The Ark
* Ship losses
* Ukrainian cultural heritage
* art theft and looting
* damaged cultural sites
* Trauma
* Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
* Ukrainian energy crisis
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Women

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"
* "Anglo-Saxons"
* "Bavovna"
* "Grandpa in his bunker"
* "Good evening, we are from Ukraine"
* "Orc"
* "Putin khuylo!"
* "Khuy Voyne!"
* "Russia is here forever [uk]"
* "Russian warship, go fuck yourself"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Special military operation"
* "To bomb Voronezh"
* "Strength is in truth"
* "Westsplaining"
* "Where have you been for eight years?"
* "Without you"

Popular
culture|

| Songs|

* "12"
* "Bakhmut Fortress"
* "Bayraktar"
* "Bilia topoli"
* "City of Mary"
* "Flowers of Minefields"
* "Generation Cancellation"
* "Generation Z"
* "I'm Russian"
* "Oyda"
* "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
* "Mama ŠČ!"
* "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Stefania"
* "Ukraine"
* "Crushed"

|

Films|

* 20 Days in Mariupol
* A Rising Fury
* Follow Me
* Intercepted
* Russians at War
* Turn in the Wound
* Ukraine on Fire 2 [uk]

Other|

* Babylon'13
* Back to the Cold War
* Borodianka cat [uk]
* Ghost of Kyiv
* Kherson watermelon
* Královec Region
* Madonna of Kyiv
* North Atlantic Fella Organization
* Newspeak in Russia [ru; uk]
* Patron
* "Putler"
* "Putinversteher"
* Raccoon of Kherson
* Saint Javelin
* Saint Mariuburg [ru; uk]
* Vasylkiv maiolica rooster
* Vladimir Putin's meeting table
* Walk of the Brave
* "Z" military symbol

Key people

Ukrainians|

* Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* speeches during the invasion
* visit to the United States
* visit to the United Kingdom
* visits to Europe
* Andriy Biletsky
* Denys Shmyhal
* Denys Kireyev
* Denys Monastyrsky
* Denys Prokopenko
* Iryna Venediktova
* Kyrylo Budanov
* Mykhailo Drapatyi
* Mykola Oleschuk
* Oleksandr Pavlyuk
* Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Oleksii Reznikov
* Oleksiy Danilov
* Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Ruslan Khomchak
* Rustem Umerov
* Sergiy Kyslytsya
* Serhiy Shaptala
* Serhii Sternenko
* Valerii Zaluzhnyi
* Vasyl Malyuk
* Vitali Klitschko
* Yevhen Moisiuk

Russians|

* Vladimir Putin
* Aleksandr Dvornikov
* Aleksandr Lapin
* Aleksey Dyumin
* Aleksey Nagin
* Alexander Bortnikov
* Andrei Kolesnikov
* Andrei Sychevoi
* Andrey Belousov
* Andrey Vorobyov
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Gennady Zhidko
* Igor Kastyukevich
* Ivan Popov
* Mikhail Mishustin
* Maria Lvova-Belova
* Nikolai Patrushev
* Oleg Salyukov
* Oleg Tsokov
* Ramzan Kadyrov
* Roman Berdnikov
* Rustam Muradov
* Sergey Kobylash
* Sergey Lavrov
* Sergey Naryshkin
* Sergei Shoigu
* Sergey Surovikin
* Timur Ivanov
* Valery Gerasimov
* Viktor Sokolov
* Viktor Zolotov
* Vitaly Gerasimov
* Vyacheslav Gladkov
* Vyacheslav Volodin
* Yevgeny Prigozhin

Other|

* Alexander Lukashenko
* Denis Pushilin
* Leonid Pasechnik

Related

* 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
* 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Anti-Russian sentiment
* Anti-Ukrainian sentiment
* Antonov An-225 Mriya
* Axis of Upheaval
* Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
* Belgorod accidental bombing
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes
* Claims of Vladimir Putin's incapacity and death
* Decolonization in Ukraine
* Decommunization in Ukraine
* Derussification in Ukraine
* Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine
* Foreign leaders that have visited during the invasion
* Institute for the Study of War
* Irkutsk military aircraft crash
* Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Kyivstar cyberattack [ru; uk]
* Lady R incident
* Nord Stream 2
* Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria
* Punisher
* Russian nuclear weapons
* Sarmat
* Russian military presence in Transnistria
* Ryazan military aircraft crash
* Siberian wildfires
* Sinhury mid-air collision [uk; zh]
* Soloti military training ground shooting
* Soviet imagery
* Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support
* Turtle tank
* U-24 association
* Ukrainian conscription crisis
* Western long-range weapons in Russia
* Ural Airlines Flight 1383
* Voronezh military aircraft crash
* "The Vladimir Putin Interview"
* Yeysk military aircraft crash
* Moldovan coup d'état attempt allegations
* 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Xi Jinping to Russia
* 2023 visit by Yoon Suk Yeol to Ukraine
* Wagner Group plane crash
* Yaroslav Hunka scandal
* Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243

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