Battle of Volnovakha

Engagement during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Battle of Volnovakha

Part of the eastern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Damage from shelling in Volnovakha, 27 February 2022
| Date| 25 February – 12 March 2022
(2 weeks and 1 day)

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Location|

Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Result|  Russian victory
Belligerents

* Russia
* Donetsk PR

|  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Alexei Berngard
Vladimir Zhoga †|  Pavlo Sbytov †
Units involved

DPR Armed Forces

* Sparta Battalion
* 100th Brigade
* 3rd Regiment
* Vostok Battalion
* 11th Regiment

Russian Armed Forces

* 19th Motor Rifle Division
* Buryat 429th Motorized Rifle Regiment (from February)
* 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (from March 2)
* 31st Air Assault Brigade
* 150th Motor Rifle Division (from March 7)

Ukrainian Armed Forces

* Ukrainian Ground Forces
* 53rd Mechanized Brigade[1]
* 54th Mechanized Brigade[1]
* 15th Mountain Assault Battalion
* Georgian Legion
* Ukrainian Navy
* 503rd Naval Infantry Battalion

National Guard of Ukraine

* Azov Regiment
* Donbas Battalion
* Territorial Defense Forces
* 109th Territorial Defense Brigade[1]

Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim:
50+ soldiers killed
5 soldiers captured
2 tanks and 2 BMPs destroyed
1 tank captured[1]
1 Su-25 destroyed
1 Mi-8 destroyed|  Russian claim:
9 tanks destroyed or abandoned
Several BMP and BTR troop carriers destroyed or abandoned
1 Uragan rocket-artillery truck destroyed[1]
1 Su-25 destroyed[2]

* v
* t
* e

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Northern Ukraine campaign

* Antonov Airport
* Chernobyl
* Hostomel
* Ivankiv
* Kyiv
* airstrikes
* shopping centre bombing
* Kyiv convoy
* Vasylkiv
* Bucha
* massacre
* Irpin
* refugee column shelling
* Makariv
* Moshchun
* Brovary
* Slavutych
* Borodianka
* Hlukhiv
* Konotop
* Sumy
* ammonia leak
* Trostianets
* Chernihiv
* 3 March bombing
* 16 March breadline attack
* August 2023 missile strike
* Okhtyrka
* Lebedyn
* Northeastern border
* Desna

Eastern Ukraine campaign

* Marinka
* Avdiivka
* Mariupol
* hospital airstrike
* theatre airstrike
* art school bombing
* Kharkiv
* airstrikes
* February cluster bombing
* government building airstrike
* March cluster bombing
* April cluster bombing
* dormitories missile strike
* Chuhuiv Air Base
* Volnovakha
* massacre
* Izium
* massacre
* Stara Krasnianka
* Donetsk
* March 2022 attack
* June 2022 attack
* September 2022 attack
* 2024 attack
* Rubizhne
* Popasna
* Kramatorsk
* railway station attack
* restaurant attack
* Sloviansk offensive
* Battle of Donbas
* Kreminna
* Siverskyi Donets
* school bombing
* Sievierodonetsk
* Toshkivka
* 1st Lyman
* Sviatohirsk
* Lysychansk
* 2024 missile strike
* Siversk
* Chasiv Yar
* Pisky
* Olenivka massacre
* Bakhmut
* Soledar
* Vuhledar
* Makiivka
* Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Balakliia
* Kupiansk
* civilian convoy shelling
* 2nd Lyman
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Lyman cluster bombing
* Kostiantynivka
* Hroza

Southern Ukraine campaign

* Kherson
* bombing
* Melitopol
* Mykolaiv
* bombing
* cluster bombing
* government building airstrike
* Chornobaivka
* Tokmak
* Enerhodar
* Zaporizhzhia NPP
* 1st and 2nd Voznesensk
* Huliaipole
* Orikhiv
* Davydiv Brid
* Crimea
* Novofedorivka
* 1st Crimean Bridge
* 1st Sevastopol Naval Base
* 2nd Crimean Bridge
* 2nd Sevastopol Naval Base
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Prelude
* Nova Kakhovka
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper
* Kakhovka Dam
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* Zarichne

Other regions

* Zaporizhzhia
* civilian convoy attack
* residential building airstrike
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kryvyi Rih
* Lviv
* Odesa
* Zhytomyr
* Rivne
* Vinnytsia
* Dnipro
* 2023 residential building airstrike
* Yavoriv
* Khmelnytskyi
* Kremenchuk
* Serhiivka
* Chaplyne
* Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* Sloviansk
* Uman
* Pokrovsk
* 2023 missile strike
* 2024 missile strike
* 29 December 2023 Russian strikes on Ukraine

Naval operations

* Snake Island
* Berdiansk
* Moskva

Spillover and cross-border incidents

* Western Russia
* Millerovo
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases
* Bryansk Oblast
* Belgorod Oblast
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* Bryansk drone strikes
* Moscow
* Kremlin drone attack
* 30 May 2023 Moscow drone strikes
* Transnistria
* Poland
* Przewodów
* Belarus
* Machulishchy

Resistance

* Ukrainian resistance
* Belarusian–Russian anti-war resistance
* rail war in Belarus
* rail war in Russia
* Russian commisariat attacks
* Ust-Ilimsk shooting
* St. Petersburg cafe bombing

Related

* Zagreb Tu-141 crash
* Russian mystery fires
* Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
* Soloti training ground shooting
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Black Sea drone incident
* Belgorod accidental bombing
* Wagner Group rebellion
* Wagner Group plane crash
* Operation Synytsia
* 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash

The battle of Volnovakha was a military engagement which lasted from 25 February 2022 until 12 March 2022, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian and DPR forces engaged Ukrainian forces at the small city of Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast, which is located close to the Ukrainian-DPR border.

The battle was spearheaded by DPR forces and led to the widespread destruction of the town and heavy casualties on both sides.[3]

## Battle[edit]

The first shelling of Volnovakha began on 25 February, the second day of the invasion, and hit civilian areas.[4] Electricity also went out in Volnovakha on the second day.[5] The Guardian wrote that Russian bombing of Volnovakha resembled tactics that Russia had previously used on civilian targets in Syria.[6] On that same day, DPR forces captured the nearby town of Mykolaivka.[7]

DPR troops entered Volnovakha on the morning of 26 February, sparking clashes with Ukraine's Aidar Battalion.[1] A tank battle ensued at the Volnovakha bus station, with a Ukrainian servicemen stating that Russian forces lost 50 men in the battle, although they overran Ukrainian positions later on.[1] The clashes and shelling on 26 February killed 20 civilians, with Ukrainian MP Dmytro Lubinets describing how bodies remained uncollected in the streets.[1][6]

Between 26-28 February, Ukrainian forces retained full control of Volnovakha, although Ukrainian officials stated shelling put the town on the verge of a humanitarian crisis by 28 February.[3][8] 90% of buildings in the town were either damaged or destroyed by 1 March, with Volnovakha also being cut off from electricity.[9] During those two days, reinforcements on both sides arrived to Volnovakha, with impromptu territorial defense forces and foreign volunteers aiding Ukraine, and Buryat regiments, more brigades, and the DPR's Vostok Battalion all preparing for a second battle.[1] Clashes resumed on 28 February.[citation needed]

On 1 March, 346 civilians were evacuated from Volnovakha, with 400 more on 6 March.[10] Ukrainian and Russian forces agreed to the establishment of a demilitarized humanitarian corridor on 7 March through Volnovakha and the nearby city of Mariupol, which had been under siege since 24 February, in order to evacuate civilians from the two cities; however, Russian forces allegedly violated the demilitarization zone.[11]

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian plane on 3 March, along with the helicopter that came to aid it afterwards.[1][12][13] On 5 March, DPR colonel and commander of the Sparta Battalion Vladimir Zhoga was killed in Volnovakha, with his father Artem immediately succeeding him.[14][15] Vladimir Zhoga was posthumously awarded Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic and Hero of the Russian Federation by Denis Pushilin and Vladimir Putin respectively.[16][17]

By 11 March, Russian forces effectively controlled Volnovakha, facing only meager Ukrainian resistance.[18][19] Donetsk Oblast governor Pavlo Kyrylenko stated Volnovakha had "effectively ceased to exist," having been destroyed in the fighting.[20][21] The Associated Press reported that the city had been captured on 12 March.[22] Later that day, Ukrainian officials reported that Captain Pavlo Sbytov [uk], the commander of the Ukrainian 503rd Naval Infantry Battalion, had been killed in battle.[23][where?]

## Aftermath[edit]

On 14 March, following the battle, a Ukrainian Su-25 was shot down by Russian forces near Volnovakha. The pilot, Roman Vasyliuk, was captured by Russian forces then later released on 24 April during a Russo-Ukrainian prisoner swap.[24][25] Following Russia's capture of Volnovakha, the local newspaper Nashe slovo ceased publication, as most of the staff had left the city. Lidia Tarash, one of the journalists at the newspaper, was forced to flee after Russian troops targeted her house.[26]

The capture of Volnovakha ensured the closure of Ukrainian supply lines and the beginning of the siege of Mariupol, which lasted until 16 May.[27]

On 1 November, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Kadyrovite base and 10 pieces of military equipment near Volnovakha.[28]

On 22 February 2023, chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov described the defeat at Volnovakha as one of the three major Ukrainian defeats during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the other two being the defeat at the battle of Sievierodonetsk and the occupation of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts by Russia in 2014.[29]

## See also[edit]

* Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Roblin, Sebastien (9 November 2022). "Ukrainian Veterans Recall Pivotal Tank Battle In Volnovakha". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
2. ^ "Українського пілота Романа Василюка звільнено з полонуВІЙСЬКОВІ" (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2022.
3. ^ a b Graham-Harrison, Emma (6 March 2022). "'Nowhere to go and nowhere to go back to': Life under fire in Ukraine". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
4. ^ Trofimov, Yaroslav (2022-03-06). "Ukraine, Russia Agreement on Evacuating Mariupol Civilians Collapses". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
5. ^ "'Nowhere to go and nowhere to go back to': Life under fire in Ukraine". the Guardian. 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
6. ^ a b "'90% of houses are damaged': Russia's Syria-honed tactics lay waste Ukraine towns". the Guardian. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
7. ^ Kots, Andrey (26 February 2022). ""We have a special score with them." How the offensive of the DPR army is developing". RIA Novosti. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
8. ^ "Russian invasion update: Volnovakha town on verge of humanitarian catastrophe". www.ukrinform.net. 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
9. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Mariupol and Volnovakha: Besieged cities appeal for help | DW | 05.03.2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
10. ^ "Almost 500 people evacuated from Volnovakha to safe place". www.ukrinform.net. March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
11. ^ "Russia announces temporary ceasefire in two Ukrainian cities". The Independent. 2022-03-07. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
12. ^ "Гелікоптер, який хотів евакуювати збитого російського пілота теж знищили". Ukrainian MOD (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
13. ^ "Russian Forces Now Occupy Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant In Ukraine". The Drive. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022. "Earlier today, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published a photo of the wreckage of a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack aircraft, a type that has apparently already seen extensive use with both sides during the conflict. Unconfirmed reports suggest that a Russian Mi-8 helicopter that may have arrived on the scene of the crash to assist was in turn brought down by Ukrainian air defenses. At this stage, this is only speculation, however."
14. ^ ""Спарту" возглавил Артем Жога — отец убитого нацистами Героя ДНР". EADaily (in Russian). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
15. ^ "Controlling the narrative: Russia tightens grip on media amid war". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
16. ^ "Ukrainian Forces have Killed the Commander of the Sparta Battalion - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". www.novinite.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
17. ^ "Путин присвоил звание Героя России посмертно командиру батальону "Спарта" Владимиру Жоге". tass.ru (in Russian). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
18. ^ Tim Lister (2022-03-11). "Evidence indicates Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine has fallen to Russian-backed forces". CNN. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
19. ^ "Russian-backed separatists capture Ukraine's Volnovakha - RIA". Reuters. 2022-03-11. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
20. ^ Richard Spencer (March 13, 2022). "Putin wipes out entire Ukrainian city of Volnovakha". The Times. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
21. ^ "Eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha destroyed after Russia invasion, local governor says". Reuters. March 12, 2022. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
22. ^ "Heavy fighting leaves much of Volnovakha in ruins". Euronews. Associated Press. March 12, 2022. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
23. ^ "Ukrainian marine commander killed fighting Russian invaders". Newsweek. 2022-03-12. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
24. ^ "Українського пілота Романа Василюка звільнено з полонуВІЙСЬКОВІ" (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2022.
25. ^ "Збили ворожі ППО над Волновахою: українського пілота Романа Василюка звільнили з полону". 26 TV Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2022.
26. ^ ECPMF (2023-01-04). ""If I had stayed in Volnovakha, I would have ended up in jail" – Lidia Tarash, Voices of Ukraine". European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
27. ^ "'Why? Why? Why?' Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair". The Seattle Times. 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
28. ^ "Explosions thundered in the Volnovakha area, and a base of Kadyrovites was destroyed". odessa-journal.com. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
29. ^ "Одна з найбільших поразок українців — це прорив росіян в районі Волновахи: ГУР". Volnovakha.City (in Ukrainian). 22 February 2023.

* v
* t
* e

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

| General|

* Outline
* Timeline
* Prelude
* (February – April 2022)
* (April – August 2022)
* (August – November 2022)
* (November 2022 – June 2023)
* (June – August 2023)
* (September – November 2023)
* (December 2023 – present)
* Aerial warfare
* Defense lines
* Foreign fighters
* Information war
* Naval warfare
* Legality
* Map
* Order of battle
* Peace negotiations
* 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
* historical background
* 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
* Battles of Voznesensk
* Battle of Huliaipole
* Battle of Orikhiv
* Battle of Davydiv Brid
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper campaign
* Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam

|

Eastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Avdiivka
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Volnovakha
* Battle of Kharkiv
* Battle of Izium
* Battle of Rubizhne
* Battle of Popasna
* Sloviansk offensive
* Battle of Donbas
* Battle of Kreminna
* Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
* Battle of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Toshkivka
* First Battle of Lyman
* Battle of Sviatohirsk
* Battle of Lysychansk
* Battle of Siversk
* Battle of Pisky
* Battle of Bakhmut
* Battle of Soledar
* Battle of Vuhledar
* Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Battle of Balakliia
* Battle of Kupiansk
* Second Battle of Lyman
* Luhansk Oblast campaign

Northern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Antonov Airport
* Capture of Chernobyl
* Battle of Hlukhiv
* 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
* Battle of Konotop
* Battle of Sumy
* Battle of Trostianets
* Siege of Chernihiv
* Battle of Okhtyrka
* Battle of Lebedyn
* Northeastern Ukraine–Russia border skirmishes

Airstrikes
by city|

* Bombing of Dnipro
* Bombing of Ivano-Frankivsk
* Bombing of Kharkiv
* Bombing of Kherson
* Bombing of Khmelnytskyi
* Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
* Bombing of Kyiv
* Bombing of Lviv
* Bombing of Mykolaiv
* Bombing of Odesa
* Bombing of Rivne
* Vinnytsia missile strikes
* Bombing of Zaporizhzhia
* Zhytomyr attacks

Airstrikes 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
* 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
* Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava oblasts
* 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
* Missile explosion in Poland
* Operation Synytsia
* Attacks in Russia
* Bryansk Oblast raid
* Kremlin drone attack
* Belgorod Oblast incursions
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* Moscow drone strikes
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* Ukrainian officials dismissed during the counteroffensive
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Ukraine Yellow Kitchen Photo
* 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
* 29 December 2023 Russian strikes on Ukraine
* 2 January 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
* 2024 Pokrovsk missile strike
* 2024 Donetsk attack
* Lysychansk missile strike

Crimes over
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
* Beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war in summer 2022

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

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
* 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 Defence Industries Forum
* International Legion and other foreign units
* Belarusian Volunteer Corps
* Terror Battalion
* Black Maple Company
* Canadian-Ukrainian Brigade
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* Karelian National Battalion
* Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
* Norman Brigade
* Pahonia Regiment
* Polish Volunteer Corps
* 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
* 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 [uk]
* Save Ukrainian Culture [uk]
* Syria–Ukraine relations
* Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
* United24
* United News

Russia|

* 2022 Moscow rally
* 2023 Moscow rally
* 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 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 [fr; ru]
* 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
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"
* War censorship laws
* We Are Together. Sports

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
* China's peace plan
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Federated States of Micronesia–Russia relations [ru]
* France
* Mission Aigle
* Georgia [ru]
* Germany
* Zeitenwende speech
* Hungary [hu]
* India
* Operation Ganga
* Iran
* Israel
* Operation Israel Guarantees
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* 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
* Resolution ES-11/5
* Resolution ES-11/6
* Security Council Resolution 2623
* 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

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
* Global Tour for Peace
* 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
* Moldovan energy crisis
* protests
* 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
* Eurovision Song Contest 2023
* Food crises
* Impact on theatre [uk]
* List of notable deaths
* Nuclear power plants
* Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
* Nuclear risk
* Religion
* Russian emigration
* The Ark [ru]
* Ship losses
* Ukrainian cultural heritage
* art theft and looting
* damaged cultural sites
* Trauma
* Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
* 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 [ru; 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 [uk]
* Bayraktar
* City of Mary
* Flowers of Minefields [uk]
* Generation Cancellation
* Generation Z
* Oyda
* Hey, Hey, Rise Up!
* Mama ŠČ!
* Oi u luzi chervona kalyna
* Slava Ukraini!
* Stefania
* Ukraine

|

Films|

* 20 Days in Mariupol
* A Rising Fury
* Follow Me
* 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
* Mykola Oleschuk
* Oleksandr Pavlyuk
* Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Oleksii Reznikov
* Oleksiy Danilov
* Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Ruslan Khomchak
* Sergiy Kyslytsya
* Serhiy Shaptala
* Serhii Sternenko
* Valerii Zaluzhnyi
* Vitali Klitschko
* Yevhen Moisiuk

|

Russians|

* Vladimir Putin
* Aleksandr Dvornikov
* Aleksandr Lapin
* 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
* Sergei Shoigu
* Sergey Surovikin
* Sergey Lavrov
* Sergey Naryshkin
* 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
* 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
* 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
* U-24 association
* Ural Airlines Flight 1383
* Voronezh military aircraft crash
* Yeysk military aircraft crash
* Moldovan coup d'état attempt allegations
* 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Xi Jinping to Russia
* 2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine
* Wagner Group plane crash
* Yaroslav Hunka scandal

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