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Name: Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Type: Event

Start: 2022 AD

End: 2025 AD

Parent: Russo-Ukrainian War

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Is the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started by Russia on 24 February 2022, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.

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  • March 2022: By 20 March, Russia had completely encircled Mariupol.

  • 1. Southern Ukraine Front


    The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in southern Ukraine.

  • February 2022: Russians captured the coastal city of Prymorsk and surrounded the city of Berdiansk west of Mariupol.
  • February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 26th, 2022.
  • February 2022: Russian forces were able to enter and capture Berdiansk.
  • February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 27th, 2022.
  • February 2022: Russian siege at Enerhodar.
  • March 2022: On 7 March, the Ukrainian regional military administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast stated that Russian forces had thus far captured the cities of Berdiansk, Enerhodar, Melitopol, Vasylivka, Tokmak and Polohy.
  • March 2022: The Associated Press independently confirmed that Volnovakha had been captured by pro-Russian separatists.
  • March 2022: On 15 March, Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces had captured all of Kherson Oblast.
  • March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 20th, 2022.
  • March 2022: Territories acquired by Ukrainian Counteroffensive of March.
  • April 2022: By 10 April, Ukrainian forces had made significant advances and pushed back the Russian military in the area around Kherson, gaining ground at Osokorkivka and Oleksandrivka.
  • August 2022: Russian troops captured the towns of Zaitseve and Dacha in Donetsk.
  • May 2022: Siege of Mariupol.
  • February 2022: Completion of the Russian conquest of the North Crimean Canal.
  • February 2022: Advancing north from Crimea, with the Russian 22nd Army Corps approached the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on 26 February.
  • March 2022: Russians sent a lone army group with tanks to Voznesensk.
  • March 2022: Russian troops driven back about 40 miles of Voznesensk.
  • February 2022: On 24 February, Russian forces took control of the North Crimean Canal, allowing Crimea to obtain water from the Dnieper, previously cut off since 2014.
  • March 2022: De facto border of the regions under Ukrainian and Russian control in the Dniepr area as of March 1st, 2022.
  • June 2022: Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured the settlements Zelenyi Hai and Barvinok north of the city of Kherson.
  • February 2022: By evening, Russian tanks were on the outskirts of Mykolaiv.
  • March 2022: Russian forces were staging in the settlements of Velyka Oleksandrivka, Novovorontsovka and Arkhanhelske.
  • April 2022: Russian advance in Ukraine by April 6th, 2022.
  • February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 28th, 2022.
  • February 2022: Russian forces advanced towards Mariupol.
  • March 2022: Kherson captured by Russian forces.
  • March 2022: DPR conquests in Ukraine as of March 13th, 2022.

  • 2. Kyiv offensive (2022)


    Was an ultimately unsuccesful Russian campaign for thhe control of Kyiv (or Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • February 2022: Battle of Chernobyl.
  • February 2022: In the early morning of 25 February 2022, Russian forces approached Ivankiv from the northeast after making a breakthrough in the Battle of Chernobyl.
  • February 2022: Vorzel and Markhalivka conquered by Russian forces while Borodianka was extensively bombed, killing hundreds.
  • March 2022: Russian advance up to the outskirts of Makariv.
  • March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 3rd, 2022.
  • March 2022: Russians stopped in Peremohal east of Kiev.
  • March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 5th, 2022.
  • March 2022: Russian forces had captured Bucha and half of Irpin by 14 March.
  • March 2022: Village of Moschun reconquered by Ukraine.
  • March 2022: On 28 March, Ukraine reportedly retook Irpin.
  • March 2022: On 29 March, the Russian Deputy Ministry of Defence Alexander Fomin announced a withdrawal of Russian forces from the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas.
  • March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 1st, 2022.
  • March 2022: Small russian gains towards Byshiv.
  • April 2022: On 2 April, Ukrainian forces retook control over all of Kyiv Oblast including Irpin, Bucha, and Hostomel.

  • 3. Northeastern Ukraine offensive


    The theatre of war of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts.

  • February 2022: Ukrainian forces lost control of Konotop. By the second day of the offensive, Russian forces were present in or near Chuhuiv, Snovsk, Sosnytsia, Mena, Semenivka, Hrodna, Koryukivka and Novhorod-Siversky.
  • March 2022: Russian advance on Bobrovytsia through Slabyn and Pakul.
  • March 2022: Russian forces captured Trostianets.
  • March 2022: Siege of Chernihiv.
  • March 2022: The Pentagon confirmed that the Russian army left Chernihiv Oblast, while Sumy Oblast remained contested.
  • March 2022: After several weeks of attacks, and a month under siege, Ukrainian forces managed to break the encirclement of Chernihiv by recapturing a main road connecting Kyiv with the regional capital.
  • April 2022: Governor Zhyvytskyi stated that all Russians troops left Sumy Oblast.
  • February 2022: Hennadiy Matsegora, the mayor of Kupiansk, agreed to hand over control of the city to Russian forces and accused Ukrainian forces of abandoning it when the invasion began.
  • March 2022: Okhtyrka, Trostianets, Krasnopillya, and Slavutych reconquered by Ukrainian forces.
  • February 2022: Russian forces west of Sumy reportedly advanced further westwards by the night.
  • February 2022: A number of Russian vehicles advanced into Sumy from the east on 27 February.
  • March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 8th, 2022.
  • March 2022: Russia stated that by the morning of March 24, the city of Izium was completely under control of its units.
  • April 2022: The Pentagon confirmed that the Russian army left Chernihiv Oblast, while Sumy Oblast remained contested.
  • March 2022: Detached Russian offensive northeast of Kiev from the Chernihiv axis,.
  • May 2022: On 7 May, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had successfully pushed back Russian forces stationed around Kharkiv.
  • April 2022: After Russia abandoned its offensive to capture Kyiv, it shifted its attention to eastern and southern Ukraine.
  • March 2022: De facto border of the regions under Ukrainian and Russian control as of March 26th, 2022.
  • March 2022: Attack by Russian forces on Izium.
  • February 2022: Seredyna-Buda has been taken by Russian forces.
  • May 2022: On 15 May, Ukrainian forces reached the border near Kharkiv, while contining to push back Russian and LPR units.
  • April 2022: Russian advance in Ukraine by April 15th, 2022.

  • 4. Eastern Ukraine Front


    The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast.

  • February 2022: On the morning of 25 February, Russian forces advanced from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) towards Mariupol.
  • March 2022: Russian, LPR and DPR forces capture Starobilsk.
  • March 2022: The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, claimed that "almost 80% of the territory" of the Luhansk region is occupied.
  • May 2022: On 23 May, Russian forces took control of Lyman.
  • May 2022: Russia captured Svitlodarsk.
  • June 2022: Russian forces capture the city of Sievierodonetsk and the settlements of Syrotyne, Voronove and Borivske.
  • July 2022: President Zelenskyy acknowledged the loss of the Luhansk Oblast.
  • July 2022: The interior ministry of the LPR reported that their troops and Russian troops had entered Siversk.
  • July 2022: Russian forces reportedly captured the Vuhlehirska Power Station.
  • February 2022: DPR advance up to Volnovakha.
  • March 2022: Ukrainian forces lost control of Svatove, Starobilsk and Novopskov.
  • June 2022: Russia took control of Toshkivka.
  • May 2022: Russia and separatist troops also captured Popasna.
  • February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 25th, 2022.
  • March 2022: The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces had captured the settlements of Nikolske, Blahodatne, Volodymyrivka and Pavlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
  • April 2022: It was reported that Russian and LNR troops had entered the city of Kreminna.
  • May 2022: On 12 May, Russian forces seized Rubizhne and the nearby town of Voevodivka.
  • June 2022: Russian forces captured Metiolkine on Sievierodonetsk's eastern outskirts.
  • February 2022: LPR advance up to Starobilsk.
  • March 2022: Forces of the Luhansk People's Republic and Russian troops captured Novoaidar.

  • 5. 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive


    Was a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory of the Kharkiv Oblast which was launched on 6 September 2022.

  • September 2022: The Russian Ministry of Defense published a map which confirmed that Russian forces in Kharkiv region had retreated to the east bank of the Oskol river.
  • September 2022: Ukraine captured Kupiansk.
  • October 2022: Russia confirmed that it had lost control of Lyman. Ukrainian soldiers retook Yampil.
  • September 2022: The Armed Forces of Ukraine reestablished control over the settlement of Yatskivka in the Donetsk region.
  • September 2022: Chkalovske was occupied by Russian forces until 8 September 2022.
  • September 2022: Ukrainian forces retook parts of Kharkiv Oblast.
  • September 2022: As part of a major counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces recaptured Kupiansk and Izium.
  • September 2022: The Ukrainian Ground Forces recaptured the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast.
  • October 2022: Ukrainian authorities regained control of the Kharkhiv Oblast.
  • September 2022: The Armed Forces of Ukraine retook the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region.

  • 6. 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive


    Was a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory in the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts, launched on 29 August 2022.

  • September 2022: On the Kherson front, it was reported that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kiselyovka, a settlement 15 km from Kherson.
  • October 2022: Ukrainian forces regained control of numerous settlements north of the Dnieper River in Kherson Oblast including Davydiv Brid, Lyubymivka, Khreshchenivka, Zolota Balka, Bilyaivka, Ukrainka and Velyka Oleksandrivka.
  • November 2022: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi stated that Ukrainian forces have taken back 41 settlements in the Kherson direction since 1 October.
  • October 2022: An Ukrainian armoured offensive burst through Russian lines in the south capturing multiple villages along the Dnieper river.
  • November 2022: Ukrainian forces entered Snihurivka.

  • 7. Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts


    On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.

  • September 2022: On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.

  • 8. Battle of Soledar


    The battle of Soledar was a series of military engagements in and around the urban-type settlement of Soledar, Ukraine.

  • January 2023: The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russia had likely captured Soledar proper on 11 January
  • December 2022: Russian forces captured the village of Bakhmutske, located along Soledar's southern flank, on 27 December.
  • January 2023: Russian sources claimed that Russian forces seized the Dekonska railway station on the southern outskirts of Soledar.

  • 9. Ukrainian Counteroffensive of summer 2023


    Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in mid-2023 to reclaim territories occupied by Russian forces. By early December 2023, the counteroffensive was generally considered failed by multiple international media outlets.

  • October 2023: The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northeastern part of the village of Krynky, two kilometers southeast of the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.
  • August 2023: The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken three square kilometers of territory in the southern flank of Bakhmut in the past week
  • July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of Staromaiorske in southern Donetsk Oblast
  • September 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken Klishchiivka.
  • July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of Andriivka, south of Bakhmut, and pushed out Russian forces from Staromaiorske in southern Donetsk Oblast.
  • July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have advanced by more than one kilometer towards Berdiansk
  • September 2023: The Ukrainian defence ministry claimed its forces had retaken parts of the village of Opytne, three kilometers northwest of Donetsk, as well as 4.8 square kilometers of territory in the southern front over the past week.
  • June 2023: Ukrainian forces were reported to be advancing towards Bakhmut, with the Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin confirming that Ukrainian soldiers had retaken part of the settlement of Berkhivka, north of the city [...] near the settlements of Novodonetske and Oktyabrske.
  • June 2023: On the southern front, Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced by up to 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) along the Mokry Yali river, as well as up to 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) near Mala Tokmachka.
  • July 2023: the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said its forces were advancing towards Berdyansk and Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia front
  • July 2023: but acknowledged Russian advances in Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka in the Donetsk front. Russia also launched an offensive around Svatove, Luhansk Oblast, attacking the towns of Bilohorivka and Serebryanka.
  • July 2023: Russian forces claimed to have advanced by 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) near Lyman.
  • July 2023: Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced 1.7 kilometers in the direction of Melitopol in the past week
  • July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have pushed out Russian forces from their positions near the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, northwest of Bakhmut.
  • July 2023: Russian forces advanced 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) towards Kupiansk, which was denied by Ukrainian Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi
  • July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken 12.7 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front, increasing the total amount of territory retaken since the start of the counteroffensive to 192.1 square kilometers. It also claimed to have advanced by up to 1.4 kilometers towards Berdiansk.
  • August 2023: The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Ukrainian forces aboard seven boats had crossed the Dnipro river again near Kozachi Laheri, Kherson Oblast, and advanced by 800 meters after breaching Russian defenses.
  • August 2023: Ukraine claimed it had completely retaken Urozhaine.
  • September 2023: Ukrainian border guards reclaimed the frontier settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, both of which lay in a recently de-mined "gray zone" between Ukrainian and Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.
  • September 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken more than half of the village of Klishchiivka, south of Bakhmut
  • October 2023: The Ukrainian military said it had advanced by a kilometer west of Verbove.
  • November 2023: Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to President Zelenskyy, acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian forces were holding positions on the east bank of the Dnipro river. The Ukrainian military later said it had established a buffer zone of three to eight kilometers from the river's bank in Kherson Oblast.
  • June 2023: Ukraine announced the liberation of the villages of Blahodatne, Makarivka and Neskuchne in Donetsk Oblast
  • June 2023: Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken the village of Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast, as well as territories around Krasnohorivka near the city of Donetsk that had been held by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
  • October 2023: Ukrainian forces reportedly landed on the east bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson Oblast, advancing north of Pishchanivka and into Poima, around four kilometers from the shore, and prompting Russian airstrikes on Pishchanivka.
  • July 2023: Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian forces had recaptured 9 square kilometers of territory in the east and 28.4 square kilometers in the south during the previous week. In the south, the military is continuing successful offensive operations toward Melitopol and Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, specifically in the directions of Novodarivka-Pryiutne, Novodanylivka-Robotyne, and Novosilka-Staromaiorske, Maliar wrote on Telegram.
  • July 2023: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that it had retaken 10 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front over the past week. It also claimed to have advanced more than one kilometer towards Melitopol and Berdiansk. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed its forces had recaptured key heights around Bakhmut and subjected all access points to the city under its line of fire.
  • October 2023: The ISW assessed that Russian forces had taken 4.5 square kilometers of territory around Avdiivka
  • June 2023: Ukraine announced it had retaken seven villages in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts, including the settlements of Lobkove, Levadne, Novodarivka and Storozheve.
  • August 2023: The ISW, citing geolocated footage, assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northern outskirts of the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia front.

  • 10. 2024 Kharkiv Offensive


    An offensive by the Russian Military Forces in the Kharkiv Oblast initiated in 2024.

  • June 2024: Ukrainian forces regained positions near Hlyboke.
  • October 2024: Russia captured Kruhliakivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
  • July 2024: Geolocated footage published on July 14 also showed the Chechen 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment fighting in Vovchansk. Additionally, the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment was also spotted fighting in Sotnytskyi Kozachok.
  • May 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces had captured the villages of Hatyshche, Krasne, Morokhovets and Oliinykove.
  • May 2024: Russian forces had taken control over the village of Zelene, while the village of Lukiantsi was almost wholly occupied.
  • September 2024: Russia advanced into the southern areas of the village of Synkivka in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, potentially taking control of the settlement.
  • May 2024: Russian forces took control of Lukiantsi and continued operations towards Lyptsi, Hlyboke, and Pylna. Russian forces also advanced within northern Vovchansk and made marginal gains in northeastern Starytsia while continuing offensive operations near Starytsia and Pletenivka.
  • May 2024: Up to 4-5 Russian infantry battalions from a newly created force crossed the state border, reportedly capturing the villages of Krasne, Borysivka, Strilecha, and Pylna.
  • May 2024: According to the ISW, geolocated footage published on 11 May indicated that Morokhovets, Oliinykove and Ohirtseve had come under Russian control.
  • May 2024: Russian forces also made gains in Vovchansk and advanced into central Buhruvatka 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.
  • August 2024: Russian forces reportedly seized border settlements that they had previously raided, namely, Sotnytskyi Kozachok in Kharkiv Oblast, and Lukashivka in Sumy Oblast.
  • November 2024: Russian forces entered Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast.
  • July 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Pishchane in Kharkiv Oblast and Andriivka in Luhansk Oblast.
  • May 2024: Ukrainian forces recaptured a windbreak overlooking Lukiantsi
  • June 2024: Ukrainian forces recaptured the whole of Tykhe
  • May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Starytsia in Kharkiv Oblast.
  • May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Soloviove in Donetsk Oblast and Kotliarivka in Kharkiv Oblast, 20 kilometers from Kupiansk.

  • 11. Kursk Oblast Offensive


    An offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian Oblast of Kursk.

  • December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Plekhovo in Kursk Oblast.
  • August 2024: The Ukrainian military claimed the capture of the settlement of Korenevo but the Russian MOD described the settlement as contested.
  • December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
  • August 2024: The Russian Armed Forces claimed to have regained control of the village of Makhnovka east of Sudzha.
  • August 2024: On the night of 11 August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered Belovsky District
  • August 2024: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his forces were in control of roughly 1,000 square kilometres and 74 settlements inside Kursk Oblast. The Russian defence ministry claimed to have thwarted Ukrainian assaults in Korenevsky District near the villages of Obshchy Kolodez, Kauchuk, Alekseyevsky, and Snagost and in Sudzhansky District in the direction of Martynovka, and also in the areas of Korenevo, Oleshnya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Sudzha, and Mikhaylovka.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian troops entered the village of Kamyshnoye where an urban battle was reported.
  • August 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces had repelled Ukrainian assaults from Komarovka, Korenevo, Malaya Loknya and Russkaya Konopelka and attacked Ukrainian soldiers near eight villages in Kursk Oblast and nine villages in Sumy Oblast.
  • September 2024: The Russian defense ministry reiterated Alaudinov's statements of 10 settlements having been retaken, and specified that these were Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrsky, Obukhovka, Snagost, and 10-y Oktyabr.
  • September 2024: Ukraine simultaneously expanded operations outside of their main salient in Kursk Oblast, attacking southwest of Glushkovo near Novy Put and making advances.
  • January 2025: Ukrainian forces captured the town of Martynovka.
  • September 2024: Apti Alaudinov stated that Russia had regained control over the settlements of Nikolayevo-Darino and Darino in the Sudzhansky District.
  • August 2024: Geolocated footage confirmed that Ukrainian forces had advanced at least 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) across the Russian border, having penetrated at least two Russian defensive lines and a stronghold. Russian sources indicated that Ukrainian forces were trying to advance along the 38K-030 Sudzha-Korenevo highway, and a prominent Kremlin-affiliated milblogger claimed that by 18:00 local time on 7 August, Ukrainian forces had advanced both northwest and southeast along the highway and were now fighting on the outskirts of Korenevo and Sudzha.
  • August 2024: Cherkasskaya Konopelka, to the south of Sudzha, was reportedly captured by Ukraine, while the village of Kurilovka, the hamlet of Dmitryukov and the villages of Borki and Krupets were also reportedly occupied.
  • August 2024: The Russian MOD claimed to have recaptured the village of Krupets.
  • December 2024: Russian captured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
  • August 2024: Borki, Kamyshnoye and Gir'i were under Russian control.
  • September 2024: Russian forces entered Snagost. Russian forces captured the settlements of Gordeyevka and Vnezapnoye.
  • September 2024: Ukrainian forces made further confirmed gains southwest of Glushkovo, advancing three kilometers from the border with Russia south of Vesyoloye.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian fighters, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, crossed into Russian territory. the incursion involved around 300 Ukrainian troops, 11 tanks, and over 20 armored combat vehicles, and was aimed in two directions: at Oleshnya in the direction of Sudzha, east-northeast of Sumy, and towards Nikolayevo-Darino, north-northeast of Sumy.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian forces were in control of the western part of Sudzha and the surrounding roads; skirmishes continued in the town.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian forces entered the settlement of Mirny [ru; uk] and had taken control of the villages of Kazachya Loknya, Bogdanovka, 1st Knyazhiy and 2nd Knyazhiy. Skirmishes took place in the village of Snagost.
  • August 2024: By 9 August, Russian forces had retaken the village of Snagost, and in the north had pushed Ukraine back to the northern village of Malaya Loknya back from Ukraine's positions in Milyutino and Generalovka.
  • August 2024: Reports claimed that Ukrainian troops had captured around 100-200 square kilometers of territory, at a depth of around 10 kilometers on average.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian state television aired a report claiming that Sudzha was under Ukrainian control and showing Ukrainian soldiers removing the Russian flag from an official building.
  • August 2024: The town of Glushkovo was ordered evacuated by governor Smirnov
  • August 2024: A fierce Russian response led to heavy Ukrainian casualties and a subsequent retreat from the captured territory in the Belgorod Oblast by 15 August
  • August 2024: Russian forces reportedly blew up two bridges near Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi after withdrawing from the right bank of the Seym River in the area.
  • August 2024: Russian forces fully retook Korenevo.
  • September 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have retaken the village of Uspenovka.
  • December 2024: Russian forces recaptured Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
  • December 2024: Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Agronom in Kursk Oblast
  • December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook the town of Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
  • August 2024: Ukrainian Armed Forces had managed to take control of the village of Poroz.
  • August 2024: Ukraine reportedly attempted to advance in three directions: east from Sudzha toward the village of Belitsa and the neighboring settlement of Giri, north towards Lgov, and northwest towards Korenevo on the road to Rylsk. A fierce battle was reported near the settlement of Kauchuk, approximately 30 kilometers from Lgov. Russian forces dug new trenches south of Lgov and in Chermoshnoy. Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced 1-2 kilometers and completed clearance of Sudzha.
  • August 2024: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed to have advanced towards the villages of Novoivanovka and Kul'baki. It also stated that Korenevo was being attacked from the south. The settlement on the Sudzha-Kursk-Martynovka road was also claimed to be controlled by Ukraine, who also claimed to have taken over Plekhovo in the south
  • October 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces had regained control over Pokrovsky and Novaya Sorochina in the Sudzhansky District.
  • August 2024: President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were in control of 92 settlements in Kursk Oblast and 1,250 square kilometers of Russian territory.
  • August 2024: By 14 August, the Ukrainian incursion had penetrated 10 kilometres (6 mi) into the Belgorod oblast and had captured multiple positions.

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