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Are a series of conflicts that are considered to be a consequence of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Was an armed conflict mainly between pro-Transnistria and pro-Moldovan forces.
Was a civil war in Georgia shortly after the country had gained its independency from the USSR in 1991.
2.1.1991-1992 South Ossetia War
Was a war fought between Georgian government forces and the forces of South Ossetia who wanted the region to secede from Georgia and become an independent state. At the end of the war South Ossetia became de facto independent but is today recognized only by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria.
January 1991: In December 1990, Tbilisi declared a state of emergency in South Ossetia.
January 1991: On the night of 5 to 6 January 1991, the Georgian police force entered Tskhinvali to disarm the Ossetian armed groups. The fighting in Tskhinvali first resulted in a divided town: An Ossetian-controlled western part and a Georgian-controlled eastern part.
March 1991: A temporary ceasefire was agreed and Georgian forces largely withdrew from the city of Tskhinvali.
2.2.War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)
Was a war between Georgia, that had recently gained independence from the Soviet Union, and the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia became a de facto independent republic, but today remains recognized as part of Georgia by most of the countries of the world.
July 1992: The Abkhazian government proclaimed the independence of the region, though this was not internationally recognized.
July 1992: A partially recognized state in the South Caucasus recognised by most countries as part of Georgia.
August 1992: The separatist government fled from Sukhumi to Gudauta.
December 1993: Abkhazia becomed a de facto independent republic, but remains internationally recognized as part of Georgia.
July 1993: During the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, the village of Kamani was the site of the final offensive by Abkhaz forces.
August 1992: Georgian troops, led by President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, took control over the city of Gagra in 1992 during the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict. The Abkhazians, supported by Russia, were forced to leave the city as a result of the military intervention.
September 1993: After a fierce battle, Sukhumi fell to the Abkhazians.
October 1992: Battle of Gagra.
September 1992: The Georgian Army had taken most of Abkhazia.
2.3.Zviadist resistence
Was an insurgency part of the Georgian Civil War. In Juli 1993 deputies of the former Supreme Council of Georgia held a session in Zugdidi and declared the 'restoration of the legitimate government' there.
November 1993: On November 4, 1993, the government forces broke through the defence lines of the Zviadist militias and entered Zugdidi without fighting on November 6.
October 1993: From July to August Kobalia's militia effectively established its control in a significant part of the Samegrelo province.
October 1993: The government forces launched an offensive against pro-Gamsakhurdia rebels led by Colonel Loti Kobalia and, with the help of Russian military, occupied most of Samegrelo province.
July 1993: 72 deputies of the former Supreme Council that had been ousted in January 1992, held a session in Zugdidi and declared the 'restoration of the legitimate government' there.
Were two wars caused by the independence struggle of Chechnya from the USSR (and later the Russian Federation). The first war started with the secession of the region during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The second war resulted in Russia reconquering the area back.
3.1.First Chechen War
Was a war of independence which the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria waged against the Russian Federation from December 1994 to August 1996.
3.1.1.Chechen Secession
Was the secession of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from the Soviet Union at the beginning of the First Chechen War.
3.1.2.Russian military intervention (First Chechen War)
Was the Russian military intervention in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the First Chechen War.
3.1.3.Khasav-Yurt Accord
Russia and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria signed the Khasav-Yurt Accord on 31 August 1996, ending the First Chechen War.
3.2.Second Chechen War
Was a conflict that took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria that resulted in the the reincorporation of Chechnya into Russia.
February 2000: Russian advances with the Battle of Grozny.
October 1999: The Russian army moved with ease in the wide open spaces of northern Chechnya and reached the Terek River.
October 1999: After heavy fighting, Russia seized a Chechen base in the village of Goragorsky.
December 1999: By 11 December 1999, Russian troops had encircled Shali and were slowly forcing separatists out.
May 2000: Russian President Vladimir Putin established direct rule of Chechnya.
November 1999: The Russian flag was raised over Chechnya's second largest city, Gudermes.
October 1999: Russian forces took control of a strategic ridge within artillery range of the Chechen capital Grozny.
November 1999: Russian forces managed to capture the village of Achkhoy-Martan.
November 1999: Russian soldiers dislodged separatists in Bamut.
December 1999: After weeks of heavy fighting, Russian forces under Major General Vladimir Shamanov took control of Alkhan-Yurt, a village just south of Grozny.
A series of conflicts between Azerbaijan and the breakaway Armenian Republic of Artsakh that started after Azerbaijan gained indipendence from the USSR in 1991.
January 2024: The Republic of Artsakh is dissolved and reintegrates into Azerbaijan.
4.1.First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Was a conflict between Azerbaijan and the breakaway majority Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh from 1991 to 1994.
April 1993: Battle of Kelbajar.
February 1992: In early February, the Azerbaijani villages of Malıbəyli, Karadagly and Agdaban were conquered.
February 1992: Azerbaijani conquests in the villages of Nakhicivanik, Khramort and Farruk.
May 1992: May 8 represents one of the most important dates in the history of the conflict when Armenian militias conquer the Azerbaijani stronghold of Shushi.
July 1993: In 1993, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Agdam, an important city in Azerbaijan, fell to Armenian forces. The capture of Agdam was a significant strategic victory for the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, as it allowed them to push further into Azerbaijani territory.
August 1993: Fizuli conquered by Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
May 1994: Starting from April 10, the Armenians launched an offensive in the north-eastern sector (Gulistan-Talish), and conquered numerous villages (Talish, Chily, Madaghis and Levonark) in a few days.
February 1994: The Azeris lose their garrison at the Omar pass.
August 1993: The Armenians on the other hand manage to conquer the village of Shelly used as an artillery base towards Stepanakert.
August 1993: Jebrail conquered by Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
August 1993: Gubatly conquered by Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
June 1993: After a year of occupation Martakert was occupied by the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
October 1993: Horadiz conquered by Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
May 1992: On May 18, Armenian forces entered the village of Lachin, conquered the surrounding territory and broke the isolation of the Armenian enclave of Karabakh for the first time.
March 1993: After an advance of twenty-nine kilometres, the Tartar river was reached about twenty kilometers from the district capital.
November 1993: Zangelan conquered by Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
4.1.1.Goranboy Operation
Was a military offensive by Azerbaijan in the summer of 1992 with the goal of taking complete control of the entire territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
July 1992: On 2 July the Azeris conquer Martakert.
July 1992: Azerbaijanis managed to establish control over some settlements in the Askeran region: Nakhichevanik, Arachadzor, Pirdzhamal, Dahraz and Agbulak.
4.1.2.Bishkek Protocol
Was a ceasefire between Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. .
May 1994: The "Bishkek Protocol" was a ceasefire agreement signed in 1994 between the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, with the mediation of Russia and Armenia.
4.2.2019 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes
Was a small conflict between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
May 2018: Clashes and subsequent military operations ended with Azerbaijan regaining several occupied villages and strategic positions within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, these areas had previously been part of a no man's land between the Azerbajiani and Armenian lines.
4.3.2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
Was a war that involved Azerbaijan, Armenia and the self-declared Armenian breakaway state of Artsakh.
October 2020: Azerbaijan announced the capture of Jabrayil.
October 2020: Füzuli was captured on 17 October 2020 by Azerbaijani troops. They also captured the Khoda Afarin Dam and Khodaafarin Bridges.
October 2020: On 26 October, in midday, the president of Azerbaijan stated that Azerbaijani forces had seized control of Padar, Əfəndilər, Yusifbəyli, Çay Tumas, Xanlıq, Sarıyataq, and Mollabürhan in Qubadli District.
November 2020: Azerbaijani forces seized Shusha.
4.4.2021-2022 Armenia-Azerbaijan border crisis
A border conflict since 12 May 2021 between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
May 2021: Reports emerged regarding the crossing of Azerbaijani soldiers into Armenian territory on 12 May, in two areas along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
4.5.2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
In 2023 Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive against the self-declared breakaway state of Artsakh. The offensive eventually resulted in the dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh and its reintegration into Azerbaijan.
September 2023: Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive against Republic of Artsakh. Azerbaijani forces occupied the villages of Charektar and Getavan.
September 2023: The offensive ended with a ceasefire from 13:00 on 20 September. The Azerbaijani forces had captured the settlements of Drmbon, Harav, Chankatagh, Chapar, Karmir Shuka, Khachmach, Machkalashen, Sarushen, Shosh and Vaghuhas.
Was a civil war in Tajikstan between the government and regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions.
May 1992: 5 May 1992 – 27 June 1997: erupted after the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic declared independence in 1991 under President Rahmon Nabiyev. In the struggle for power in Tajikistan, the civil war lasted until 1997.
Was a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation that ended in a bloody massacre of pro-parliamentary protestors when Yeltsin ordered the use of military force.
September 1993: September 21, 1993 to October 4, 1993. The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 began on September 21, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree dissolving the Legislative Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Soviet of Russia.
Ethnic Georgians in the Gali district of Abkhazia launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian separatist government.
May 1998: 18 - 26 May 1998: insurgency against the Abkhazian secessionist government.
Was a military conflict between the Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan and the Russian Federation.
August 1999: On August 7, Basayev and Khattab launched an invasion into Dagestan with a group of roughly 1,500-2,000 armed militants consisting of Islamic radicals from Chechnya and Dagestan, including other international Islamists. They seized villages in the districts of Tsumadi (Echeda, Gakko, Kedy, Kvanada, Gadiri and Gigatl) and Botlikh (Godoberi, Miarso, Shodroda, Ansalta, Rakhata and Inkhelo).
August 1999: Basaev and Khattab announced they were withdrawing from Botlikhsky District to "redeploy" and begin a "new phase" in their operations.
September 1999: The rebels of the Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan came within a mere five kilometers of the major city of Khasavyurt.
September 1999: Russian forces successfully recaptured all regions occupied by the Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan and and pushed the rebels back into Chechnya.
August 1999: Establishment of the "independent Islamic State of Dagestan" which declared war on "the traitorous Dagestani government" and "Russia's occupation units".
September 1999: On the morning of September 5, Chechen rebels launched a second invasion into the lowland Novolakskoye region of Dagestan seizing the border village of Tukhchar.
Insurgency in Ingushetia connected to the separatist conflict in Chechnya.
July 2007: 21 July 2007 – 19 May 2015: escalation of an insurgency in Ingushetia connected to the separatist conflict in Chechnya.
Was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, on the other.
August 2008: Georgian troops advanced towards the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, during the night.
August 2008: Russians captured the military base near the town of Senaki.
August 2008: The city of Gori in Georgia was militarily occupied by Russia.
August 2008: Reuters reported that Russian forces had pushed to 55 km from Tbilisi, the closest during the war, and stopped in Igoeti.
August 2008: Russia withdraws most troops from Georgia.
August 2008: Russian military captured Tskhinvali in five days and expelled Georgian forces.
A low-level armed conflict between Russia and militants associated with the Caucasus Emirate and, since June 2015, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant groups.
April 2009: 16 April 2009 – 19 December 2017: a low-level armed conflict between Russia and militants associated with the Caucasus Emirate and, since June 2015, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) groups.
6 April 2010 - 14 December 2010: began in April 2010 with the ousting of Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the capital Bishkek. It was followed by increased ethnic tension involving Kyrgyz people and Uzbeks in the south of the country, which escalated in June 2010. The violence ultimately led to the consolidation of a new parliamentary system in Kyrgyzstan.
April 2010: 6 April 2010 - 14 December 2010: It began in April 2010 with the ousting of Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the capital Bishkek. It was followed by increased ethnic tension involving Kyrgyz people and Uzbeks in the south of the country, which escalated in June 2010. The violence ultimately led to the consolidation of a new parliamentary system in Kyrgyzstan.
19 September 2010 - September 2015: a military conflict which took place in eastern Tajikistan between the Tajik Army and Islamist militants, led by numerous leaders from the Tajikistani Civil War.
September 2010: 19 September 2010 - September 2015: a military conflict which took place in eastern Tajikistan between the Tajik Army and Islamist militants, led by numerous leaders from the Tajikistani Civil War.
Is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, part of the conflicts related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main reasons for the conflict are the control of the Ukrainian territories of Donbas and Crimea (both territories have a substantial Russian-speaking populations, in particular Crimea has a majority Russian-speaking population) and Russian influence in former USSR countries. The war started in 2014 with the Russian annexion of Crimea and the Russian-sponsored secession of the the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine. After a phase of low-level warfare (2016-2021), Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
October 2024: Russia captured Serebrianka in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces conquered the city of Selydove, southeast of Pokrovsk.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Paraskoviivka, 25 kilometers southwest of Donetsk.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Novodmytrivka in southern Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Novooleksiivka, south of Pokrovsk.
June 2024: The Ukrainian Azov Brigade claimed to have advanced by one kilometer and pushed out Russian forces in the Serebryansky forest in Luhansk Oblast.
February 2024: The Ukrainian military announced that it had withdrawn from the village of Lastochkyne, west of Avdiivka. Russia later said it had taken the village and claimed to have pushed back Ukrainian forces by 10 kilometers.
November 2024: Russian forces occupied the settlements of Hremiach, Kolos, Novoselydivka and Muravi in the Chernihiv Oblast.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Orlivka, four kilometers west of Avdiivka.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Rozdolne in Donetsk Oblast.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Pervomaiske, 11 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
November 2024: Russian captured the town of Zhovte in Donetsk Oblast.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Netailove, 15 kilometers northwest of Donetsk, and Ivanivka, 20 kilometers east of Kupiansk.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, which was attributed to a rotational error by Ukrainian military commanders that left the sector mostly undefended and led to Russian forces advancing by five kilometers.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Bohdanivka, three kilometers from Chasiv Yar.
December 2024: Russia captured the settlement of Sukhi Yaly, southwest of Kurakhove.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Sokil, 30 kilometers northwest of Donetsk.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Staromaiorske, southwest of Donetsk.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered the towns of Ukrainka and Novoolenivka near Pokrovsk.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Yasnobrodivka, 45 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk.
July 2024: DeepStateMap.Live reported that Russia had recaptured the village of Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: The Ukrainian military said that its positions in Krynky had been destroyed by Russian attacks, but denied that it had retreated from the village. However, many sources stated that Ukrainian forces had completely withdrawn from the village.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook the village of Novomlynsk on the Oskil river.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the towns of Novyi Trud, Stari Terny, and Blahodatne in Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Prohres in Donetsk Oblast. DeepStateMap.Live additionally reported the fall of Rozdolivka to the Russians.
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Lozuvatske in Donetsk Oblast, 24 kilometers east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: and captured the village of Karlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces had captured Kalynivka, east of Chasiv Yar.
December 2024: Russia captured Storozheve, Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Zhelanne and Orlivka , east of Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Zolota Nyva.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Novozhelanne and Zavitne, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russia seized the settlement of Ptyche, east of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia likely captured the villages of Mykhailivka and Dolynivka, southeast of Pokrovsk.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast for the second time since the start of the invasion in 2022.
November 2022: The Russian Offensive stalled just south to Huliaipole.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the settlement of Chyhari (part of Pivdenne) in Donetsk Oblast.
September 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Nelipivka, north of Niu York.
February 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Pobieda, five kilometers west of Donetsk.
July 2024: Russian forces took the villages of Novoselivka Persha, 20 kilometers northwest of Avdiivka, and Vovche in Donetsk Oblast.
February 2024: The Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade claimed that they drove out Russian troops from Krasnohorivka a day after Russian forces entered it
February 2023: The Wagner Group captured the village of Krasna Hora north of Bakhmut.
April 2024: Russia seized the village of Novobakhmutivka, ten kilometers northwest of Avdiivka.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Vodiane, five kilometers from Vuhledar.
September 2024: Russia captured Hryhorivka. Russia also captured the town of Memryk, 20 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia was visually confirmed to have captured Prechystivka, west of Vuhledar.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Lisivka in Donetsk Oblast.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Ukrainsk, southeast of Pokrovsk.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Keramik in Donetsk Oblast.
May 2023: The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken about 20sq km (7.5sq miles) of territory from Russian forces in the north and south of the outskirts of Bakhmut
June 2024: Myasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast is conquered by Russia.
February 2024: Ukrainian forces withdrew from the villages of Stepove and Sieverne near Avdiivka. Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said that defence lines in the area had "stabilised" along the Tonenke-Orlivka-Berdychi axis.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have retaken the southern part of Robotyne.
October 2024: Russia was recaptured Nevske in Luhansk Oblast.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Ivanivske, west of Bakhmut.
March 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Tonenke, 10 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
October 2024: Russia captured the village of Maksymilianivka, east of Kurakhove.
April 2024: Russian forces entered the village of Pervomaiske, ten kilometers west of Avdiivka, and took control of Krasnohorivka. Fighting was also reported north of Avdiivka, at a farmstead on the outskirts of Novokalynove.
July 2024: DeepStateMap.Live reported that Russia had captured the village of Yevhenivka.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Berdychi, near Avdiivka.
July 2024: The Russian military claimed to have taken the village of Ivano-Daryivka, 30 kilometers northeast of Bakhmut
October 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Bohoiavlenka in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Levadne.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Trudove and Kurakhivka in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Novoselydivka, Makarivka and Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town Yurivka, south of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russian forces seized the villages of Ivanivka and Svyrdonivka , both 15 kilometers east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now 10 kilometers away from Pokrovsk, and urged all citizens to evacuate.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Antonivka, Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russia captured the village of Kalynove, southeast of Pokrovsk, and likely captured the village of Kostiantynivka, southwest of Donetsk. It also took full control over the city of Novohrodivka, nine kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia likely seized the village of Halytsynivka, southeast of Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Vuhledar.
October 2024: Russian forces were stated to have seized the villages of Zhelanne Pershe, and Krasnyi Yar, all southeast of Pokrovsk.
November 2022: The river Island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin within the Dnieper River returned to Ukrainian control on 11 November.
November 2022: The Russian army actively pushes on both sides of Bakhmut, in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2022: Russia re-occupied the previously liberated Dnipro river island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin close to Kherson.
January 2023: Russian state media reported that Russian forces advanced into Orikhiv and Huliaipole towns in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
February 2023: The Wagner Group claims the capture of the depopulated Sakko I Vantsetti village.
May 2023: Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic, said that Russian forces had seized several Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka.
May 2023: Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed on Telegram that his Wagner mercenaries had completely captured Bakhmut.
December 2023: Russia said that its forces had taken Marinka while Ukrainian officials said fighting was still ongoing.
January 2024: The Ukrainian military confirmed the capture of the village of Krokhmalne, 30 kilometres southeast of Kupiansk, by Russian forces.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Vodiane, near Avdiivka.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, 20 kilometres from Vuhledar.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Semenivka, five kilometers west of Avdiivka.
May 2024: Ukrainian forces claimed a series of successful counterattacks against Russian forces near Bakhmut, resulting in an advance of some 500 metres
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Umanske, 30 kilometers northwest of Donetsk.
July 2024: In Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces took the village of Spirne.
August 2024: Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now six kilometers away from Myrnohrad.
August 2024: Russian forces took the settlement of Komyshivka, east of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russian forces were confirmed to have captured the village of Krutyi Yar , southeast of Pokrovsk. Russia also claimed control over Makiivka in Luhansk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Tsukuryne, southeast of Pokrovsk, and claimed to have taken Zhelannoye Vtoroye, near Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russian forces seized the village of Novosadove.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Kolisnykivka.
November 2024: Russian forces conquered the villages of Vyshneve and Leonidivka.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Katerynivka.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Dalnie, Novodarivka and Voznesenka in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian captured Novyi Komar in southern Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Hihant in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Dvorichna, west of the Oskil river.
December 2023: The Ukrainian military acknowledged that Russian forces had advanced by between 1.5 and 2 kilometres in parts of the Avdiivka sector in the past two months
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Arkhanhelske, north of Donetsk and near Ocheretyne.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the Novy district of Chasiv Yar.
August 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Vesele in Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russia was visually confirmed to have seized the village of Mykolaivka, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: The Ukrainian military said that Russian forces were in partial control over Chasiv Yar, adding that the city was now destroyed.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Illinka in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook Rozdolne in southern Donetsk Oblast.
January 2025: Russian forces likely captured the town of Petropavlivka near Stari Terny.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the towns of Rozdolne, Kostyantynopolske, Sukhi Yali, and Novyi Komar in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces advanced in southwestern Kruhliakivka.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Nevelske, Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Petrivka in the Pokrovsk front.
June 2024: Russian forces took the village of Novooleksandrivka In Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces reconquered Novyi Komar.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered the town of Novopustynka, south of Pokrovsk.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Pustynka, south of Pokrovsk.
May 2023: Ukrainian troops counterattack near Khromove and Bila Hora, advancing 2.6 km along a 3 km-wide front.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Shumy, ten kilometers east of Toretsk.
December 2024: Russia captured the village of Beretsky, near Kurakhove.
August 2024: Russian forces seized the village of Serhiivka , east of Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Vozdvyzhenka.
August 2024: Russian forces made their first visually confirmed advance into Toretsk, entering it from the south.
September 2024: The Azov Brigade claimed to have retaken parts of Niu York and relieved trapped Ukrainian units in the area.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Novokalynove, ten kilometers north of Avdiivka.
October 2024: Russia captured the village of Ostrivske, near Kurakhove.
October 2024: Russian forces seized Zhelanne Druhe in Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Skuchne and Mezhove, east of Pokrovsk, and claimed to have taken the city of Zalizne, southeast of Toretsk.
August 2024: Russia claimed to have taken New York, south of Toretsk.
September 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Hostre, 30 kilometers west of Donetsk.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Miasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast.
14.1.Russian Annexion of Crimea
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
February 2014: On 27 February, masked Russian troops without insignia took over the Supreme Council (parliament) of Crimea and captured strategic sites across Crimea, which led to the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in the region.
March 2014: Russia formally incorporated Crimea as two federal subjects of the Russian Federation on 18 March 2014.
14.2.War in Donbas
Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
14.2.1.Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk
Was the secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from Ukraine at the beginning of the War in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
April 2014: Pro-Russian protesters seized the regional government buildings in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and declare Donetsk an indipendent republic.
April 2014: A group of pro-Russian activists stormed the Government offices in Luhansk.
April 2014: In Artemivsk, separatists captured the city administration building and raised the DPR flag over it.
April 2014: Police repelled an attack by pro-Russian militants upon an office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Krasnyi Lyman on 12 April, but the building was later captured by the separatists after a skirmish.
April 2014: The local administration building in Siversk was captured by Donetsk separatists..
April 2014: A city administration building in Pervomaisk was overrun by Luhansk People's Republic.
May 2014: Supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic captured government buildings in Starobilsk.
May 2014: The Donetsk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
May 2014: The Luhansk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
April 2014: Fifty two armed militants led by Igor Girkin (retired colonel of Russia's military intelligence GRU) attacked the executive committee building, the police department, and the Security Service of Ukraine offices in Sloviansk. In Kramatorsk, in the course of a Pro-Russian rally, protestors overpowered a police line and took over the building of the local executive committee, where they hoisted the flag of the new-proclaimed republic of Donetsk.
April 2014: The local administration building in Zhdanivka is taken by Donetsk separatists.
May 2014: The police headquarters in Slovianoserbsk was seized by members of the Luhansk Army of the South-East.
May 2014: In Krasnyi Luch, the city administration conceded to demands by separatist activists to support the referendums on the status of Donetsk and Luhansk being held on 11 May, and followed by raising the Russian flag over the city administration building.
April 2014: Separatists in Yenakiieve left the city administration building.
April 2014: By 14 April, pro-Russian militants led by former Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives Igor Girkin and Igor Bezler had taken control of government buildings in many cities within the Donetsk oblast, including Sloviansk, Mariupol, Horlivka, Kramatorsk, Yenakiieve, Makiivka, Druzhkivka, and Zhdanivka.
April 2014: Some 30 Donetsk militants seized the police headquarters in Konstantinovka.
April 2014: The city administration buildings in Yenakiieve and Druzhkivka were captured by Donetsk separatists.
April 2014: Demonstrators hoisted the flag of the DPR over the city administration buildings in Krasnoarmiisk and Novoazovsk on 16 April.
April 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donbass People's Militia occupied a regional administration building in Khartsyzk on 13 April.
April 2014: Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a "Luhansk People's Republic".
May 2014: Insurgents occupied the city administration building in Stakhanov.
May 2014: Insurgents seized the prosecutor's office in Sievierodonetsk.
May 2014: The town of Antratsyt was occupied by forces affiliated to the Luhansk People's Republic.
April 2014: Luhansk Militants seized control over the city administration building in Alchevsk.
14.2.2.Ukraine Counterrattack
Was a military counterattack by Ukrainian government forces against the recently created breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics. .
June 2014: Government gains during the Battle of Mariupol (May-June 2014).
June 2014: The Ukrainian military said that they had gained control of Yampil and Siversk.
July 2014: Siege of Sloviansk.
June 2014: Government forces destroyed a separatist stronghold in Semenivka, and regained control of Krasnyi Lyman on 3 June.
July 2014: Government forces broke through the insurgent blockade around Donetsk airport on 23 July, and then advanced into the northwestern corner of Donetsk city. Subsequently, the insurgents withdrew from many areas on the outskirts of the city, including Karlivka, Netailove, Pervomaiske.
July 2014: The strategic heights of Savur-Mohyla were under Ukrainian control.
August 2014: The cities of Pervomaisk, Kalynove, Komyshuvakha, in western Luhansk Oblast near Popasna, were captured by government forces.
July 2014: Battle of Kramatorsk.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk.
July 2014: Ukraine government forces evicted insurgents from Avdiivka.
July 2014: Debaltseve conquered by Ukraine.
August 2014: The Ukrainians captured the vital town of Krasnyi Luch.
August 2014: The Armed Forces recaptured the vital town of Yasynuvata.
July 2014: Ukrainian troops entered the town of Shakhtarsk.
July 2014: The suburb of Mayorsk, just outside Horlivka, and the city of Sievierodonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, were recaptured by the Armed Forces.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured Lysychansk.
14.2.3.Shyrokyne standoff
Was a battle for the control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne, part of the War in Donbas.
February 2015: DPR forces recaptured the villages of Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk.
July 2014: Insurgent losses to Ukraine government forces by 28 July 2014.
July 2014: On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city of Shyrokyne.
April 2015: It was confirmed the separatists had captured the village of Vodyane.
April 2015: Separatists were in control of much of Shyrokyne.
August 2014: Insurgent losses in Luhansk by 31 August 2014.
April 2015: Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk are once again under Ukrainian control.
December 2015: The village of Kominternove, about 24 km east of Mariupol, was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces.
July 2015: On 1 July, separatist forces proclaimed Shyrokyne to be a demilitarized zone and withdrew from the village.
February 2015: Ukrainian forces captured Shyrokyne, Pavlopil, Kominternovo and Oktyabyr.
14.2.4.Russian-backed rebel counterattack
An offensive against Ukrainian forces by the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, backed by Russian troops, during the War in Donbas.
August 2014: The National Guard of Ukraine temporarily retook the city of Komsomolske.
August 2014: Ukrainian forces retreated from the city, and Komsomolske was once again taken by the DPR forces.
August 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), backed by Russian troops, opened a new front in the War in Donbass on 25 August 2014, when they attacked the Ukrainian government-controlled city of Novoazovsk in southern Donetsk. Government forces were forced to retreat from Novoazovsk.
14.2.5.Battle of Debaltseve
Was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, starting in mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbas region.
February 2015: DPR and LPR forces capture Debaltseve, Vuhlehirsk, Lohvynove and four other villages.
14.2.6.Battle of Marinka
A battle between Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian forces during the war in Donbas.
June 2015: Marinka recaptured by the Ukrainians.
June 2015: The town of Marinka was seized by the DPR forces.
14.3.Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Is the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started by Russia on 24 February 2022, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
March 2022: By 20 March, Russia had completely encircled Mariupol.
14.3.1.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.
14.3.2.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.
14.3.3.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.
14.3.4.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.
14.3.5.2022 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.
14.3.6.2022 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.
14.3.7.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.
14.3.8.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.
14.3.9.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.
14.3.10.2024 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.
14.3.11.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.
14.4.Wagner Group rebellion
The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, briefly revolted against the Russian Government in 2023.
June 2023: Wagner fighters drove past Voronezh [...] According to media reports, Wagner took control of all military facilities in the city.
June 2023: During the early morning of 24 June, Wagner forces crossed into Russia's Rostov Oblast from Luhansk and swiftly captured Rostov-on-Don, encountering no apparent opposition.
June 2023: Prigozhin declared the start of an armed conflict against the Ministry of Defence in a message posted on his press service's Telegram channel
June 2023: another crossed over from the occupied territory of Ukraine. The vehicles advanced across Voronezh Oblast where they encountered little resistance.
June 2023: Wagner proceeded into Lipetsk Oblast, approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) from Moscow.
June 2023: Advance towards Moscow: one column reportedly came from Rostov-on-Don, capturing Millerovo air base
June 2023: Wagner forces passed through the town of Yelets, and continued north along the M4 highway.
June 2023: There are reports that the closest to Moscow that Wagner troops got was the town of Kashira in southern Moscow Oblast, 95 kilometres (59 mi) south of Moscow. Wagner presence is not visually confirmed any closer than Krasnoye in northern Lipetsk Oblast, 330 kilometres (210 mi) south of Moscow.
June 2023: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko brokered a settlement with Prigozhin, who subsequently agreed to halt the rebellion. In the late evening of 24 June, Wagner troops abandoned their push to Moscow and those who remained in Rostov-on-Don began withdrawing.
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Post-Soviet Conflicts
