Ukraine (Military Occupation)
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Refers to regions militarly occupied by Ukraine.
Establishment
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ukrainian Armed Forces had managed to take control of the village of Poroz.
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: By 14 August, the Ukrainian incursion had penetrated 10 kilometres (6 mi) into the Belgorod oblast and had captured multiple positions.
August 2024: Ukrainian troops entered the village of Kamyshnoye where an urban battle was reported.
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: 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: 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: 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: The Russian MOD claimed to have recaptured the village of Krupets.
August 2024: The Ukrainian military claimed the capture of the settlement of Korenevo but the Russian MOD described the settlement as contested.
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: 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: Borki, Kamyshnoye and Gir'i were under Russian control.
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
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.
August 2024: Russian forces fully retook Korenevo.
September 2024: Russian forces entered Snagost. Russian forces captured the settlements of Gordeyevka and Vnezapnoye.
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.
September 2024: Ukrainian forces made further confirmed gains southwest of Glushkovo, advancing three kilometers from the border with Russia south of Vesyoloye.
September 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have retaken the village of Uspenovka.
September 2024: Apti Alaudinov stated that Russia had regained control over the settlements of Nikolayevo-Darino and Darino in the Sudzhansky District.
October 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces had regained control over Pokrovsky and Novaya Sorochina in the Sudzhansky District.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Plekhovo in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian captured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook the town of Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Agronom in Kursk Oblast
Chronology
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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.
1.1.Russo-Ukrainian 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.
1.1.1.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.
1.1.1.1.Kursk Oblast Offensive
An offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian Oblast of Kursk.
January 2025: Ukrainian forces captured the town of Martynovka.
Selected Sources
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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-30-2024
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-31-2024
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-5-2025
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