Northeastern Ukraine offensive

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Northeastern Ukraine offensive
Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and War in Donbas

Russian advances in northeastern Ukraine
Date24 February 2022 – present
(3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Chernihiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast
Status

Ongoing

  • Russian forces capture Konotop[1] and Shostka[2] while Chernihiv is isolated[3]
Belligerents
 Russia  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Vitaly Gerasimov  † [4] Unknown
Units involved

 Russian Armed Forces

 Ukrainian Armed Forces

Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Northeastern Ukraine offensive is an ongoing theatre of operation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of three provinces (oblasts) in Ukraine — Chernihiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast and Sumy Oblast.[5]

Overview[edit]

The Northeastern Ukraine offensive is a major thrust by Russian armed forces into the northeastern provinces (oblasts) of Chernihiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast and Sumy Oblast and their administrative capitals — Chernihiv and Sumy. Currently, Chernihiv is under siege. A battle for control of the oblast's second city - Konotop, which is located 90 kilometres from the Russian border, was lost on 25 February.[6][7]

In Sumy Oblast, Russian forces almost captured the city itself (located 35 kilometres from the Russian border) at the outset of hostilities, but in the ensuing Battle of Sumy, Ukrainian soldiers and militia engaged the Russian forces resulting in heavy urban fighting. According to Ukrainian sources, 100+ Russian tanks were destroyed and dozens of soldiers captured.[8] Fighting has also taken place in Okhtyrka.[9]

In an assessment of the campaign on 4 March, Frederick Kagan wrote that the "Sumy axis is currently the most successful and dangerous Russian avenue of advance on Kyiv." He noted that the geography favoured mechanized advances as the terrain "is flat and sparsely populated, offering few good defensive positions."[10]

While the Battle of Sumy is ongoing, Russian forces are moving along highways from Sumy. On 4 March, they reached Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv.[11] According to the Institute for the Study of War, since Russian forces did not secure any new territory in this theatre (since 8 March), it is possible that they may be redeploying forces that had been used in attacks on eastern Kyiv to defend against Ukrainian counterattacks in Sumy Oblast.[12]

Timeline[edit]

24 February[edit]

A burning bus along a road between Kharkiv and Kyiv, 24 February

After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and began advancing towards Kharkiv. They met Ukrainian resistance, thus beginning the Battle of Kharkiv.[13] A Russian missile attack meanwhile targeted the Chuhuiv air base.[14] The air base housed Bayraktar TB2 drones. According to OSINT information the attack left damage to fuel storage areas and infrastructure.[15]

25 February[edit]

A destroyed vehicle in Konotop, 25 February

At 01:39 on 25 March, it was reported that Russian forces had retreated from the city of Sumy.[16] Ukraine later stated that its forces had lost control of the city of Konotop.[6][17]

At Okhtyrka, BM-27 Uragan missiles hit a school in the city,[18] killing a guard and injuring an unknown number of children and a teacher. However, Ukrainian forces put up heavy resistance, forcing the Russians to retreat.[19] Fierce fighting meanwhile continued in the northern outskirts of Kharkiv, especially in the village of Tsyrkuny.[20]

26 February[edit]

Clashes occurred in Sumy during the day between Russian forces and Territorial Defense Forces according to the city authorities.[21] It was reported that Russians had managed to capture half of the city during the day, but Ukrainian forces repelled the attackers from the city according to Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to the Ukrainian President.[22] Oleksandr Lysenko, the mayor of Sumy, stated that three civilians were killed in shelling.[23]

Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the governor of Sumy Oblast, stated that six civilians were killed and 55 wounded in Russian shelling on Okhtyrka.[24] Russian forces west of Sumy advanced further westwards by the night according to the intelligence group Rochan Consulting, and were apparently 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Kiev.[25]

The governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Synyehubov, stated that the city of Kharkiv was still under Ukrainian control. He also announced a curfew for the city.[26] The Russian Defense Ministry later claimed that the 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast had surrendered during the day.[27] Ukrainian authorities however called it a fake claim.[28]

27 February[edit]

A number of Russian vehicles advanced into Sumy from the east on 27 February. Two women were meanwhile killed around the Sumy Airport.[29]

In the early morning in Kharkiv, a gas pipeline was destroyed by Russian forces.[30] Synyehubov later stated that light vehicles of Russian forces had broken into the city and clashes were taking place.[31] A top adviser in Ukraine reported that half of the Russian vehicles that entered Kharkiv had been destroyed by the Ukrainian military.[32]

By the afternoon, Ukrainian officials, including Synyehubov, said that Kharkiv was still under Ukrainian control despite the overnight attack by Russian forces.[33][34]

Hennadiy Matsegora, the mayor of Kupiansk, meanwhile agreed to hand over control of the city to Russian forces and accused Ukrainian forces of abandoning it when the invasion began.[35] He was later accused of treason by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.[36]

28 February[edit]

Russian forces bombed and destroyed an oil depot in Okhtyrka on 28 February.[37] Ukrainian officials later stated that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when a military base in Okhtyrka was hit by a Russian thermobaric bomb.[38][39]

1 March[edit]

An administration building is shelled in Kharkiv, 1 March

Russian paratroopers landed in Kharkiv during the early morning and started clashing with Ukrainian forces after an aerial assault, according to Ukrainian military officials. Clashes also took place near a military hospital of the city as Russian paratroopers descended on it. Kharkiv Region Police Chief Volodymyr Tymoshko later stated that the situation was under control.[40]

The State Special Communications Service of Ukraine claimed on 1 March that the Armed Forces of Belarus had entered the Chernihiv Oblast and were moving from the Belarusian city of Grodno to Chernihiv. The governor of Chernihiv Oblast, Viacheslav Chaus, meanwhile stated that every access point to the city of Chernihiv was heavily mined.[41] The Verkhovna Rada claimed that 33 vehicles of Belarusian forces had entered the region. A United States official however stated that the US had seen no such activity and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denied that his country's troops had entered Ukraine.[42]

The Kruty Territorial Council later claimed that nearly 200 Russian soldiers were killed in clashes with Ukrainian armed forces and the Territorial Defense Forces in their village of Kruty, located in Chernihiv Oblast.[43]

The governor of Sumy Oblast, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, meanwhile stated that Russian forces had captured Trostianets, citing the city's mayor Yuri Bova. He added that Russian forces had entered the city at 01:03, destroying the gate to the Round Yard and an art gallery.[44]

2 March[edit]

Authorities in the city of Konotop negotiatiated with Russian forces after the mayor stated that Russians had warned him not to resist them or they would destroy the city. An agreement was reached under which Russian forces accepted not to intrude in the city's functioning or deploy troops in return for the residents not attacking them.[45][1]

3 March[edit]

A Russian airstrike on the local power plant on 3 March cut off the electricity and heating supply in the city of Okhtyrka.[46] Zhyvytskyi later stated that five people were injured from shelling on buildings of the 27th Artillery Brigade and the military department at Sumy State University.[47] The Russian Defense Ministry meanwhile stated it had captured Balakliia.[48]

4 March[edit]

A member of the Kharkiv police during the Russian attacks

Synyehubov stated that the Ukrainian forces had launched a counterattack in Kharkiv Oblast, pushing the Russian forces advancing from the Sumy Oblast back beyond the state border.[49]

7 March[edit]

The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken Chuhuiv near Kharkiv in a counter-attack overnight. It also claimed to have killed two Russian commanders: Dmitry Safronov, commander of the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade, and Lt. Col. Denis Glebov, deputy commander of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade.[50] An oil depot in Luhansk caught on fire at 06:55. The Luhansk People's Republic blamed it on a missile attack by Ukrainian forces.[51] During the day, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated that it had killed Russian Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, while also killing and wounding other senior Russian Army officers during a battle near Kharkiv.[52]

In the evening, Russian online outlets reported that the city of Izium, an important transportation node, which was defended by Ukraine's 81st Airmobile Brigade, had been taken by Russian forces, a claim that was not officially confirmed.[53]

8 March[edit]

Ukrainian forces stated that they had repelled an attack by Russian forces on Izium.[54] The first evacuation of civilians under an agreement between Ukraine and Russia meanwhile took place during the day, with residents evacuating from Sumy.[55]

9 March[edit]

According to Lyudmyla Denisova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, four civilians were killed when a shell hit their home during the night in the village of Slobozhanske, located in Izium Raion.[56] In Velyka Pysarivka, three civilians were killed due to Russian bombing according to Zhyvytskyi.[57]

10 March[edit]

A senior US Defense Department official claimed that Chernihiv was now "isolated".[3] After 01:30, Russian airstrikes destroyed a gas pipeline in Okhtyrka. According to governor Zhyvytskyi, Russian shelling on the territory of the former Elektrobutprilad plant in Trostianets had killed three civilians.[57] At 14:20, Russian forces shelled the city of Nizhyn using BM-27 Uragan. According to its mayor, Alexander Kodola, two civilians were killed.[58]

11 March[edit]

Two civilians were killed overnight due to Russian shelling in the village of Kerdylivshchyna in Sumy Oblast according to Zhyvytskyi.[59] Ukrainian forces later claimed to have recaptured five settlements in the Chernihiv Oblast during the day, including Baklanova Muraviika, in addition to seizing two armored personnel carriers.[60] Russian shelling on Derhachi during the day killed three civilians according to the mayor Vyacheslav Zadorenko.[61]

12 March[edit]

The Institute for the Study of War stated that it was likely that counterattacks by the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine threaten Russia's long line of communication in this theatre.[62] The Ukrainian forces meanwhile claimed they had recaptured two more settlements in the Chernihiv Oblast and prevented more Russian forces from advancing towards Kyiv.[63]

14 March[edit]

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office stated that two civilians were killed in Russian shelling on houses in Kharkiv, and a child was killed after Russian shelling hit a kindergarten in Chuhuiv.[64]

17 March[edit]

At least 21 people were killed following shelling by Russian artillery in Merefa.[65] During the day, the city of Izium was reportedly captured by Russian forces,[66] although fighting continues.[67]

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