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2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive

Part of the eastern and northeastern theaters of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Map of the counteroffensive

Date 6 September – 2 October 2022

(3 weeks and 5 days)

Location Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv Oblast,

Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast)

Result Ukrainian victory[1][2][3][4]

First phase: 6–12 September 2022

Collapse of the Russian military–

civilian administration in Kharkiv
Oblast[5]

Ukraine recaptures Izium, Balakliia,

[6]
Shevchenkove, Kupiansk[7] and
20+ other settlements in Kharkiv
Oblast[8]

Russian military forces announce

withdrawal from Kharkiv Oblast to
the eastern bank of the Oskil river

Ukraine recaptures Sviatohirsk in

Donetsk Oblast[9]

Second phase: 13 September –

2[citation needed] October 2022

Ukraine establishes 5 bridgeheads

on the left (eastern) bank of the
Oskil river[10]

Russia announces partial

mobilisation on 21 September[11]

Ukraine recaptures Lyman on 1

October

Start of the Battle of the Svatove–

Kreminna line

Belligerents

Ukraine Russia

Donetsk PR

Luhansk PR

Commanders and leaders

Oleksandr Syrskyi[12] Roman Berdnikov[13]

Aleksandr Lapin
(from c. 11 September)[14]
Artem Helemendik
(POW per Ukrainian
claim)[15]
Unidentified high-
ranking officer (POW)[16]
[17]

Strength

Russian claim: First Phase:

18,000 troops,
8 times larger than the
500 tanks[19][20]
strength of Russian
troops (First Phase)[18] Second Phase:
5,500 troops[21]

Casualties and losses

Unknown Per Ukraine (First

Phase):
~10,000+ killed, captured
or deserted[22][23][24]

4th Guards Tank

Division: 90-100 T-80
tanks destroyed or
captured[25][26]

11th Army Corps:

6,000+ casualties,
200 vehicles destroyed
Per Ukraine (Second
Phase):
1,500+ killed (Lyman
Pocket)[27]

The 2022 Kharkiv 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.[28] Following the launch of the Kherson
counteroffensive in Southern Ukraine in late August,
Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in
early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in Eastern
Ukraine.[29]

During the offensive, Ukraine had retaken over 500

settlements and 12,000 square kilometers of
territory in the Kharkiv region.[30][31]

Background

Counteroffensive

Reactions

Aftermath of the first phase

Aftermath of the second phase

See also

References

Last edited 3 days ago by Tomissonneil

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