2022 Kherson counteroffensive

2022 Kherson counteroffensive
Part of the southern campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg

A map showing the Kherson/Mykolaiv frontline
Date29 August – 11 November 2022
(2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location
Southern Ukraine (Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts)
Result Ukrainian victory[3][4][5][6]
Belligerents
 Ukraine

 Russia

Commanders and leaders
Ukraine Andriy Kovalchuk[7]
Ukraine Roman Kostenko[8]		 Russia Vladimir Putin[9]
Units involved

 Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian Volunteer Army[15]

Ukrainian partisans[16]
Separate Special Purpose Battalion[17]
Khyzhak Brigade[18]

 Russian Armed Forces

DPR People's Militia

  • 109th Regiment[1]
LPR People's Militia[1]
Strength
20,000 (start of the offensive)[21] 20,000–25,000[22]
40,000 (October, per Ukraine)[23]
Casualties and losses
Per Russia:
9,500 killed and wounded[24]		 Per Russia:
1,200–1,360 killed and wounded[24]
Per Ukraine:
2,500 killed, 5,000 wounded
(29 Aug.–29 Sept.)[25]

A military counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, along with the concurrent eastern counteroffensive, after the initial invasion and the battle of Donbas.[26]

After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022.[27] On 9 October, Ukraine said it recaptured 1,170 square kilometers of land.[28] On 9 November, Russian troops were ordered to withdraw from Kherson, the only regional capital captured since the start of the invasion.[29] Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Kherson two days later, on 11 November.[30]

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  18. ^ "Ви думаєте, військовим в окопах не страшно? Та вони не відступають, а бʼються", — Скай, боєць зведеного загону "Хижак"
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  28. ^ "Ukraine says it recaptured 1,200 sq km of Kherson region in ongoing counteroffensive". Reuters. 9 October 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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