Battle of Lysychansk

Battle of Lysychansk
Part of the battle of Donbas during the eastern Ukraine campaign

Pro-Russian separatist troops advance towards Lysychansk
Date25 June – 2/3 July 2022
(1 week and 1 day)
Location
Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Result Russian and LPR victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Belligerents
 Russia
 Luhansk PR
Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Lapin[3][4]
Sergey Surovikin[4]
Esedulla Abachev[3]
Zamid Chalaev [ru][5]
Apti Alaudinov[6]		 Ivan "Brest" Marchuk †[7][8]
Units involved

Russian Armed Forces

Chechnya Kadyrovites[10]

  • Akhmat special forces[11]

LPR People's Militia

Wagner Group[13]

Ukrainian Armed Forces

National Guard of Ukraine[18][16]

Strength
Unknown Russian claim:
4,500 troops[20]
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Ukrainian claim:
150 killed (one unit)[21]

Russian claim:
1,120+ killed, 600+ captured[22][20][23]
8+ civilians killed, 42+ wounded

The battle of Lysychansk was a military engagement between Russia and Ukraine in the wider battle of Donbas of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[24][25] By May 2022, Lysychansk and its twin city of Sievierodonetsk were the two largest cities of the Luhansk Oblast not under Russian control.[26] Russian forces launched an assault on Sievierodonetsk in May where a fierce battle occurred until late June, when Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city.[27] Fighting then continued as Russian forces started to attack Lysychansk across the Donets River.[28]

Russia and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) announced their forces had seized Lysychansk on 2–3 July, although Ukraine initially denied the city's capture. The Ukrainian general staff conceded on 3 July that their forces had withdrawn from the city "in order to save the lives of Ukrainian defenders."[29][30][31][32]

Lysychansk was the last Ukrainian stronghold to be captured in Luhansk Oblast, which Russia then claimed to fully control.[33]

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  12. ^ "Первая годовщина освобождения Лисичанска: интервью Виктора Водолацкого".
  13. ^ "Russia used private mercenaries to reinforce frontline, British intelligence says". news.yahoo.com. 18 July 2022.
  14. ^ "З-пад Лісічанска не вярнуліся шэсць беларусаў-каліноўцаў. Апошнім паведамленнем было: "На нас едзе танк. Адпрацаваў па ім"". 5 July 2022.
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  20. ^ a b "В ЛНР заявили, что под Лисичанском союзным силам сдались в плен около 600 боевиков Украины - ТАСС".
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  23. ^ [tass.com/world/1472931]
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  26. ^ "Russians control 80% of key Ukraine city, cut escape routes". AP NEWS. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  27. ^ "Last Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk ordered to withdraw". the Guardian. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  29. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISW2July was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  31. ^ ""Fierce battles": Ukraine disputes claims Russian forces seized Lysychansk". Newsweek. 2 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  32. ^ "Ukraine confirms Russia captured eastern city Lysychansk". BBC News. 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  33. ^ "Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured". Al Jazeera. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.