List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Military situation in Ukraine
This is a list of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent.
Battles
Name
Oblast
Start date
End date
Front
Result of the battle
Snake Island campaign
Odesa
24 February 2022
30 June 2022
Southern
Ukrainian victory[ 1]
Battle of Antonov Airport
Kyiv
24 February 2022
25 February 2022
Northern
Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Capture of Chernobyl
Kyiv
24 February 2022
24 February 2022
Northern
Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[ 5]
Battle of Kharkiv
Kharkiv
24 February 2022
13 May 2022
Eastern
Ukrainian victory[ 6]
Battle of Kherson
Kherson
24 February 2022
2 March 2022
Southern
Russian victory, occupation (March–November 2022)[ 7]
Battle of Sumy
Sumy
24 February 2022
4 April 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 8]
Siege of Chernihiv
Chernihiv
24 February 2022
4 April 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 9]
Siege of Mariupol
Donetsk
24 February 2022
20 May 2022
Eastern , southern
Russian victory[ 10]
Battle of Kyiv
Kyiv City
25 February 2022
2 April 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 11]
Battle of Hostomel
Kyiv
25 February 2022
1 April 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 12] [ a]
Capture of Melitopol
Zaporizhzhia
25 February 2022
26 February 2022
Southern
Russian victory and ongoing occupation [ 15]
Battle of Volnovakha
Donetsk
25 February 2022
12 March 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 16]
Battle of Lebedyn
Sumy
26 February 2022
26 March 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 17]
Battle of Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
26 February 2022
8 April 2022
Southern
Ukrainian victory[ 18]
Battle of Bucha
Kyiv
27 February 2022
31 March 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 19] [ b]
Battle of Irpin
Kyiv
27 February 2022
9 March 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 22] [ 23]
Battle of Makariv
Kyiv
27 February 2022
25 March 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 24]
Battle of Enerhodar
Zaporizhzhia
4 March 2022
4 March 2022
Southern
Russian victory and ongoing occupation [ 25]
Battle of Voznesensk
Mykolaiv
2 March 2022
3 March 2022
Southern
Ukrainian victory[ 26]
Battle of Izium
Kharkiv
3 March 2022
1 April 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 27] [ 28]
Battle of Moshchun
Kyiv
5 March 2022
21 March 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 29]
Battle of Huliaipole
Zaporizhzhia
5 March 2022
Southern
Ongoing
Battle of Brovary
Kyiv
9 March 2022
1 April 2022
Northern
Ukrainian victory[ 30]
Battle of Rubizhne
Luhansk
17 March 2022
12 May 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 31]
Battle of Slavutych
Kyiv
23 March 2022
26 March 2022
Northern
Russian victory and subsequent withdrawal[ 32] [ c]
Northern Ukraine skirmishes
Sumy Oblast , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukraine , and Kursk Oblast , Russia
29 March 2022
Northern
Ongoing
Battle of Popasna
Luhansk
18 April 2022
7 May 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 34]
Battle of Marinka
Donetsk
18 April 2022
25 December 2023
Eastern
Russian victory[ 35]
Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
Luhansk
5 May 2022
13 May 2022
Eastern
Ukrainian victory[ 36]
Battle of Sievierodonetsk
Luhansk
6 May 2022
25 June 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 37]
Battle of Davydiv Brid
Kherson
27 May 2022
16 June 2022
Southern
Russian victory[ 38]
Battle of Lysychansk
Luhansk
25 June 2022
2-3 July 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 39]
Battle of Bakhmut
Donetsk
3 July 2022
20 May 2023
Eastern
Russian victory[ 40]
Battle of Pisky
Donetsk
28 July 2022
24 August 2022
Eastern
Russian victory[ 41] [ d]
Battle of Soledar
Donetsk
3 August 2022
16 January 2023
Eastern
Russian victory[ 43]
Kherson counteroffensive
Kherson , Mykolaiv
29 August 2022
11 November 2022
Southern
Ukrainian victory[ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
Dnieper campaign
Kherson , Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia
1 September 2022
Southern
Ongoing
Kharkiv counteroffensive
Kharkiv , Donetsk , Luhansk
6 September 2022
1 October 2022
Eastern
Ukrainian victory[ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022)
Donetsk
3 September 2022
1 October 2022
Eastern
Ukrainian victory[ 50]
Luhansk Oblast campaign
Kharkiv , Luhansk
19 September 2022
Eastern
Ongoing
Battle of Vuhledar
Donetsk
28 October 2022
1 October 2024
Eastern
Russian victory[ 51]
2023 Bryansk Oblast raid
Bryansk Oblast , Russia
2 March 2023
2 March 2023
Russia
Inconclusive
2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
Belgorod Oblast , Russia
22 May 2023
17 December 2023
Russia
Inconclusive
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Zaporizhzhia , Kherson , Donetsk
4 June 2023
December 2023
Eastern
Russian victory[ 52] [ 53]
Battle of Mala Tokmachka
Zaporizhzhia
7 June 2023
9 June 2023
Southern
Russian victory[ 54]
Battle of Avdiivka
Donetsk
10 October 2023
17 February 2024
Eastern
Russian victory[ 55] [ 56]
Raids on Tendra Spit
Kherson
28 February 2024
7 August 2024
Southern
Russian victory[ 57] [ 58]
March 2024 western Russia incursion
Belgorod Oblast and Kursk Oblast , Russia
12 March 2024
7 April 2024
Russia
Inconclusive
Battle of Chasiv Yar
Donetsk
4 April 2024
Eastern
Ongoing
Battle of Krasnohorivka
Donetsk
8 April 2024
9 September 2024
Eastern
Russian victory[ 59]
Battle of Ocheretyne
Donetsk
16 April 2024
28 April 2024
Eastern
Russian victory[ 60] [ 61]
2024 Kharkiv offensive
Kharkiv
10 May 2024
Eastern
Ongoing
Battle of Toretsk
Donetsk
18 June 2024
Eastern
Ongoing
Pokrovsk offensive
Donetsk
18 July 2024
Eastern
Ongoing
Kursk offensive
Kursk Oblast , Russia
6 August 2024
Russia
Ongoing
Battle of Kurakhove
Donetsk
16 October 2024
early January 2025
Eastern
Russian victory[ 62] [ 63]
Velyka Novosilka offensive
Donetsk
11 November 2024
Eastern
Ongoing
Notable non-battle attacks
Name
Location
Date
Attacker
Target
Bombing of Odesa
Odesa , Odessa Oblast , Ukraine
24 February 2022–present
Russia
Targets in the Odesa area
Chuhuiv air base attack
Chuhuiv , Kharkiv Oblast , Ukranine
24 February 2022
Russia
Ukrainian air base
Millerovo air base attack
Millerovo air base , Millerovo Oblast, Russia
25 February 2022
Ukraine
Russian air base
Chornobaivka attacks
Kherson International Airport , Kherson , Russian controlled Ukraine
27 February–5 November 2022
Ukraine
Russian-controlled airport
Okhtyrka bomb attack
Okhtyrka , Sumy Oblast , Ukraine
28 February 2022
Russia
Ukrainian military building
Vinnytsia strikes
Vinnytsia , Vinnytsia Oblast , Ukraine
6 March 2022 - 17 July 2022
Russia
Ukrainian Airbase, and Air Force command center
Yavoriv military base attack
Yavoriv , Lviv Oblast , Ukraine
13 March 2022
Russia
Ukrainian military base
7 March 2022 Mykolaiv military barracks attack
Soliany [uk ] , Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
7 March 2022
Russia
Ukrainian military base
18 March 2022 Mykolaiv military quarters attack
Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
18 March 2022
Russia
Ukrainian military base
Berdiansk port attack
Berdiansk , Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian controlled Ukraine
24 March 2022
Ukraine
Russian naval ship
Sinking of the Moskva
Black Sea
13 April 2022
Ukraine
Russian Slava -class cruiser Moskva
Desna barracks airstrike
Desna , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukraine
17 May 2022
Russia
Ukrainian military barracks
Attack on Nova Kakhovka
Nova Kakhovka , Kherson Oblast, Russian controlled Ukraine
11 July 2022
Ukraine
Russian military forces & an ammunition depot
Explosions in Novofedorivka
Saky Air Base , Crimea, Russia
9 August 2022
Ukraine
Russian air base
Crimean Bridge explosion
Crimean Bridge , Crimea, Russia
8 October 2022
Ukraine[ 64] [ 65]
Crimean Bridge section
Strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure
Ukraine
10 October 2022–present
Russia
Critical infrastructure and facilities
Makiivka military quarters shelling
Makiivka , Donetsk Oblast , Russian controlled Ukraine
31 December 2022–1 January 2023
Ukraine
Russian military forces and an ammunition depot
Wagner Group rebellion
Russia
23–24 June 2023
Wagner Group
Russian Ministry of Defence
Zarichne barracks airstrike
Zarichne [uk ] , Zaporizhzhia Oblast , Ukraine
3 November 2023
Russia
Ukrainian military barracks
2023 Belgorod shelling
Belgorod Oblast, Russia
30 December 2023
Ukraine[ e]
Attack on Belgorod Oblast bordering Ukraine
2024 Belgorod strike
Belgorod Oblast, Russia
15 February 2024
Ukraine
Targets in the Belgorod Oblast
September 2024 Poltava strike
Poltava Oblast , Ukraine
3 September 2024
Russia
Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Outside Russia and Ukraine
See also
Notes
^ City under Russian control from 5 March through 1 April 2022.[ 13] [ 14]
^ City under Russian control from 12 March through 31 March 2022.[ 20] [ 21]
^ City recaptured by Ukraine on 28 March 2022 after a Russian withdrawal[ 33]
^ Russian defence ministry claimed control on the 13 of August, it was confirmed by geolocated footage on the 24 of August[ 41] [ 42]
^ Claimed to be Russian air defense by Ukraine
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