2022 Kherson counteroffensive | |||||||
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Part of the southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20,000 (start of the offensive)[14] |
20,000–25,000[15] 40,000 (October, per Ukraine)[16] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Per Russia: 9,500 killed and wounded[17] |
Per Russia: 1,200–1,360 killed and wounded[17] Per Ukraine: 2,500 killed, 5,000 wounded (29 Aug.–29 Sept.)[18] |
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.[19]
After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022.[20] On 9 October, Ukraine said it recaptured 1,170 square kilometers of land.[21] On 9 November, Russian troops were ordered to withdraw from Kherson, the only regional capital captured since the start of the invasion.[22] Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Kherson two days later, on 11 November.[23]
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