Battle of Sumy | |||||||
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Part of the northern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
Storage building in Sumy after shelling during Russian invasion, 18 March 2022 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Ukraine | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Per Ukraine: 104 soldiers captured[2] |
Per Ukraine: 81+ killed[3][4][5] 12+ wounded[6] | ||||||
Per Ukraine: At least 100 civilians killed[7][8][9][10] |
On 24 February 2022, the Russian army attempted to capture Sumy, located near the Russia–Ukraine border. Ukrainian paratroopers and territorial defense forces began engaging Russian forces within the city, resulting in heavy urban fighting and the destruction of a Russian tank column.[11][12][13][14] That evening, Ukraine's paratroopers were ordered to withdraw from the city, leaving the city's defense to the a few thousand local volunteers armed with rifles, limited anti-tank weapons and no armed vehicles or heavy weaponry. After three to four days of failing to enter the city, the Russian military shifted to encircle and bypass the city, and were then subject to guerrilla ambushes.[15]
On 4 April 2022, Governor of Sumy Oblast Dmytro Zhyvytskyi stated that Russian troops no longer occupied any towns or villages in Sumy Oblast and had mostly withdrawn, while Ukrainian troops were working to push out the remaining units.[16]
Суми: поранених 12[Amounts: 12 wounded]
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