Battle of Lysychansk | |||||||||
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Part of the battle of Donbas during the eastern Ukraine campaign | |||||||||
Pro-Russian separatist troops advance towards Lysychansk | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Russia Luhansk PR | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Aleksandr Lapin[3][4] Sergey Surovikin[4] Esedulla Abachev[3] Zamid Chalaev[5] Apti Alaudinov[6] | Ivan "Brest" Marchuk †[7][8] | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Wagner Group[12] |
National Guard of Ukraine[17][15]
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Strength | |||||||||
Unknown |
Russian claim: 4,500 troops[19] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown |
Ukrainian claim: 1,120+ killed, 600+ captured[21][19][22] | ||||||||
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.[23][24] By May 2022, Lysychansk and its twin city of Sievierodonetsk were the two largest cities of the Luhansk Oblast not under Russian control.[25] Russian forces launched an assault on Sievierodonetsk in May where a fierce battle occurred until late June, when Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city.[26] Fighting then continued as Russian forces started to attack Lysychansk across the Donets River.[27]
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 The Ukrainian general staff conceded on 3 July that their forces had withdrawn from the city "in order to save the lives of Ukrainian defenders."[28][29][30][31]
Lysychansk was the last Ukrainian stronghold to be captured in Luhansk Oblast, which Russia then claimed to fully control.[32]
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