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Battle of Donbas (2022–present)

August 20, 2023

For other uses, see Battle of Donbas.

Battle of Donbas (2022–present)
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Military situation as of 13 August 2023: pink highlights areas held by the DNR, LNR, and Russia, yellow highlights areas held by the Ukrainian government.
For a more up-to-date map, see the Russo-Ukrainian War map (module)
Date18 April 2022 – present
(1 year, 4 months and 2 days)
Location
Donbas, Ukraine
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents
 Russia
Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic		  Ukraine
Units involved
See order of battle See order of battle
Strength
120,000–150,000[11][12] 40,000–50,000[13]
Strength estimates are as of the start of the invasion, not the battle itself.
Casualties and losses
~5,154+ civilians killed, 5,605+ wounded
Reports vary widely. See Casualties for more details.

The battle of Donbas[14][15] is an ongoing military offensive that is part of the wider eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a continuation of the 2014–2022 Donbas conflict. The battle began on 18 April 2022 between the armed forces of Russia and Ukraine for control of the Donbas provinces (oblasts) of Donetsk and Luhansk.[16][17][18] Military analysts consider the battle to be part of the second strategic phase of the invasion.[19][20]

Russia's initial strategy in the sector was to encircle Ukrainian troops in the Donbas and to annex the entire Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts to the Russian-backed separatist states of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), while the Ukrainian aim is to liberate occupied territories.[21][22]

By 23 June 2022, Russian officials claimed to control 55% of Donetsk oblast.[23][24][25] By 3 July, Russia claimed to control all of Luhansk oblast,[26] with Russian and separatist forces controlling the cities of Mariupol,[27] Sievierodonetsk,[28] Lysychansk,[29] Rubizhne,[30] and many others. In September 2022, during the counteroffensive, Ukraine recaptured Bilohorivka, a village close to Lysychansk in the Luhansk Oblast and the cities of Lyman and Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region.[6] By 21 May 2023, Russia had captured Soledar[31][9] and most of Bakhmut.

Background

See also: War in Donbas (2014–2022) and Timeline of the war in Donbas (2022)

Since 2014, the Donbas region had been the site of protracted fighting between Russian-backed separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the war in Donbas. Between 2014 and late 2021, the war had taken the lives of more than 10,000 combatants (including Ukrainian soldiers, Russian soldiers, and separatist combatants), as well as 3,095 civilians.[32]

Prior operations

Main article: Eastern Ukraine campaign
 
Ukrainian soldiers guard a military base in Novoluhanske, 19 February 2022

In February 2022, mass evacuations and general mobilization began in the DPR and LPR quasi-states following aggravations along the "line of contact", the front line which had more or less remained static since 2014.[33][34] On 21 February 2022, Russia officially recognized the DPR and LPR as sovereign states.[35]

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Armed Forces and the DPR and LPR launched a full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory across numerous fronts, including in the Donbas. North of the Donbas, Russian and loyalist forces began fighting in the battle of Kharkiv, as well as numerous other smaller battles aimed at capturing key Ukrainian cities and towns. In southern Donbas, the siege of Mariupol began, which would eventually kill over 25,000 civilians and destroy 95% of the city.[36] Between 24 February and 18 April, Russian forces did not conduct much activity along the line of contact, only launching small-scale reconnaissance efforts and artillery campaigns against Ukrainian military installations. On 11 March, Russian tanks allegedly shelled a care home for the elderly in Kreminna, killing 56 civilians and wounding an unknown number of residents.[37] According to Ukrainian authorities, an additional 15 civilians were abducted by Russian soldiers and taken to separatist territory in Luhansk Oblast.[citation needed]

On 25 March, Russian officials declared that the first phase of the "special military operation" in Ukraine was complete. On 29 March 2022, they declared that they intended to scale back their military operations in the region around the capital city of Kyiv. This effectively ended Russian operations in northern Ukraine.[38] Russian military officials declared that the Ukrainian Navy and Air Force had been neutralized. They also stated that the DPR and LPR controlled 54% and 93% of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, respectively.[23] The tactical withdrawal of Russian forces from the north was completed by 6 April 2022.[39][40] As Ukrainian forces regained previously occupied territory, evidence of Russian war crimes — including the Bucha massacre — were discovered.

On 8 April, Russian forces allegedly launched an attack on the Kramatorsk railway station. The attack killed 59 civilians, including seven children, and wounded 114 more.[41][42] Ukrainian and Western officials described the attack as another Russian war crime, while the Russian Defense Ministry denied the accusations and instead claimed the attack to be a false-flag operation by Ukrainian forces, arguing that the Tochka U missile used was not a part of the Russian arsenal but rather of the Ukrainian one.[43][44][45]

Prelude

In mid-April 2022, U.S. intelligence reported that Russia was "repositioning" its military units to the Donbas. Russian units from Northern Ukraine battlefronts in Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and elsewhere were noted by Maxar satellite imagery to be relocating to the Donbas region, while reinforcements from regions in Belarus and Russia supplemented these units.[46]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov acknowledged the beginning of a new offensive in Donbas, claiming it to be a "very important moment in this entire special operation."[47] To address the new stage of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron and US president Joe Biden held a meeting with representatives from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Poland, and Romania. They were joined by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel.[48]

Russian objectives

On 22 April 2022, the commander of Russia's Central Military District, Rustam Minnekayev, declared that the aim of the "second phase" of the country's invasion of Ukraine was to fully seize Donbas and Southern Ukraine and to establish a land corridor with Transnistria, a Russian-occupied, internationally unrecognized breakaway republic that is instead internationally recognized as part of Moldova. He alleged that there was "evidence that the Russian-speaking population is being oppressed" in Transnistria.[49][50] The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine replied to this announcement by describing Russia's intentions as imperialism, saying that it contradicted previous Russian claims that assured that Russia did not have territorial ambitions over Ukraine and that Russia had admitted that "the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine".[49][51]

According to Russian sources, the official representative of the LPR forces, Andrey Marochko, stated on 3 July 2022 that in order to secure the LPR land, their, DPR and Russian forces must push the Ukrainian forces away from the LPR's borders for no less than 300 kilometers.[52] The 300 km claim would mean the full Kharkiv Oblast and Donetsk region, parts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Sumy Oblast and Poltava Oblast. Russian sources said that the LPR's ambassador in Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, confirmed on 4 July 2022 that LPR troops would continue to participate in the Donbas offensive, saying the presence of Ukrainian units along the LPR's borders would threaten security.[53]

On 30 June 2022, ISW assessed that despite Russia's concentration in the east, they still had territorial ambitions beyond Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast.[54]

Opposing forces and foreign involvement

Main articles: Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Combatants of the war in Donbas

Russian and pro–Russian forces

Further information: Russian people's militias in Ukraine, Wagner Group activities in Ukraine, and Chechen involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 
Chechen Kadyrovites in the Donbas in June 2022

Russia began the battle using three armies along with a tank division and a rocket artillery brigade. By mid-April, Russia had concentrated upwards of 65 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) on the line of contact. Over the course of several days before 18 April, 11 BTGs were added to the existing Russian strength in the Donbas, bringing the total number of BTGs in the Donbas to 76, amounting to a total of about 60,000 troops.[55][56]

The Union of Donbas Volunteers, a pro-Russian group of volunteers formed in 2014, was said to have an active strength of about 14,500 fighters.[57]

Western media, citing European Union officials, reported that 10,000–20,000 Libyan, Syrian, Ethiopian, and Wagner Group mercenaries were mobilized by Russian forces in the Donbas.[58][59][60]

Foreign support for Russia

The United States assessed in late August 2022 that Russia had received Qods Mohajer-6 and Shahed-series UAVs from Iran over several days that month, as part of a Russian plan to obtain hundreds of such vehicles for use in the invasion of Ukraine; national security adviser Jake Sullivan had warned in July about such a plan. Also according to US sources, Russian operators undertook training in Iran as part of the deal. A US official said in late August that Russia had faced "numerous failures" with the vehicles.[61][62]

On 9 December 2022, Britain's ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward said that the UK was "almost certain" that Russia was procuring weaponry from "North Korea [and] other heavily sanctioned states" to replenish diminishing stocks. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia's ambassador to the UN, denied suggestions that Russia was being supplied by Iran, stating Russia's military–industrial complex "can work perfectly fine and doesn't need anyone's assistance, whereas the Ukrainian military industry does not basically exist and is being assisted by the Western industry."[63]

Ukrainian forces

 
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets soldiers of the 24th Mechanized Brigade in the Donbas on 5 June 2022

For the battle, the Ukrainians had concentrated six regular brigades and the Georgian Legion. According to Forbes on 1 February, Ukraine's army consisted of 20 active brigades, meaning that 30% of the Ukrainian active forces, or around 51,000 soldiers, were organized in the Donbas.[64][65] Additionally, units of the Territorial Defense force were active in the Donbas, along with an unknown number of civilian reserves, foreign volunteers, and partisans.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 15 April that Ukrainian forces numbered 44,000 in the Donbas region.[66] On 19 April, the BBC reported that Ukrainian troops in the Donbas numbered 40,000–50,000 men.[67]

Foreign support for Ukraine

Main articles: International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine and List of foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War

The Ukrainians continued a campaign of targeting Russian ammunition depots and logistics sites in Donetsk province with air strikes and, reportedly, U.S.-supplied M142 HIMARS or M270 rocket artillery systems. Video emerged of an apparent ammunition depot in the Snizhne, Donetsk region exploding, with pro-Ukrainian sources suggesting Ukrainian forces used M142 HIMARS supplied by the U.S. to attack the depot deep behind Russian-DPR front lines.[68][69] Oleksiy Arestovych, a Ukrainian presidential advisor, claimed that continued attacks on Russian ammunition depots and increased Ukrainian artillery supplies from NATO countries were forcing the Russians to conserve artillery shells and rockets for the first time. He argued that if this trend continued, the Ukrainians would, eventually, achieve artillery and logistical superiority on the battlefield in the Donbas.[70] President Zelenskyy, in his nightly public address, also hailed the impact Western-supplied artillery pieces were reportedly having on Russian logistics and strike capabilities.[71] In late July 2022, Ukrainian soldiers and officers fighting in Donetsk offered anecdotal evidence of a significant reduction in Russian artillery fire.

The Mozart Group, a group of former Western soldiers serving as volunteers in Ukraine, was evacuating civilians and offering informal combat training to Ukrainian troops, primarily on casualty care and medical evacuation.[72] Retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Andrew Milburn, the leader of the group, denied Russian accusations of Mozart being "American mercenaries" or a PMC akin to Wagner Group and said Mozart is legally classified as an NGO. In December 2022, Willburn suggested that Wagner fighters were probably targeting Mozart personnel, as three Donbas hotels the group had lodged in had all been hit by missiles. "There's no hotel in Donbas now that will let us stay because they've been told we're being targeted," said Milburn.[73] The Mozart Group ceased operations in January 2023.

Russian offensive (April 2022 – May 2023)

Early operations (18–30 April 2022)

 
Russian tanks in the Donbas after crossing the Siverskyi Donets with pontoon bridges, April 2022

On the night of 18 April 2022, Russian forces launched an intensive bombardment campaign against positions in Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv Oblasts.[74] Russian shelling overnight in Donetsk killed two civilians and wounded nine, according to online news sources.[75] Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the "battle for Donbas" had begun.[76] Russian artillery pounded cities in the Donbas, aiming at destroying critical infrastructure.[77]

The head of the Luhansk regional military administration and effective governor of the oblast, Serhiy Haidai, called on the region's residents to evacuate immediately so as to not become hostages or be killed by the Russians.[78]

By 25 April, Russian forces achieved a three-to-one numerical supremacy over the Ukrainian forces (the traditional number considered to be the requirement for an attacking force), concentrating upwards of 76 Battalion tactical groups (BTGs) with 800 personnel per BTG in the Donbas.[79][80][81][82]

In the first week, Russian forces secured full control over Kreminna,[83][84] advanced in Rubizhne,[85] occupied large areas of Popasna,[86][85] and continued to shell positions along the front line. According to a Ukrainian official, Russian forces captured 42 villages in the Donetsk Oblast, though she did not specify which villages had been captured.[4]

In the Slobozhansky and Donetsk operational districts, Russian troops intensified offensive operations in some areas, attempting to break through the Ukrainian defenses along almost the entire front line in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions.[87] Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government stated their forces launched a counterattack and recaptured the town of Marinka.[88] Libyan and Syrian mercenaries likely associated with the Wagner Group allegedly clashed with Ukrainian forces in Popasna. The Ukrainian government claimed that 20–25 mercenaries had been killed.[85]

Russian forces continued a slow, steady advance, capturing the towns of Popivka, Pischane, Novotoshkivske, Zarichne and Zhytlivka, and prepared to capture and advance past Popasna, advance southeast from Izium and westwards from Kreminna.[89][5]

Between 22 April and 29 April, 110 DPR servicemen were killed and 451 were injured.[90]

Intensified clashes (1–19 May 2022)

See also: Battle of Popasna and Battle of Rubizhne
 
Destroyed Russian pontoon bridge and vehicles near Bilohorivka during the battle of the Siverskyi Donets.

Beginning in May, Russian troops launched intensified battles—marked by mass artillery campaigns followed by ground assaults—on Ukrainian positions across the front line.[91]

By 7 May, the now largely destroyed city of Popasna was captured by Russian and Luhansk People Republic forces, with this being confirmed by the regional governor.[92][93] By 12 May, it was reported that Russian forces had seized Rubizhne.[94]

From 5–13 May, a major battle on the Donets river took place, with Ukrainian defenders successfully repelling multiple Russian attempts to cross the strategic river.[95] The Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have destroyed an entire battalion of Russian forces, killing up to 1,000–1,500 soldiers.[96] The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank reported that out of a force of 550 Russian troops, 485 were killed and wounded, as well as 80 vehicles lost.[97]

Ukraine claimed to have launched a counterattack against Russian forces near Izium on 15 May.[98][99] On the same day, it was reported that Russian forces had captured the village of Dovhen'ke, south of Izium.[100]

Russian breakthrough (20 May–3 July 2022)

See also: First Battle of Lyman and Battle of Sviatohirsk
 
President Zelenskyy with the 24th Mechanized Brigade near the front line in the Donbas on 5 June 2022

In late May, Russian forces made breakthroughs in many regions across the front line. Russian troops were seen to be using a new "cauldron" approach to their efforts, abandoning large encirclements in favor of smaller ones, which enabled them to make the first major gains of the battle.[101]

On 20 May, Russian forces made further advances in the west and south of Popasna, with the aim of cutting off the road to Sievierodonetsk.[102][103] Despite stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russian forces finally broke through in the Popasna area on 20 May.[104] By 22 May, Russian forces managed to secure their route of advance and attempted to simultaneously push west towards Bakhmut and north to cut off-road links to Sievierodonetsk.[105]

Russian forces were reported entering the town of Lyman on 23 May, fully capturing it by the 26th,[106][107] whereas Ukrainian forces were reported leaving Sviatohirsk.[108] By 24 May, Russian forces captured the town of Svitlodarsk.[109]

On 1 June, Ukraine announced that 70–80% of Sieverodonetsk had been captured by Russian forces.[110] On 3 June, Ukraine claimed to have launched a counterattack to take back 20% of the city.[111] On 8 June, however, the Ukrainian Army was pushed back to the outskirts of the city.[112]

By mid-June, the general consensus in the military community was that Ukraine was almost out of ammunition and was heavily outgunned.[113] A senior Ukrainian military official added that Ukraine was reliant on the West to supply weapons, as Russia had an advantage of 10 to 15 times more artillery systems than Ukraine, and that Western rocket systems were needed to destroy Russian artillery.[114] Furthermore, despite Ukrainian forces using 5,000–6,000 rounds a day, specifically 155 mm Western-supplied rounds, they were still outgunned up to 40-to-1 in some locations.[115]

With the breakthrough near Popasna significantly slowed by Ukrainian heavy guns,[116] Russia began an offensive to the southeast of Popasna, aiming to bypass the Siverskyi Donets river and bombard Lysychansk from the south.[117] The ISW assessed that Russian commanders had been given the deadline of 26 June to make a breakthrough and seize Luhansk Oblast's full administrative territory.[117]

Fall of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk

See also: Battle of Toshkivka, Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022), Battle of Lysychansk, and Russian occupation of Luhansk Oblast
 
Pro-Russian separatist troops advance towards Lysychansk, June 2022
 
Fire at the Toretska coal mine in Toretsk after Russian shelling on 27 June 2022

By 23 June, Russia had fully broken through in the south, seizing Toshkivka[118] and making major gains south of Lysychansk. Russian forces captured Loskutivka [uk], Myrna Dolyna, Rai-Oleksandrivka [uk] and Pidlisne [uk] all on 22 June.[119][120] On 23 June, Russian forces cut off and surrounded the towns of Hirske and Zolote, which they claimed to have fully captured by next day.[121][122] In addition, Russia made a push to fully secure the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, which by 14 June had become the last refuge for Ukrainian soldiers in the city.[123] Russian troops were less successful on the northern axis, attempting to make breakthroughs near Mykolaivka and Bohorodychne, in an attempt to advance on the Donetsk city of Sloviansk.[124][125] Nonetheless, the Russian advance ground on, with Russia's breakthrough in the south putting pressure on the few remaining Ukrainian defenders of Luhansk Oblast to withdraw to defensive lines near the border with Donetsk Oblast.[126]

Russian forces had fully encircled Hirske and Zolote in their drive north to Lysychansk by 24 June.[127] Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces had suffered over 1,000 casualties, including 800 prisoners, in Hirske, Zolote and near Lysychansk over the previous two days.[128] By 25 June, Ukrainian officials had announced that their troops had retreated from Sievierodonetsk in order to avoid being surrounded by Russian troops, signalling the city's capture.[129][130][131] By 1 July, Russian forces continued encircling Lysychansk from the south and west, attempting to cut off the T1302 Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway from the city. As part of the encirclement, Russian forces claimed to have also seized Pryvillia, northwest of Lysychansk, after units made river crossings to the north and west of the town. Ukrainian positions near Siversk, Bilohorivka, Vovchoyarivka, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Vidrodzhennia, Mayorsk, and the Vuhlehirska thermal power plant were shelled by artillery.[132][133]

On 2–3 July, Russia and LPR separatist forces claimed to have captured and controlled Lysychansk, however Ukrainian officials, including president Volodymyr Zelenskyy,[134] had yet to officially acknowledge the strategic city's capture, only saying there were ongoing fierce clashes for the city.[135] The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) supported the Russian claim that Lysychansk had fallen on 2 July, suggesting the Ukrainian defenders likely "deliberately withdrew" from the city.[29] Furthermore, the Russian defence ministry claimed to have captured and were in the process of clearing many settlements on the Lysychansk outskirts, including Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarivka, Bilohorivka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo, and Bila Hora.[136][137] Ukrainian officials subsequently conceded that Lysychansk was captured.

With the fall of Lysychansk and its western outskirts, Russia and the Luhansk People's Republic declared full control of Luhansk Oblast for the first time, achieving an objective of the Russian-led campaign.[138] Russian shelling of Sloviansk intensified on 3 July.[139]

Russian operational pause (4–16 July 2022)

 
Unexploded Russian rocket in Oleksandrivka on 6 July 2022
 
Aftermath of Russian shelling on Metallurg stadium in Bakhmut on 11 July 2022

After fully capturing and occupying Luhansk Oblast, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered defence minister Sergei Shoigu to continue the offensive in Donbas as planned, adding that units that fought on the Luhansk front "should certainly rest and increase their combat capabilities."[140] According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains "for the first time in 133 days of war" and suggested that Russia was likely taking an "operational pause" to rest and regroup its forces before a planned renewed assault.[141] The UK defence ministry expected the city of Siversk to be the immediate tactical objective of their renewed assault.[142]

An intelligence briefing by the UK defence ministry on 4 July said Russian forces would "almost certainly" transition to capturing the rest of Donetsk Oblast, around 55 percent of which was already in control by Russian and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) separatist forces. The ministry predicted the fighting in Donetsk would continue to be "grinding and attritional," typified by massive artillery shelling leveling towns and cities amid slow ground advances. Ukraine's governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai said he expected Donetsk cities such as Sloviansk and Bakhmut to soon come under heavy Russian attack, and said both cities were increasingly being shelled. Similar to UK intelligence reports, the Ukrainians expected the Russians to push west along the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway.[143][144][145] On 5 July, the mayor of Sloviansk, Vadym Liakh [uk; ru], urged residents to evacuate the city. "The nearest Russian positions are 7–10 km from the city," said Liakh.[146] The governor of Donetsk Oblast, Pavlo Kyrylenko, urged the 350,000 remaining residents to evacuate the province.[147]

Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai claimed that an attempt by Russian regular and reserve troops to expand a bridgehead on the Donets river had been stalled by a Ukrainian artillery attack.[70][148] Pro-Russian sources claimed the village of Spirne had been captured and advances were made during renewed ground assaults on the northern Donetsk village of Verkhnokamyansk; the claims were not independently confirmed at the time. Reportedly, both Russian and Ukrainian sources confirmed that Ukrainian forces had recaptured the village of Solodke in a limited counterattack.[70]

On 11 July, President Zelenskyy dismissed the notion that there was an ongoing "operational pause" by the Russians, citing continued deadly shelling, air strikes, and continued reports of Ukrainian troops "repelling" various Russian assaults. Zelenskyy insisted that 34 Russian airstrikes in the past 24 hours were not indicative of an "operational pause".[149]

On 16 July, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the operational pause had effectively finished.[150]

Renewed assault on Donetsk Oblast (17 July–6 September 2022)

See also: Battle of Marinka (2022–2023), Battle of Siversk, Battle of Avdiivka (2022–2023), Battle of Pisky (2022), Battle of Bakhmut, Battle of Soledar, and Battle of Vuhledar
 
Chechen Kadyrovite troops in the Donbas, July 2022

By 17 July, Russian forces were in control of 55% of Donetsk Oblast. Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Deputy Minister of Information Daniil Bezsonov stated on 25 July that the DPR expected to capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast by the end of August. Various Russian and Western sources had previously reported that Russia intended to hold referendums in occupied areas by the first half of September, likely sometime around 11 September, which is the unified voting day in the Russian Federation.[151]

Between 17–20 July,[citation needed] Russian forces conducted repeated ground assaults east of Siversk and south of Bakhmut, but no major advancements were reported along the front line, with the Ukrainians claiming to have repelled many local assaults.[152] On 21 July, the British defence ministry warned that the Russians were closing in on the Vuhlehirska Power Station, the second largest power plant in Ukraine, and were attempting to make a breakthrough there.[153]

On 25 July, Russian forces gained control of Berestove. An LPR representative posted video footage of Wagner Group mercenaries in front of the entrance sign to Novoluhanske online, indicating that Russian troops had advanced into the town located roughly 25 km southeast of the Bakhmut outskirts. Several Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces had captured the Vuhlehirska power plant, located on the northern edge of Novoluhanske, and were actively clearing it, meanwhile the Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Russians only had "partial success" on that front. Pro-Russian sources said Wagner mercenary fighters took part in storming the power station and the fighting lasted several days before the plant was fully controlled by 26 July.[154] The ISW suggested Ukrainian troops likely conducted a "controlled withdrawal" from the Vuhlehirska reservoir area north-west towards Semyhirya.[155] A Ukrainian official confirmed the power plant's capture on 27 July.[156]

On 26 July, the Ukrainian General Staff stated that Russian forces were fighting in the village of Semyhirya, west of the Vuhlehirska power plant.[157] On 27 July, geolocated video footage posted online showed that Wagner mercenaries had reached Klynove, while pro-Russian Telegram channel Readovka claimed that Russian forces established control over Pokrovske.[158] On 28 July, the Ukrainian General Staff said the Russians made small gains near Soledar and Vershyna and resumed assaults on Avdiivka and Pisky. The Ukrainians accused Russian troops of wearing Ukrainian uniforms during their ground assaults.[159][160] The Ukrainian military claimed to have neutralised 270 Russian and pro-Russian troops and destroyed seven tanks on 28 July, and that they successfully repelled all assaults on Soledar-Vershnya and the Avdiivka-Pisky fronts.[161][162] However, the separatists claimed Russian and DPR forces in the Avdiivka area had made significant advances north and east of the city.[163]

The DPR's Kalmius Brigade fires Giatsint-B artillery on Ukrainian positions in July 2022. Video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

On 29 July, an explosion killed and wounded scores of Ukrainian POWs in Russian-occupied Olenivka. As of 30 July, the perpetrator of the attack remained disputed.[163] On 30 July, President Zelenskyy ordered all remaining civilians in the Donetsk region to evacuate. Between 200,000 and 220,000 civilians still lived in the unoccupied territory of Donetsk Oblast, according to Ukrainian estimates.[164]

On 1 August, the British defence ministry said Russia had made slow progress on the Bakhmut axis during daily assaults in the last four days.[165] Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai alleged that Russian forces were attempting to recruit and mobilise residents in LPR-controlled cities such as Alchevsk.[166] On 2 August, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Russian forces had captured six front line settlements in recent days: Berestove, Pokrovske, Novoluhanske, Semyhiria, Hryhorivka, and Stryapivka.[167] On the same day, Russian forces captured Ukrainian positions around the Butivka Coal mine, southwest of Avdiivka, dislodging Ukrainian positions that had been held there since 2015. The Ukrainian General Staff also stated that Russian forces had "partial success" along the Vidrozhennya-Kodema line, about 20 km southeast of Bakhmut.[168]

On 5 August, Russian sources claimed that Russian troops were actively fighting at the Knauf Gips Donbas gypsum factory on the southeastern outskirts of Soledar. Meanwhile, separatist authorities claimed that separate DPR brigades and Wagner Group forces had taken control of half of Marinka, but the Ukrainians reported the assaults on Marinka were unsuccessful. Geolocated footage posted by DPR troops also suggested Travneve was likely captured by this day.[169][170] On 6 August, combat footage confirmed that Russian forces advanced into the eastern outskirts of Marinka. On 7 August, Russian forces pierced through the defenses of Pisky and reached the center of the settlement.[171] Russian sources claimed the villages of Volodymyrivka and Stryapivka, located southeast of Soledar, were captured by 9 August.[172] On 10 August, the DPR claimed to have captured Hladosove, west of Travneve.[173] On 11 August, Russian and DPR sources claimed that roughly 90 percent of Pisky had been captured, and combat footage purportedly showed the Russians bombarding the village with TOS-1A thermobaric artillery.[174] The Russian defence ministry claimed to have fully captured Pisky by 14 August,[175] but the Ukrainian military denied that it had been captured.[176] The ISW assessed that Pisky had been captured by 24 August.[177]

On 29 August, Russian and DPR forces claimed to have captured Kodema, west of Semyhiria and 13 km southwest of Bakhmut, however, the Ukrainian General Staff reported to have repelled the advance on the settlement.[178] Russian and separatist forces, including elements of Wagner mercenaries, were reportedly continuing to fight for control of Kodema on 31 August until finally capturing it on 6 September.[179] The DPR's 3rd Brigade claimed they were also advancing from the outskirts of Horlivka (20 km south of Bakhmut), while Russian sources claimed that the 11th DPR Regiment took control of a bridge on the road that runs between Pisky and Pervomaiske (both on the northwestern outskirts of Donetsk city) and were continuing efforts to advance westward towards Pervomaiske.[180]

Ukrainian counteroffensives (6 September–12 November 2022)

Further information: 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive and Wagner Line
See also: 2022 Kherson counteroffensive

On 6 September, Ukrainian forces began a surprise counter-offensive on the Kharkiv front that resulted in Russian forces retreating over 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) east,[181] significantly weakening Russian flanks north of Sloviansk and allowing for Ukrainian counter-attacks around the Donetsk city of Lyman, which had been captured by Russian forces in late May.

By October 2022, Ukrainian forces had retaken several villages and towns in northern Luhansk and in the Svatove Raion in northern Donetsk, including Yatskivka, Novoliubivka, Nevske, Grekivka, Novoyehorivka, Nadiya, Andriivka, and Stelmakhivka, among others.[182][183][184] On 1 October, Ukrainian forces entered Lyman after a short siege. Russian forces had fallen back to the P-66 highway near the Kharkiv-Luhansk Oblast border, anchored by the settlements of Svatove and Kreminna, the first city to be taken during the battle of Donbas. On 2–3 October, Ukrainian forces began attacking Kreminna and Svatove in an attempt to break the Russian front line along the P-66 in northern Luhansk. Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksii Arestovych claimed Russian losses during the height of the counteroffensive reached up to 500 soldiers killed or wounded per day, however, these claims could not be independently verified.[185] On 15 October, Russian forces reportedly disrupted a Ukrainian Starlink system in the Soledar-Bakhmut area after they destroyed a shortwave repeater.[186]

 
Ukrainian trench on the Bakhmut front, November 2022

By 2 November, the Soledar-Bakhmut-Donetsk city front became the epicenter of fighting in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar.[187][188]

Renewed Russian offensive (12 November 2022 – May 2023)

 
T-80BV and T-64 tanks from Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade on the Bakhmut–Soledar front, December 2022

Russian forces launched a renewed offensive in southern and northern Donetsk Oblast in early November,[189] with Russian troops intensifying their attempts to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in Bakhmut, Soledar, Pavlivka, and Vuhledar.[190] On 11 November, DPR forces were reported to have entered Pavlivka.[191] Russian forces, including Wagner PMC fighters, overran defensive lines south of Bakhmut in late November, reportedly capturing the settlements of Kurdiumivka, Ozarianivka, Zelenopillia, and Andriivka by 30 November, while clashes in Opytne continued.[192][193] Multiple Russian sources also reported that Wagner fighters had captured and were clearing Yakovlivka, located along Soledar's northeastern flank, by 7 December.[194] The Russians claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in Yakovlika on 8 December.[195] Ukraine was reportedly rotating in fresh units in the Donbas by mid–December, particularly from the Kherson front. The 57th Motorized Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, and the 46th Airmobile Brigade reinforced the Bakhmut front alongside the 24th Mechanized Brigade, relieving the 93rd, which defended Bakhmut and Soledar for months. The 28th Brigade reportedly rotated to Kostiantynivka and the 18th Marine Infantry Battalion, 35th Marine Brigade reinforced Nevelske and Pervomaiske.[196]

Heavy clashes along the Bakhmut–Soledar axis continued by 10 December, typified by grueling trench warfare, drone warfare, artillery duels, and minor ground assaults amid freezing temperatures. President Zelenskyy accused Russia of having "destroyed" Bakhmut, saying there was "no residential space that hasn't been damaged by shelling for a long time." On 10 December, the Russian defense ministry said their forces made new advances on the Lyman axis. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff said more than 20 settlements were bombarded in fighting in the Bakhmut area alone.[197][63] Ukrainian paratroopers of the 71st separate huntsman brigade reported repelling a Russian "sabotage and reconnaissance group" with mortar fire near Bakhmut, "eliminating" at least two attackers.[198] The months-long battle of Marinka continued, with DPR president Denis Pushilin claiming on 15 December that 80 percent of the city had been captured amid ongoing heavy urban combat.[199]

The Ukrainians reportedly increased shelling of Donetsk city in mid-December.[200] DPR authorities said six civilians were killed in the city during shelling in early December. On 15 December, mayor Alexey Kulemzin said that "at approximately 7 a.m." the Ukrainians launched 40 Grad rockets at the city center, damaging residential and commercial buildings and the Transfiguration Cathedral, in what he called "the most massive strike since 2014." One person was killed and nine were wounded.[201][202] On 16 December, Wagner PMC forces reportedly finished clearing Yakovlika, further threatening Soledar's northeastern flank.[203]

The ISW assessed that the pace of Russia's Donbas advances in November–December was roughly equivalent to the pace in October. According to the ISW, Russian forces gained a total of 192 sq km in the Bakhmut sector between 1 October and 20 December.[204] Footage posted online by a Russian journalist confirmed Russian forces had captured Andriivka (Bakhmut Raion), 10 km south of Bakhmut, by 22 December. The journalist claimed that Wagner fighters were fighting near Klishchiivka, where Ukraine reportedly had established strong defensive positions. Meanwhile, Ukraine continued to hold the northern half of Opytne and the western half of Marinka.[205] On 26 December, President Zelenskyy referred to Ukraine's situation in the Donbas as "difficult," saying the Russians were "using all the resources available to them ... to squeeze out at least some advance."[206] Ukraine's Eastern Military Command reported that the Bakhmut area was shelled 225 times on 26 December alone.[207] Meanwhile, Russian sources reported Wagner PMC had launched an offensive along the Soledar-Bakhmutske axis.[208]

Fall of Soledar, Bakhmut pincer, and Avdiivka escalation

See also: Siege of Paraskoviivka
Wagner Group fighters pose after capturing Mykolaivka village, north of Soledar, 2 February 2023

In late December 2022–early January 2023, Wagner fighters broke through Ukrainian defenses in Soledar, capturing the settlement by 16 January,[31][9] along with capturing Klishchiivka, southwest of Bakhmut, on 19 January.[209] The fall of Soledar allowed Russian forces, spearheaded by Wagner fighters, to further flank Bakhmut from the northeastern direction and assert control over a portion of the T0513 highway towards Siversk.[210] Russian forces expanded their salient north of Bakhmut, advancing northwards and claiming to have captured the villages of Krasnopolivka, Mykolaivka, Blahodatne, and Sakko i Vantsetti by 6 February.[211][212][213][214][215] Defences along Bakhmut's northern flank collapsed as the Ukrainians withdrew from Krasna Hora on 11 February[216] and Paraskoviivka on 18 February,[217] as Wagner advanced 2-3 kilometers to the west of Blahodatne, capturing the area near the main M-03 highway leading into Bakhmut. Both the UK Defence Ministry and Ukraine's governor of Donetsk Pavlo Kyrylenko said the Russians were attempting a pincer movement of Bakhmut, enveloping the city from multiple directions and establishing fire control over most Ukrainian supply routes into it.[218][219][220]

By 22 February, Russian units had crossed the M-03 and began assaulting Yahidne and Berkhivka, north west of Bakhmut, with the Ukrainians claiming to have repelled the assaults amid heavy fighting.[221] Wagner claimed to have captured both villages by 26 February, however Ukraine's general staff said Russian assaults remained "unsuccessful" amid heavy shelling.[222][223] Geolocated footage on 4 March showed Russian troops were advancing along both banks of the Berkhivka reservoir located about 4 kilometers northwest of Bakhmut, on the approaches to Khromove and Dubovo-Vasylivka villages, respectively.[224][225] On 7 March, Ukraine ceded eastern Bakhmut to Russian forces, retreating west of the Bakhmutka river.[226][227][228] Wagner claimed to have advanced along the M-03 and expanded the buffer zone north and west of Bakhmut, capturing the villages of Dubovo-Vasylivka and Zaliznianske by 16 March,[229][230] however Ukrainian defenders stalled the advance along this axis by 19 March, repelling assaults on Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, and Kromove villages.[231][232][233][234]

In early March 2023, President Zelenskyy referred to the ongoing fighting in the Donbas as "painful and difficult".[235] As the battle of Bakhmut continued, clashes around Avdiivka escalated in February-March 2023 as the Ukrainians claimed Russian forces had begun an attempted encirclement effort of the city.[236] Russian forces increased the amount of airstrikes in the area as ground units advanced towards Avdiivka's outskirts from the north and northeast, capturing Krasnohorivka (9km north of Avdiivka) and Vesele (7km north of Avdiivka) by 21 March.[237][238] Russian units also made minor gains along the Pervomaiske-Vodiane front, on Avdiivka's southwestern outskirts.[239][240] Further to the south, the grinding battle for Marinka had reduced the city to "post-apocalyptic" ruins as Russian ground units made minimal gains amid fierce urban combat with Ukrainian defenders.[241] DPR leader Denis Pushilin claimed Ukraine was continuously transferring reserves to Marinka.[242][243]

 
View of western Bakhmut during the battle, 5 April 2023

Fighting inside Bakhmut continued into April and May 2023, with Russian forces controlling 95 percent of the city by 18 May, having corralled Ukrainian defenders into a southwestern neighborhood the Russians referred to as the "nest", where Ukraine had purportedly concentrated a large number of defending units.[244][245] As Wagner fighters made gradual gains inside Bakhmut, Ukraine launched counterattacks on the southern and northwestern flanks of the city beginning around 10 May, resulting in Russian units abandoning positions near the Berkhivka reservoir and south of Ivanivske, on the approach to Klishchiivka. Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade reportedly partook in the recapture of 2 km of territory, in what Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi called "the first successful offensive operation in the city's defense".[245][246][247][248] Despite Ukrainian counterattacks on Bakhmut's outskirts threatening their flanks, Wagner continued to advance inside the city and claimed to have fully captured it on 20 May, adding that they planned to withdraw from the front line and be replaced by regular Russian troops after finishing clearing operations.[249][250] Ukraine, however, denied that Bakhmut had fallen and claimed their forces were in the process of partially "encircling" the city.[251]

Ukrainian counteroffensive (June 2023–present)

Main article: 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive

On 5 June, Ukraine was reported by Russian milbloggers to have accelerated offensive actions in eastern Ukraine, concentrated against the Novodonetsk area, between Vuhledar (the site of a still ongoing battle) and Velyka Novosilka, in southern Donetsk Oblast.[252] Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian forces had made gains of up to one mile in the Bakhmut area. Although Ukrainian officials remained largely silent on the matter, there was speculation that the offensive actions were the beginning of a long-awaited counteroffensive.[253] A Russian-appointed official in Zaporizhzhia Oblast stated that the Ukrainians aimed to break through Russian lines and reach the coast of the Azov Sea.[254]

Casualties

Military casualties

The Ukrainian government refrained from providing overall numbers of casualties to their own forces in the Donbas, although they did periodically offer various estimates of daily casualty counts. According to Ukraine, between 50 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers were being killed daily on the Donbas front as of late May 2022.[255] By early June 2022, up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 800+ wounded daily in the Donbas.[256][257] By mid-June, some Ukrainian officials estimated that Ukrainian forces were sustaining well over the previous mark of 1,000 casualties per day, including 200–500 killed.[258]

With respect to Russian casualties, the Ukrainian Operational Command East provided daily casualty claims of Russian troops until 2 July 2022.

During the fighting, an LPR battalion commander was killed when he and his fighters were surrounded by Ukrainian forces close to Kreminna and "fought to the last", according to the LPR. The clashes left an unknown number of killed and wounded.[259]

On 18 July 2022, two Americans, a Canadian, and a Swedish national were killed during a Russian tank ambush during clashes near Hryhorivka, northeast of Siversk. The foreign fighters were part of a special operations unit of Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces.[260]

According to Ukrainian sources, more than 500 wounded Russian soldiers, most of them recently mobilized, were hospitalized in the occupied city of Horlivka between 10 and 16 November 2022.[261]

Breakdown Casualties Time period Source
Ukrainian forces
(ZSU, NGU) 		30,680-35,680+ killed 21 April – 6 April 2023 Russian Ministry of Defence[262]
Russian and allied forces
(RAF, DPR, LPR, PMC Wagner) 		41,279-50,173+ killed, excluding the Avdiivka front (see note)[266] 18 April 2022 – 19 May 2023 Ukrainian Eastern Command[267]
Donetsk PR forces 2,575+ killed, 11,139+ wounded 23 April – 2 December 2022 Donetsk PR[268]

Civilian casualties

 
Refugees gather their belongings in front of a van on the way from Bylbasovka (Donetsk) to Dnipro on 23 June 2022.

During the battle, Russia intensified its attacks on civilian areas. 60 civilians were believed to be killed and at least seven wounded due to a Russian airstrike on a school sheltering about 90 civilians in Luhansk Oblast,[269] whereas the bodies of 44 civilians were recovered from rubble underneath an apartment building in Izium.[270] During the battle of Kreminna, near Rubizhne and Lysychansk,[271] Ukrainian forces lost control amid heavy fighting.[272] More than 200 civilians were killed during the battle, with four additional civilians being killed and one more wounded as they attempted to escape the fighting.[273] The Ukrainian government claimed that over 1,500 civilians were killed in Sievierodonetsk on 26 May.[274] On 10 July, a Russian rocket attack in Chasiv Yar struck a multi-story residential building, killing at least 34 people.[275][276]

As of 1 June, military activity related to the battle was confirmed to have killed at least 5,154 civilians and wounded over 5,605 more. As of 10 October, the United Nations counted 2,964 civilians killed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions alone, in addition to 3,683 civilians wounded.[277]

The true number of civilian deaths and injuries is guaranteed to be significantly higher. Civilian casualties are impossible to tabulate due to the fog of war and lack of information flow due to the military occupation of segments of Ukrainian territory. For example, according to Ukrainian sources, "thousands" of civilians were killed in Lysychansk, although official data only accounted for 150 killed civilians.[278]

Civilian Deaths by Area
Area Casualties Time period Source
Bakhmut 204+ killed, 505+ wounded 1 August 2022 - 1 June 2023 Ukrainian government[279]
Bilohorivka 60 killed, 7 wounded 8 May 2022 Ukrainian government[280]
Donetsk Oblast
(excluding Mariupol) 		959 killed, 1,899 wounded 18 April – 13 November 2022 Ukrainian government[281]
Kreminna 200 killed 18–19 April 2022 Ukrainian government[282]
Sievierodonetsk 1,100+ killed, 52+ wounded 27 May 2022 Ukrainian government[283]
Lysychansk 158+ killed, 42+ wounded 25 May 2022 Ukrainian government[284][285]
Kharkiv Oblast
(excluding Izium) 		723+ killed, 328+ wounded 18 April – 30 September 2022 Ukrainian government[286][287]
Izium 1,000+ killed 13 September 2022 Ukrainian government[288]
Luhansk Oblast
(excluding Sievierodonetsk) 		90 killed, 72 wounded 18 April – 16 June 2022 Ukrainian government[289]
Azovstal 600 wounded 29 April 2022 Ukrainian government[290]
Donetsk PR 571 killed, 1,765 wounded 23 April – 11 November 2022 Donetsk PR[291]
Luhansk PR 101+ killed, 314+ wounded 28 April – 6 October 2022 Luhansk PR[292]
TOTAL 8,952+ killed, 5,095+ wounded 18 April – 9 March 2023

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  267. ^ 22,816–30,000+ killed in the Battle of Bakhmut[55][56] 400-610 killed in the Makiivka military quarters shelling[57][58] 1,500+ killed in Second Battle of Lyman [59] 200 killed in artillery strike on Russian command post [60] 10,000-11,000 killed during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk [61] 20–25 killed during battle of Popasna [62] 21 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 1,000–1,500+ killed during battle of Siverskyi Donets [63] 14 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 20 killed (18 April),[65] 12 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 30 killed (19 April),[66] 27 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 36 killed (20 April),[67] 30 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 200 killed (21 April),[68] 22 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 130 killed (22 April),[69] 23 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 150 killed (23 April),[70] 26 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 100 killed (24 April),[71] 1 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 160 killed (25 April),[72] 26 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 100 killed (26 April),[73] 9 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 75 killed (27 April),[74] 27 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 42 killed (28 April),[75] 28 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 173 killed (29 April), [76] 29 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 81 killed (30 April), [77] 57 killed (1 May), [78] 1 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 275 killed (2 May), [79] 2 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine [80] 9 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 40 killed (3 May), [81] 8 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 36 killed (4 May), [82] 4 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 32 killed (5 May), [83] 9 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 15 killed (6 May), [84] 7 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 107 killed (7 May) [85] 13 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 190 killed (8 May) [86] 9 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 250 killed (9 May) [87] 10 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 260 killed (10 May) [88] 11 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 250 killed (11 May) [89] 11 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 180 killed (12 May) [90] 13 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 130 killed (13 May) [91] 80 killed (14 May) [92] 84 killed (15 May) [93] 178 killed (16 May) [94] 17 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 110 killed (17 May) [95] 18 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 220 killed (18 May) [96] 18 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 40 killed (19 May) [97] 20 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 80 killed (20 May) [98] 20 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 28 killed (21 May) [99] 21 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 9 killed (22 May) [100] 22 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 30 killed (23 May) [101] 23 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 180 killed (24 May) [102] 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 62 killed (25 May) [103] 25 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 87 killed (26 May) [104] 26 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 60 killed (27 May) [105] 27 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 33 killed (28 May) [106] 1 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine 39 killed (29 May) [107] 30 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 50 killed (30 May) [108] 30 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 22 killed (31 May) [109] 38 killed (1 June) [110] 32 killed (2 June) [111] 36 killed (3 June) [112] 60 killed (4 June) [113] 43 killed (5 June) [114] 48 killed (6 June) [115] 56 killed (7 June) [116] 31 killed (8 June) [117] 32 killed (9 June) [118] 30 killed (10 June) [119] 20 killed (11 June) [120] 18 killed (12 June) [121] 48 killed (13 June) [122] 73 killed (14 June) [123] 34 killed (15 June) [124] 26 killed (16 June) [125] 15 killed (17 June) [126] 87 killed (18 June) [127] 14 killed (19 June) [128] 106 killed (20 June) [129] total of 41,279-50,173+ killed claimed by Ukraine
  268. ^ 1,426 killed and 5,766 wounded between 23 February and 22 April [130], with 4,001 killed and 16,905 wounded during the period of the entire invasion [131], leaving 2,575 killed and 11,139 wounded during the period of the battle.
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  277. ^ 3,696 civilians killed and 4,957 wounded from the start of the invasion until 10 October [132], with 732 killed and 1,371 wounded up to 24 February [133], leaving a total of 3,696 civilians killed and 4,957 wounded counted by the U.N. during the period of the battle
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  286. ^ 723 civilians killed in the period 18 April – 27 June (554 civilians killed up until 18 April [138], 1277 civilians killed up until 30 September [139] leaving a total of 306 civilians dead during the period of the battle
  287. ^ 328+ wounded between 18 April and 27 June) 15 wounded (18 April) [140] 14 wounded (19 April) [141] 7 wounded (21 April) [142] 19 wounded (22 April) [143] 6 wounded (23 April) [144] 9 wounded (25 April) [145] 12 wounded (26 April) [146] 3 wounded (27 April) [147] 2 wounded (28 April) [148] 5 wounded (29 April) [149] 8 wounded (1 May) [150] 8 wounded (2 May) [151] 1 wounded (3 May) [152] 5 wounded (6 May) [153] 5 wounded (8 May) [154] 10 wounded (10 May) [155] 4 wounded (13 May) [156] 5+ wounded (19 May) [157] 3 wounded (20 May) [158] 3 wounded (24 May) [159] 19 wounded (26 May) [160] 4 wounded (30 May) [161] 14 wounded (31 May) [162] 1 wounded (2 June) [163] 1 wounded (5 June) [164] 3 wounded (7 June) [165] 6 wounded (8 June) [166] 28 wounded (9 June) [167] 2 wounded (13 June) [168] 3 wounded (14 June) [169] 10 wounded (20 June) [170] 16 wounded (21 June) [171] 9 wounded (22 June) [172] 22 wounded (27 June) [173] 6 wounded (28 June) [174] 9 wounded (29 June) [175] 5 wounded (30 June) [176] 5 wounded (7 July) [177] 31 wounded (11 July)[178]
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For other uses see Battle of Donbas Battle of Donbas 2022 present Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of UkraineMilitary situation as of 13 August 2023 pink highlights areas held by the DNR LNR and Russia yellow highlights areas held by the Ukrainian government For a more up to date map see the Russo Ukrainian War map module Date18 April 2022 present 1 year 4 months and 2 days LocationDonbas UkraineStatusOngoing Russian LPR and DPR forces capture the cities of Svitlodarsk 1 Lyman 2 Sviatohirsk 3 all remaining LPR cities and many villages 4 5 Russian and LPR forces claim control of the entirety of Luhansk Oblast as of 3 July but subsequently lose control over Bilohorivka by 19 September 6 During the Eastern counteroffensive Ukrainian forces recapture Sviatohirsk 7 and Lyman 8 by 1 October Russian forces capture Soledar most of Bakhmut city 9 10 and many villages Belligerents Russia Donetsk People s Republic Luhansk People s Republic UkraineUnits involvedSee order of battleSee order of battleStrength120 000 150 000 11 12 40 000 50 000 13 Strength estimates are as of the start of the invasion not the battle itself Casualties and losses 5 154 civilians killed 5 605 woundedReports vary widely See Casualties for more details The battle of Donbas 14 15 is an ongoing military offensive that is part of the wider eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a continuation of the 2014 2022 Donbas conflict The battle began on 18 April 2022 between the armed forces of Russia and Ukraine for control of the Donbas provinces oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk 16 17 18 Military analysts consider the battle to be part of the second strategic phase of the invasion 19 20 Russia s initial strategy in the sector was to encircle Ukrainian troops in the Donbas and to annex the entire Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts to the Russian backed separatist states of the Donetsk People s Republic DPR and Luhansk People s Republic LPR while the Ukrainian aim is to liberate occupied territories 21 22 By 23 June 2022 Russian officials claimed to control 55 of Donetsk oblast 23 24 25 By 3 July Russia claimed to control all of Luhansk oblast 26 with Russian and separatist forces controlling the cities of Mariupol 27 Sievierodonetsk 28 Lysychansk 29 Rubizhne 30 and many others In September 2022 during the counteroffensive Ukraine recaptured Bilohorivka a village close to Lysychansk in the Luhansk Oblast and the cities of Lyman and Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region 6 By 21 May 2023 Russia had captured Soledar 31 9 and most of Bakhmut Contents 1 Background 1 1 Prior operations 2 Prelude 2 1 Russian objectives 3 Opposing forces and foreign involvement 3 1 Russian and pro Russian forces 3 1 1 Foreign support for Russia 3 2 Ukrainian forces 3 2 1 Foreign support for Ukraine 4 Russian offensive April 2022 May 2023 4 1 Early operations 18 30 April 2022 4 2 Intensified clashes 1 19 May 2022 4 3 Russian breakthrough 20 May 3 July 2022 4 3 1 Fall of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk 4 4 Russian operational pause 4 16 July 2022 4 5 Renewed assault on Donetsk Oblast 17 July 6 September 2022 4 6 Ukrainian counteroffensives 6 September 12 November 2022 4 7 Renewed Russian offensive 12 November 2022 May 2023 4 7 1 Fall of Soledar Bakhmut pincer and Avdiivka escalation 5 Ukrainian counteroffensive June 2023 present 6 Casualties 6 1 Military casualties 6 2 Civilian casualties 7 See also 8 ReferencesBackgroundSee also War in Donbas 2014 2022 and Timeline of the war in Donbas 2022 Since 2014 the Donbas region had been the site of protracted fighting between Russian backed separatists from the self proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People s Republics and the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the war in Donbas Between 2014 and late 2021 the war had taken the lives of more than 10 000 combatants including Ukrainian soldiers Russian soldiers and separatist combatants as well as 3 095 civilians 32 Prior operations Main article Eastern Ukraine campaign Ukrainian soldiers guard a military base in Novoluhanske 19 February 2022In February 2022 mass evacuations and general mobilization began in the DPR and LPR quasi states following aggravations along the line of contact the front line which had more or less remained static since 2014 33 34 On 21 February 2022 Russia officially recognized the DPR and LPR as sovereign states 35 On 24 February 2022 the Russian Armed Forces and the DPR and LPR launched a full scale invasion of Ukrainian territory across numerous fronts including in the Donbas North of the Donbas Russian and loyalist forces began fighting in the battle of Kharkiv as well as numerous other smaller battles aimed at capturing key Ukrainian cities and towns In southern Donbas the siege of Mariupol began which would eventually kill over 25 000 civilians and destroy 95 of the city 36 Between 24 February and 18 April Russian forces did not conduct much activity along the line of contact only launching small scale reconnaissance efforts and artillery campaigns against Ukrainian military installations On 11 March Russian tanks allegedly shelled a care home for the elderly in Kreminna killing 56 civilians and wounding an unknown number of residents 37 According to Ukrainian authorities an additional 15 civilians were abducted by Russian soldiers and taken to separatist territory in Luhansk Oblast citation needed On 25 March Russian officials declared that the first phase of the special military operation in Ukraine was complete On 29 March 2022 they declared that they intended to scale back their military operations in the region around the capital city of Kyiv This effectively ended Russian operations in northern Ukraine 38 Russian military officials declared that the Ukrainian Navy and Air Force had been neutralized They also stated that the DPR and LPR controlled 54 and 93 of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts respectively 23 The tactical withdrawal of Russian forces from the north was completed by 6 April 2022 39 40 As Ukrainian forces regained previously occupied territory evidence of Russian war crimes including the Bucha massacre were discovered On 8 April Russian forces allegedly launched an attack on the Kramatorsk railway station The attack killed 59 civilians including seven children and wounded 114 more 41 42 Ukrainian and Western officials described the attack as another Russian war crime while the Russian Defense Ministry denied the accusations and instead claimed the attack to be a false flag operation by Ukrainian forces arguing that the Tochka U missile used was not a part of the Russian arsenal but rather of the Ukrainian one 43 44 45 PreludeIn mid April 2022 U S intelligence reported that Russia was repositioning its military units to the Donbas Russian units from Northern Ukraine battlefronts in Kyiv Sumy Chernihiv and elsewhere were noted by Maxar satellite imagery to be relocating to the Donbas region while reinforcements from regions in Belarus and Russia supplemented these units 46 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov acknowledged the beginning of a new offensive in Donbas claiming it to be a very important moment in this entire special operation 47 To address the new stage of the Russian offensive in Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron and US president Joe Biden held a meeting with representatives from France Germany the United Kingdom Canada Italy Poland and Romania They were joined by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel 48 Russian objectives On 22 April 2022 the commander of Russia s Central Military District Rustam Minnekayev declared that the aim of the second phase of the country s invasion of Ukraine was to fully seize Donbas and Southern Ukraine and to establish a land corridor with Transnistria a Russian occupied internationally unrecognized breakaway republic that is instead internationally recognized as part of Moldova He alleged that there was evidence that the Russian speaking population is being oppressed in Transnistria 49 50 The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine replied to this announcement by describing Russia s intentions as imperialism saying that it contradicted previous Russian claims that assured that Russia did not have territorial ambitions over Ukraine and that Russia had admitted that the goal of the second phase of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine 49 51 According to Russian sources the official representative of the LPR forces Andrey Marochko stated on 3 July 2022 that in order to secure the LPR land their DPR and Russian forces must push the Ukrainian forces away from the LPR s borders for no less than 300 kilometers 52 The 300 km claim would mean the full Kharkiv Oblast and Donetsk region parts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast Sumy Oblast and Poltava Oblast Russian sources said that the LPR s ambassador in Russia Rodion Miroshnik confirmed on 4 July 2022 that LPR troops would continue to participate in the Donbas offensive saying the presence of Ukrainian units along the LPR s borders would threaten security 53 On 30 June 2022 ISW assessed that despite Russia s concentration in the east they still had territorial ambitions beyond Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast 54 Opposing forces and foreign involvementMain articles Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Combatants of the war in Donbas Russian and pro Russian forces Further information Russian people s militias in Ukraine Wagner Group activities in Ukraine and Chechen involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Chechen Kadyrovites in the Donbas in June 2022Russia began the battle using three armies along with a tank division and a rocket artillery brigade By mid April Russia had concentrated upwards of 65 battalion tactical groups BTGs on the line of contact Over the course of several days before 18 April 11 BTGs were added to the existing Russian strength in the Donbas bringing the total number of BTGs in the Donbas to 76 amounting to a total of about 60 000 troops 55 56 The Union of Donbas Volunteers a pro Russian group of volunteers formed in 2014 was said to have an active strength of about 14 500 fighters 57 Western media citing European Union officials reported that 10 000 20 000 Libyan Syrian Ethiopian and Wagner Group mercenaries were mobilized by Russian forces in the Donbas 58 59 60 Foreign support for Russia The United States assessed in late August 2022 that Russia had received Qods Mohajer 6 and Shahed series UAVs from Iran over several days that month as part of a Russian plan to obtain hundreds of such vehicles for use in the invasion of Ukraine national security adviser Jake Sullivan had warned in July about such a plan Also according to US sources Russian operators undertook training in Iran as part of the deal A US official said in late August that Russia had faced numerous failures with the vehicles 61 62 On 9 December 2022 Britain s ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward said that the UK was almost certain that Russia was procuring weaponry from North Korea and other heavily sanctioned states to replenish diminishing stocks Vassily Nebenzia Russia s ambassador to the UN denied suggestions that Russia was being supplied by Iran stating Russia s military industrial complex can work perfectly fine and doesn t need anyone s assistance whereas the Ukrainian military industry does not basically exist and is being assisted by the Western industry 63 Ukrainian forces President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets soldiers of the 24th Mechanized Brigade in the Donbas on 5 June 2022For the battle the Ukrainians had concentrated six regular brigades and the Georgian Legion According to Forbes on 1 February Ukraine s army consisted of 20 active brigades meaning that 30 of the Ukrainian active forces or around 51 000 soldiers were organized in the Donbas 64 65 Additionally units of the Territorial Defense force were active in the Donbas along with an unknown number of civilian reserves foreign volunteers and partisans President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 15 April that Ukrainian forces numbered 44 000 in the Donbas region 66 On 19 April the BBC reported that Ukrainian troops in the Donbas numbered 40 000 50 000 men 67 Foreign support for Ukraine Main articles International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine and List of foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo Ukrainian War The Ukrainians continued a campaign of targeting Russian ammunition depots and logistics sites in Donetsk province with air strikes and reportedly U S supplied M142 HIMARS or M270 rocket artillery systems Video emerged of an apparent ammunition depot in the Snizhne Donetsk region exploding with pro Ukrainian sources suggesting Ukrainian forces used M142 HIMARS supplied by the U S to attack the depot deep behind Russian DPR front lines 68 69 Oleksiy Arestovych a Ukrainian presidential advisor claimed that continued attacks on Russian ammunition depots and increased Ukrainian artillery supplies from NATO countries were forcing the Russians to conserve artillery shells and rockets for the first time He argued that if this trend continued the Ukrainians would eventually achieve artillery and logistical superiority on the battlefield in the Donbas 70 President Zelenskyy in his nightly public address also hailed the impact Western supplied artillery pieces were reportedly having on Russian logistics and strike capabilities 71 In late July 2022 Ukrainian soldiers and officers fighting in Donetsk offered anecdotal evidence of a significant reduction in Russian artillery fire The Mozart Group a group of former Western soldiers serving as volunteers in Ukraine was evacuating civilians and offering informal combat training to Ukrainian troops primarily on casualty care and medical evacuation 72 Retired U S Marine Corps Colonel Andrew Milburn the leader of the group denied Russian accusations of Mozart being American mercenaries or a PMC akin to Wagner Group and said Mozart is legally classified as an NGO In December 2022 Willburn suggested that Wagner fighters were probably targeting Mozart personnel as three Donbas hotels the group had lodged in had all been hit by missiles There s no hotel in Donbas now that will let us stay because they ve been told we re being targeted said Milburn 73 The Mozart Group ceased operations in January 2023 Russian offensive April 2022 May 2023 Early operations 18 30 April 2022 Russian tanks in the Donbas after crossing the Siverskyi Donets with pontoon bridges April 2022On the night of 18 April 2022 Russian forces launched an intensive bombardment campaign against positions in Luhansk Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts 74 Russian shelling overnight in Donetsk killed two civilians and wounded nine according to online news sources 75 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the battle for Donbas had begun 76 Russian artillery pounded cities in the Donbas aiming at destroying critical infrastructure 77 The head of the Luhansk regional military administration and effective governor of the oblast Serhiy Haidai called on the region s residents to evacuate immediately so as to not become hostages or be killed by the Russians 78 By 25 April Russian forces achieved a three to one numerical supremacy over the Ukrainian forces the traditional number considered to be the requirement for an attacking force concentrating upwards of 76 Battalion tactical groups BTGs with 800 personnel per BTG in the Donbas 79 80 81 82 In the first week Russian forces secured full control over Kreminna 83 84 advanced in Rubizhne 85 occupied large areas of Popasna 86 85 and continued to shell positions along the front line According to a Ukrainian official Russian forces captured 42 villages in the Donetsk Oblast though she did not specify which villages had been captured 4 In the Slobozhansky and Donetsk operational districts Russian troops intensified offensive operations in some areas attempting to break through the Ukrainian defenses along almost the entire front line in Donetsk Kharkiv and Luhansk regions 87 Meanwhile the Ukrainian government stated their forces launched a counterattack and recaptured the town of Marinka 88 Libyan and Syrian mercenaries likely associated with the Wagner Group allegedly clashed with Ukrainian forces in Popasna The Ukrainian government claimed that 20 25 mercenaries had been killed 85 Russian forces continued a slow steady advance capturing the towns of Popivka Pischane Novotoshkivske Zarichne and Zhytlivka and prepared to capture and advance past Popasna advance southeast from Izium and westwards from Kreminna 89 5 Between 22 April and 29 April 110 DPR servicemen were killed and 451 were injured 90 Intensified clashes 1 19 May 2022 See also Battle of Popasna and Battle of Rubizhne Destroyed Russian pontoon bridge and vehicles near Bilohorivka during the battle of the Siverskyi Donets Beginning in May Russian troops launched intensified battles marked by mass artillery campaigns followed by ground assaults on Ukrainian positions across the front line 91 By 7 May the now largely destroyed city of Popasna was captured by Russian and Luhansk People Republic forces with this being confirmed by the regional governor 92 93 By 12 May it was reported that Russian forces had seized Rubizhne 94 From 5 13 May a major battle on the Donets river took place with Ukrainian defenders successfully repelling multiple Russian attempts to cross the strategic river 95 The Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have destroyed an entire battalion of Russian forces killing up to 1 000 1 500 soldiers 96 The Institute for the Study of War ISW think tank reported that out of a force of 550 Russian troops 485 were killed and wounded as well as 80 vehicles lost 97 Ukraine claimed to have launched a counterattack against Russian forces near Izium on 15 May 98 99 On the same day it was reported that Russian forces had captured the village of Dovhen ke south of Izium 100 Russian breakthrough 20 May 3 July 2022 See also First Battle of Lyman and Battle of Sviatohirsk President Zelenskyy with the 24th Mechanized Brigade near the front line in the Donbas on 5 June 2022In late May Russian forces made breakthroughs in many regions across the front line Russian troops were seen to be using a new cauldron approach to their efforts abandoning large encirclements in favor of smaller ones which enabled them to make the first major gains of the battle 101 On 20 May Russian forces made further advances in the west and south of Popasna with the aim of cutting off the road to Sievierodonetsk 102 103 Despite stiff Ukrainian resistance Russian forces finally broke through in the Popasna area on 20 May 104 By 22 May Russian forces managed to secure their route of advance and attempted to simultaneously push west towards Bakhmut and north to cut off road links to Sievierodonetsk 105 Russian forces were reported entering the town of Lyman on 23 May fully capturing it by the 26th 106 107 whereas Ukrainian forces were reported leaving Sviatohirsk 108 By 24 May Russian forces captured the town of Svitlodarsk 109 On 1 June Ukraine announced that 70 80 of Sieverodonetsk had been captured by Russian forces 110 On 3 June Ukraine claimed to have launched a counterattack to take back 20 of the city 111 On 8 June however the Ukrainian Army was pushed back to the outskirts of the city 112 By mid June the general consensus in the military community was that Ukraine was almost out of ammunition and was heavily outgunned 113 A senior Ukrainian military official added that Ukraine was reliant on the West to supply weapons as Russia had an advantage of 10 to 15 times more artillery systems than Ukraine and that Western rocket systems were needed to destroy Russian artillery 114 Furthermore despite Ukrainian forces using 5 000 6 000 rounds a day specifically 155 mm Western supplied rounds they were still outgunned up to 40 to 1 in some locations 115 With the breakthrough near Popasna significantly slowed by Ukrainian heavy guns 116 Russia began an offensive to the southeast of Popasna aiming to bypass the Siverskyi Donets river and bombard Lysychansk from the south 117 The ISW assessed that Russian commanders had been given the deadline of 26 June to make a breakthrough and seize Luhansk Oblast s full administrative territory 117 Fall of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk See also Battle of Toshkivka Battle of Sievierodonetsk 2022 Battle of Lysychansk and Russian occupation of Luhansk Oblast Pro Russian separatist troops advance towards Lysychansk June 2022 Fire at the Toretska coal mine in Toretsk after Russian shelling on 27 June 2022By 23 June Russia had fully broken through in the south seizing Toshkivka 118 and making major gains south of Lysychansk Russian forces captured Loskutivka uk Myrna Dolyna Rai Oleksandrivka uk and Pidlisne uk all on 22 June 119 120 On 23 June Russian forces cut off and surrounded the towns of Hirske and Zolote which they claimed to have fully captured by next day 121 122 In addition Russia made a push to fully secure the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk which by 14 June had become the last refuge for Ukrainian soldiers in the city 123 Russian troops were less successful on the northern axis attempting to make breakthroughs near Mykolaivka and Bohorodychne in an attempt to advance on the Donetsk city of Sloviansk 124 125 Nonetheless the Russian advance ground on with Russia s breakthrough in the south putting pressure on the few remaining Ukrainian defenders of Luhansk Oblast to withdraw to defensive lines near the border with Donetsk Oblast 126 Russian forces had fully encircled Hirske and Zolote in their drive north to Lysychansk by 24 June 127 Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces had suffered over 1 000 casualties including 800 prisoners in Hirske Zolote and near Lysychansk over the previous two days 128 By 25 June Ukrainian officials had announced that their troops had retreated from Sievierodonetsk in order to avoid being surrounded by Russian troops signalling the city s capture 129 130 131 By 1 July Russian forces continued encircling Lysychansk from the south and west attempting to cut off the T1302 Lysychansk Bakhmut highway from the city As part of the encirclement Russian forces claimed to have also seized Pryvillia northwest of Lysychansk after units made river crossings to the north and west of the town Ukrainian positions near Siversk Bilohorivka Vovchoyarivka Berestove Yakovlivka Vidrodzhennia Mayorsk and the Vuhlehirska thermal power plant were shelled by artillery 132 133 On 2 3 July Russia and LPR separatist forces claimed to have captured and controlled Lysychansk however Ukrainian officials including president Volodymyr Zelenskyy 134 had yet to officially acknowledge the strategic city s capture only saying there were ongoing fierce clashes for the city 135 The Institute for the Study of War ISW supported the Russian claim that Lysychansk had fallen on 2 July suggesting the Ukrainian defenders likely deliberately withdrew from the city 29 Furthermore the Russian defence ministry claimed to have captured and were in the process of clearing many settlements on the Lysychansk outskirts including Verkhnekamenka Zolotarivka Bilohorivka Novodruzhesk Maloryazantsevo and Bila Hora 136 137 Ukrainian officials subsequently conceded that Lysychansk was captured With the fall of Lysychansk and its western outskirts Russia and the Luhansk People s Republic declared full control of Luhansk Oblast for the first time achieving an objective of the Russian led campaign 138 Russian shelling of Sloviansk intensified on 3 July 139 Russian operational pause 4 16 July 2022 Unexploded Russian rocket in Oleksandrivka on 6 July 2022 Aftermath of Russian shelling on Metallurg stadium in Bakhmut on 11 July 2022After fully capturing and occupying Luhansk Oblast Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered defence minister Sergei Shoigu to continue the offensive in Donbas as planned adding that units that fought on the Luhansk front should certainly rest and increase their combat capabilities 140 According to the Institute for the Study of War Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains for the first time in 133 days of war and suggested that Russia was likely taking an operational pause to rest and regroup its forces before a planned renewed assault 141 The UK defence ministry expected the city of Siversk to be the immediate tactical objective of their renewed assault 142 An intelligence briefing by the UK defence ministry on 4 July said Russian forces would almost certainly transition to capturing the rest of Donetsk Oblast around 55 percent of which was already in control by Russian and Donetsk People s Republic DPR separatist forces The ministry predicted the fighting in Donetsk would continue to be grinding and attritional typified by massive artillery shelling leveling towns and cities amid slow ground advances Ukraine s governor of Luhansk Serhiy Haidai said he expected Donetsk cities such as Sloviansk and Bakhmut to soon come under heavy Russian attack and said both cities were increasingly being shelled Similar to UK intelligence reports the Ukrainians expected the Russians to push west along the Bakhmut Lysychansk highway 143 144 145 On 5 July the mayor of Sloviansk Vadym Liakh uk ru urged residents to evacuate the city The nearest Russian positions are 7 10 km from the city said Liakh 146 The governor of Donetsk Oblast Pavlo Kyrylenko urged the 350 000 remaining residents to evacuate the province 147 Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai claimed that an attempt by Russian regular and reserve troops to expand a bridgehead on the Donets river had been stalled by a Ukrainian artillery attack 70 148 Pro Russian sources claimed the village of Spirne had been captured and advances were made during renewed ground assaults on the northern Donetsk village of Verkhnokamyansk the claims were not independently confirmed at the time Reportedly both Russian and Ukrainian sources confirmed that Ukrainian forces had recaptured the village of Solodke in a limited counterattack 70 On 11 July President Zelenskyy dismissed the notion that there was an ongoing operational pause by the Russians citing continued deadly shelling air strikes and continued reports of Ukrainian troops repelling various Russian assaults Zelenskyy insisted that 34 Russian airstrikes in the past 24 hours were not indicative of an operational pause 149 On 16 July the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the operational pause had effectively finished 150 Renewed assault on Donetsk Oblast 17 July 6 September 2022 See also Battle of Marinka 2022 2023 Battle of Siversk Battle of Avdiivka 2022 2023 Battle of Pisky 2022 Battle of Bakhmut Battle of Soledar and Battle of Vuhledar Chechen Kadyrovite troops in the Donbas July 2022By 17 July Russian forces were in control of 55 of Donetsk Oblast Donetsk People s Republic DPR Deputy Minister of Information Daniil Bezsonov stated on 25 July that the DPR expected to capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast by the end of August Various Russian and Western sources had previously reported that Russia intended to hold referendums in occupied areas by the first half of September likely sometime around 11 September which is the unified voting day in the Russian Federation 151 Between 17 20 July citation needed Russian forces conducted repeated ground assaults east of Siversk and south of Bakhmut but no major advancements were reported along the front line with the Ukrainians claiming to have repelled many local assaults 152 On 21 July the British defence ministry warned that the Russians were closing in on the Vuhlehirska Power Station the second largest power plant in Ukraine and were attempting to make a breakthrough there 153 On 25 July Russian forces gained control of Berestove An LPR representative posted video footage of Wagner Group mercenaries in front of the entrance sign to Novoluhanske online indicating that Russian troops had advanced into the town located roughly 25 km southeast of the Bakhmut outskirts Several Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces had captured the Vuhlehirska power plant located on the northern edge of Novoluhanske and were actively clearing it meanwhile the Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Russians only had partial success on that front Pro Russian sources said Wagner mercenary fighters took part in storming the power station and the fighting lasted several days before the plant was fully controlled by 26 July 154 The ISW suggested Ukrainian troops likely conducted a controlled withdrawal from the Vuhlehirska reservoir area north west towards Semyhirya 155 A Ukrainian official confirmed the power plant s capture on 27 July 156 On 26 July the Ukrainian General Staff stated that Russian forces were fighting in the village of Semyhirya west of the Vuhlehirska power plant 157 On 27 July geolocated video footage posted online showed that Wagner mercenaries had reached Klynove while pro Russian Telegram channel Readovka claimed that Russian forces established control over Pokrovske 158 On 28 July the Ukrainian General Staff said the Russians made small gains near Soledar and Vershyna and resumed assaults on Avdiivka and Pisky The Ukrainians accused Russian troops of wearing Ukrainian uniforms during their ground assaults 159 160 The Ukrainian military claimed to have neutralised 270 Russian and pro Russian troops and destroyed seven tanks on 28 July and that they successfully repelled all assaults on Soledar Vershnya and the Avdiivka Pisky fronts 161 162 However the separatists claimed Russian and DPR forces in the Avdiivka area had made significant advances north and east of the city 163 source source source source source source source source source source source source The DPR s Kalmius Brigade fires Giatsint B artillery on Ukrainian positions in July 2022 Video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence On 29 July an explosion killed and wounded scores of Ukrainian POWs in Russian occupied Olenivka As of 30 July the perpetrator of the attack remained disputed 163 On 30 July President Zelenskyy ordered all remaining civilians in the Donetsk region to evacuate Between 200 000 and 220 000 civilians still lived in the unoccupied territory of Donetsk Oblast according to Ukrainian estimates 164 On 1 August the British defence ministry said Russia had made slow progress on the Bakhmut axis during daily assaults in the last four days 165 Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai alleged that Russian forces were attempting to recruit and mobilise residents in LPR controlled cities such as Alchevsk 166 On 2 August Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Russian forces had captured six front line settlements in recent days Berestove Pokrovske Novoluhanske Semyhiria Hryhorivka and Stryapivka 167 On the same day Russian forces captured Ukrainian positions around the Butivka Coal mine southwest of Avdiivka dislodging Ukrainian positions that had been held there since 2015 The Ukrainian General Staff also stated that Russian forces had partial success along the Vidrozhennya Kodema line about 20 km southeast of Bakhmut 168 On 5 August Russian sources claimed that Russian troops were actively fighting at the Knauf Gips Donbas gypsum factory on the southeastern outskirts of Soledar Meanwhile separatist authorities claimed that separate DPR brigades and Wagner Group forces had taken control of half of Marinka but the Ukrainians reported the assaults on Marinka were unsuccessful Geolocated footage posted by DPR troops also suggested Travneve was likely captured by this day 169 170 On 6 August combat footage confirmed that Russian forces advanced into the eastern outskirts of Marinka On 7 August Russian forces pierced through the defenses of Pisky and reached the center of the settlement 171 Russian sources claimed the villages of Volodymyrivka and Stryapivka located southeast of Soledar were captured by 9 August 172 On 10 August the DPR claimed to have captured Hladosove west of Travneve 173 On 11 August Russian and DPR sources claimed that roughly 90 percent of Pisky had been captured and combat footage purportedly showed the Russians bombarding the village with TOS 1A thermobaric artillery 174 The Russian defence ministry claimed to have fully captured Pisky by 14 August 175 but the Ukrainian military denied that it had been captured 176 The ISW assessed that Pisky had been captured by 24 August 177 On 29 August Russian and DPR forces claimed to have captured Kodema west of Semyhiria and 13 km southwest of Bakhmut however the Ukrainian General Staff reported to have repelled the advance on the settlement 178 Russian and separatist forces including elements of Wagner mercenaries were reportedly continuing to fight for control of Kodema on 31 August until finally capturing it on 6 September 179 The DPR s 3rd Brigade claimed they were also advancing from the outskirts of Horlivka 20 km south of Bakhmut while Russian sources claimed that the 11th DPR Regiment took control of a bridge on the road that runs between Pisky and Pervomaiske both on the northwestern outskirts of Donetsk city and were continuing efforts to advance westward towards Pervomaiske 180 Ukrainian counteroffensives 6 September 12 November 2022 Further information 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive and Wagner Line See also 2022 Kherson counteroffensive On 6 September Ukrainian forces began a surprise counter offensive on the Kharkiv front that resulted in Russian forces retreating over 1 000 square kilometres 390 sq mi east 181 significantly weakening Russian flanks north of Sloviansk and allowing for Ukrainian counter attacks around the Donetsk city of Lyman which had been captured by Russian forces in late May By October 2022 Ukrainian forces had retaken several villages and towns in northern Luhansk and in the Svatove Raion in northern Donetsk including Yatskivka Novoliubivka Nevske Grekivka Novoyehorivka Nadiya Andriivka and Stelmakhivka among others 182 183 184 On 1 October Ukrainian forces entered Lyman after a short siege Russian forces had fallen back to the P 66 highway near the Kharkiv Luhansk Oblast border anchored by the settlements of Svatove and Kreminna the first city to be taken during the battle of Donbas On 2 3 October Ukrainian forces began attacking Kreminna and Svatove in an attempt to break the Russian front line along the P 66 in northern Luhansk Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksii Arestovych claimed Russian losses during the height of the counteroffensive reached up to 500 soldiers killed or wounded per day however these claims could not be independently verified 185 On 15 October Russian forces reportedly disrupted a Ukrainian Starlink system in the Soledar Bakhmut area after they destroyed a shortwave repeater 186 Ukrainian trench on the Bakhmut front November 2022By 2 November the Soledar Bakhmut Donetsk city front became the epicenter of fighting in Ukraine according to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar 187 188 Renewed Russian offensive 12 November 2022 May 2023 T 80BV and T 64 tanks from Ukraine s 93rd Mechanized Brigade on the Bakhmut Soledar front December 2022Russian forces launched a renewed offensive in southern and northern Donetsk Oblast in early November 189 with Russian troops intensifying their attempts to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in Bakhmut Soledar Pavlivka and Vuhledar 190 On 11 November DPR forces were reported to have entered Pavlivka 191 Russian forces including Wagner PMC fighters overran defensive lines south of Bakhmut in late November reportedly capturing the settlements of Kurdiumivka Ozarianivka Zelenopillia and Andriivka by 30 November while clashes in Opytne continued 192 193 Multiple Russian sources also reported that Wagner fighters had captured and were clearing Yakovlivka located along Soledar s northeastern flank by 7 December 194 The Russians claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian Mi 8 helicopter in Yakovlika on 8 December 195 Ukraine was reportedly rotating in fresh units in the Donbas by mid December particularly from the Kherson front The 57th Motorized Brigade 36th Marine Brigade and the 46th Airmobile Brigade reinforced the Bakhmut front alongside the 24th Mechanized Brigade relieving the 93rd which defended Bakhmut and Soledar for months The 28th Brigade reportedly rotated to Kostiantynivka and the 18th Marine Infantry Battalion 35th Marine Brigade reinforced Nevelske and Pervomaiske 196 Heavy clashes along the Bakhmut Soledar axis continued by 10 December typified by grueling trench warfare drone warfare artillery duels and minor ground assaults amid freezing temperatures President Zelenskyy accused Russia of having destroyed Bakhmut saying there was no residential space that hasn t been damaged by shelling for a long time On 10 December the Russian defense ministry said their forces made new advances on the Lyman axis Meanwhile the Ukrainian General Staff said more than 20 settlements were bombarded in fighting in the Bakhmut area alone 197 63 Ukrainian paratroopers of the 71st separate huntsman brigade reported repelling a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group with mortar fire near Bakhmut eliminating at least two attackers 198 The months long battle of Marinka continued with DPR president Denis Pushilin claiming on 15 December that 80 percent of the city had been captured amid ongoing heavy urban combat 199 The Ukrainians reportedly increased shelling of Donetsk city in mid December 200 DPR authorities said six civilians were killed in the city during shelling in early December On 15 December mayor Alexey Kulemzin said that at approximately 7 a m the Ukrainians launched 40 Grad rockets at the city center damaging residential and commercial buildings and the Transfiguration Cathedral in what he called the most massive strike since 2014 One person was killed and nine were wounded 201 202 On 16 December Wagner PMC forces reportedly finished clearing Yakovlika further threatening Soledar s northeastern flank 203 The ISW assessed that the pace of Russia s Donbas advances in November December was roughly equivalent to the pace in October According to the ISW Russian forces gained a total of 192 sq km in the Bakhmut sector between 1 October and 20 December 204 Footage posted online by a Russian journalist confirmed Russian forces had captured Andriivka Bakhmut Raion 10 km south of Bakhmut by 22 December The journalist claimed that Wagner fighters were fighting near Klishchiivka where Ukraine reportedly had established strong defensive positions Meanwhile Ukraine continued to hold the northern half of Opytne and the western half of Marinka 205 On 26 December President Zelenskyy referred to Ukraine s situation in the Donbas as difficult saying the Russians were using all the resources available to them to squeeze out at least some advance 206 Ukraine s Eastern Military Command reported that the Bakhmut area was shelled 225 times on 26 December alone 207 Meanwhile Russian sources reported Wagner PMC had launched an offensive along the Soledar Bakhmutske axis 208 Fall of Soledar Bakhmut pincer and Avdiivka escalation See also Siege of Paraskoviivka source source source source source source source Wagner Group fighters pose after capturing Mykolaivka village north of Soledar 2 February 2023In late December 2022 early January 2023 Wagner fighters broke through Ukrainian defenses in Soledar capturing the settlement by 16 January 31 9 along with capturing Klishchiivka southwest of Bakhmut on 19 January 209 The fall of Soledar allowed Russian forces spearheaded by Wagner fighters to further flank Bakhmut from the northeastern direction and assert control over a portion of the T0513 highway towards Siversk 210 Russian forces expanded their salient north of Bakhmut advancing northwards and claiming to have captured the villages of Krasnopolivka Mykolaivka Blahodatne and Sakko i Vantsetti by 6 February 211 212 213 214 215 Defences along Bakhmut s northern flank collapsed as the Ukrainians withdrew from Krasna Hora on 11 February 216 and Paraskoviivka on 18 February 217 as Wagner advanced 2 3 kilometers to the west of Blahodatne capturing the area near the main M 03 highway leading into Bakhmut Both the UK Defence Ministry and Ukraine s governor of Donetsk Pavlo Kyrylenko said the Russians were attempting a pincer movement of Bakhmut enveloping the city from multiple directions and establishing fire control over most Ukrainian supply routes into it 218 219 220 By 22 February Russian units had crossed the M 03 and began assaulting Yahidne and Berkhivka north west of Bakhmut with the Ukrainians claiming to have repelled the assaults amid heavy fighting 221 Wagner claimed to have captured both villages by 26 February however Ukraine s general staff said Russian assaults remained unsuccessful amid heavy shelling 222 223 Geolocated footage on 4 March showed Russian troops were advancing along both banks of the Berkhivka reservoir located about 4 kilometers northwest of Bakhmut on the approaches to Khromove and Dubovo Vasylivka villages respectively 224 225 On 7 March Ukraine ceded eastern Bakhmut to Russian forces retreating west of the Bakhmutka river 226 227 228 Wagner claimed to have advanced along the M 03 and expanded the buffer zone north and west of Bakhmut capturing the villages of Dubovo Vasylivka and Zaliznianske by 16 March 229 230 however Ukrainian defenders stalled the advance along this axis by 19 March repelling assaults on Orikhovo Vasylivka Bohdanivka and Kromove villages 231 232 233 234 In early March 2023 President Zelenskyy referred to the ongoing fighting in the Donbas as painful and difficult 235 As the battle of Bakhmut continued clashes around Avdiivka escalated in February March 2023 as the Ukrainians claimed Russian forces had begun an attempted encirclement effort of the city 236 Russian forces increased the amount of airstrikes in the area as ground units advanced towards Avdiivka s outskirts from the north and northeast capturing Krasnohorivka 9km north of Avdiivka and Vesele 7km north of Avdiivka by 21 March 237 238 Russian units also made minor gains along the Pervomaiske Vodiane front on Avdiivka s southwestern outskirts 239 240 Further to the south the grinding battle for Marinka had reduced the city to post apocalyptic ruins as Russian ground units made minimal gains amid fierce urban combat with Ukrainian defenders 241 DPR leader Denis Pushilin claimed Ukraine was continuously transferring reserves to Marinka 242 243 View of western Bakhmut during the battle 5 April 2023Fighting inside Bakhmut continued into April and May 2023 with Russian forces controlling 95 percent of the city by 18 May having corralled Ukrainian defenders into a southwestern neighborhood the Russians referred to as the nest where Ukraine had purportedly concentrated a large number of defending units 244 245 As Wagner fighters made gradual gains inside Bakhmut Ukraine launched counterattacks on the southern and northwestern flanks of the city beginning around 10 May resulting in Russian units abandoning positions near the Berkhivka reservoir and south of Ivanivske on the approach to Klishchiivka Ukraine s 3rd Assault Brigade reportedly partook in the recapture of 2 km of territory in what Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi called the first successful offensive operation in the city s defense 245 246 247 248 Despite Ukrainian counterattacks on Bakhmut s outskirts threatening their flanks Wagner continued to advance inside the city and claimed to have fully captured it on 20 May adding that they planned to withdraw from the front line and be replaced by regular Russian troops after finishing clearing operations 249 250 Ukraine however denied that Bakhmut had fallen and claimed their forces were in the process of partially encircling the city 251 Ukrainian counteroffensive June 2023 present Main article 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive On 5 June Ukraine was reported by Russian milbloggers to have accelerated offensive actions in eastern Ukraine concentrated against the Novodonetsk area between Vuhledar the site of a still ongoing battle and Velyka Novosilka in southern Donetsk Oblast 252 Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian forces had made gains of up to one mile in the Bakhmut area Although Ukrainian officials remained largely silent on the matter there was speculation that the offensive actions were the beginning of a long awaited counteroffensive 253 A Russian appointed official in Zaporizhzhia Oblast stated that the Ukrainians aimed to break through Russian lines and reach the coast of the Azov Sea 254 CasualtiesMilitary casualties The Ukrainian government refrained from providing overall numbers of casualties to their own forces in the Donbas although they did periodically offer various estimates of daily casualty counts According to Ukraine between 50 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers were being killed daily on the Donbas front as of late May 2022 255 By early June 2022 up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 800 wounded daily in the Donbas 256 257 By mid June some Ukrainian officials estimated that Ukrainian forces were sustaining well over the previous mark of 1 000 casualties per day including 200 500 killed 258 With respect to Russian casualties the Ukrainian Operational Command East provided daily casualty claims of Russian troops until 2 July 2022 During the fighting an LPR battalion commander was killed when he and his fighters were surrounded by Ukrainian forces close to Kreminna and fought to the last according to the LPR The clashes left an unknown number of killed and wounded 259 On 18 July 2022 two Americans a Canadian and a Swedish national were killed during a Russian tank ambush during clashes near Hryhorivka northeast of Siversk The foreign fighters were part of a special operations unit of Ukraine s Territorial Defence Forces 260 According to Ukrainian sources more than 500 wounded Russian soldiers most of them recently mobilized were hospitalized in the occupied city of Horlivka between 10 and 16 November 2022 261 Breakdown Casualties Time period SourceUkrainian forces ZSU NGU 30 680 35 680 killed 21 April 6 April 2023 Russian Ministry of Defence 262 Russian and allied forces RAF DPR LPR PMC Wagner 41 279 50 173 killed excluding the Avdiivka front see note 266 18 April 2022 19 May 2023 Ukrainian Eastern Command 267 Donetsk PR forces 2 575 killed 11 139 wounded 23 April 2 December 2022 Donetsk PR 268 Civilian casualties Refugees gather their belongings in front of a van on the way from Bylbasovka Donetsk to Dnipro on 23 June 2022 During the battle Russia intensified its attacks on civilian areas 60 civilians were believed to be killed and at least seven wounded due to a Russian airstrike on a school sheltering about 90 civilians in Luhansk Oblast 269 whereas the bodies of 44 civilians were recovered from rubble underneath an apartment building in Izium 270 During the battle of Kreminna near Rubizhne and Lysychansk 271 Ukrainian forces lost control amid heavy fighting 272 More than 200 civilians were killed during the battle with four additional civilians being killed and one more wounded as they attempted to escape the fighting 273 The Ukrainian government claimed that over 1 500 civilians were killed in Sievierodonetsk on 26 May 274 On 10 July a Russian rocket attack in Chasiv Yar struck a multi story residential building killing at least 34 people 275 276 As of 1 June military activity related to the battle was confirmed to have killed at least 5 154 civilians and wounded over 5 605 more As of 10 October the United Nations counted 2 964 civilians killed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions alone in addition to 3 683 civilians wounded 277 The true number of civilian deaths and injuries is guaranteed to be significantly higher Civilian casualties are impossible to tabulate due to the fog of war and lack of information flow due to the military occupation of segments of Ukrainian territory For example according to Ukrainian sources thousands of civilians were killed in Lysychansk although official data only accounted for 150 killed civilians 278 Civilian Deaths by Area Area Casualties Time period SourceBakhmut 204 killed 505 wounded 1 August 2022 1 June 2023 Ukrainian government 279 Bilohorivka 60 killed 7 wounded 8 May 2022 Ukrainian government 280 Donetsk Oblast excluding Mariupol 959 killed 1 899 wounded 18 April 13 November 2022 Ukrainian government 281 Kreminna 200 killed 18 19 April 2022 Ukrainian government 282 Sievierodonetsk 1 100 killed 52 wounded 27 May 2022 Ukrainian government 283 Lysychansk 158 killed 42 wounded 25 May 2022 Ukrainian government 284 285 Kharkiv Oblast excluding Izium 723 killed 328 wounded 18 April 30 September 2022 Ukrainian government 286 287 Izium 1 000 killed 13 September 2022 Ukrainian government 288 Luhansk Oblast excluding Sievierodonetsk 90 killed 72 wounded 18 April 16 June 2022 Ukrainian government 289 Azovstal 600 wounded 29 April 2022 Ukrainian government 290 Donetsk PR 571 killed 1 765 wounded 23 April 11 November 2022 Donetsk PR 291 Luhansk PR 101 killed 314 wounded 28 April 6 October 2022 Luhansk PR 292 TOTAL 8 952 killed 5 095 wounded 18 April 9 March 2023See also Ukraine portal Russia portal Modern history portalOutline of the Russo Ukrainian War Russian occupation of Donetsk Oblast Russian occupation of Luhansk Oblast Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast War in Donbas 2014 to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Timeline of the Russian invasion of UkraineReferences Ukraine latest news Shelling constant in Severodonetsk as Russian forces advance BBC 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Arabiya 21 May 2023 Russia Ukraine live Zelenskyy says nothing left in Bakhmut Ukraine says its troops have semi circled Bakhmut Aljazeera 21 May 2023 Ukraine s counteroffensive appears to have started Here s what to know The Hill 5 June 2023 Ukraine war Offensive actions under way in east Kyiv says BBC News 5 June 2023 Ukrainian offensive is taking place in several directions says official CNN 5 June 2023 Zelenskyy up to Ukrainian 100 soldiers killed each day in eastern Ukraine news yahoo com 22 May 2022 Archived from the original on 27 May 2022 Retrieved 1 June 2022 Ukraine and Russia compete to be last army standing as Donbas deaths mount TheGuardian com 8 June 2022 Russia Ukraine war live updates Ukraine losing up to 200 fighters daily Putin links war to Russia s imperial past Washington Post 10 June 2022 Retrieved 10 June 2022 Lawler Dave 15 June 2022 Ukraine suffering up to 1 000 casualties per day in Donbas official says Axios Retrieved 16 June 2022 Pro Russian separatist army commander killed in east of Ukraine BBC News 16 April 2022 Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 Retrieved 24 April 2022 Russian tank attack in eastern Ukraine kills 2 Americans Canadian and Swede Politico 23 July 2022 Retrieved 24 July 2022 General Staff About 500 wounded Russian soldiers were brought to Horlivka hospitals 19 November 2022 15 000 20 000 killed for the Battle of Bakhmut 1 120 killed 21 April 2 Archived 22 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 80 killed 22 April 3 200 killed 23 April 4 Archived 1 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 160 killed 25 April 5 560 killed 26 April 6 Archived 27 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 120 killed 27 April 7 Archived 27 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 320 killed 28 April 8 Archived 28 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 280 killed 29 April 9 Archived 29 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 320 killed 30 April 10 Archived 12 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 11 Archived 1 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 440 killed 1 May 12 Archived 14 May 2022 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Battle of Avdiivka 2022 over the previous 100 days of whom 10 000 were killed 263 However none of these claimed figures have been verified by independent observers and are probably inflated as are most other casualty claims made by the two combatants 264 265 22 816 30 000 killed in the Battle of Bakhmut 55 56 400 610 killed in the Makiivka military quarters shelling 57 58 1 500 killed in Second Battle of Lyman 59 200 killed in artillery strike on Russian command post 60 10 000 11 000 killed during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk 61 20 25 killed during battle of Popasna 62 Archived 21 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 1 000 1 500 killed during battle of Siverskyi Donets 63 Archived 14 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 64 20 killed 18 April 65 Archived 12 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 30 killed 19 April 66 Archived 27 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 36 killed 20 April 67 Archived 30 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 200 killed 21 April 68 Archived 22 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 130 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Machine 62 killed 25 May 103 Archived 25 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 87 killed 26 May 104 Archived 26 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 60 killed 27 May 105 Archived 27 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 33 killed 28 May 106 Archived 1 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine 39 killed 29 May 107 Archived 30 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 50 killed 30 May 108 Archived 30 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 22 killed 31 May 109 38 killed 1 June 110 32 killed 2 June 111 36 killed 3 June 112 60 killed 4 June 113 43 killed 5 June 114 48 killed 6 June 115 56 killed 7 June 116 31 killed 8 June 117 32 killed 9 June 118 30 killed 10 June 119 20 killed 11 June 120 18 killed 12 June 121 48 killed 13 June 122 73 killed 14 June 123 34 killed 15 June 124 26 killed 16 June 125 15 killed 17 June 126 87 killed 18 June 127 14 killed 19 June 128 106 killed 20 June 129 total of 41 279 50 173 killed claimed by Ukraine 1 426 killed and 5 766 wounded between 23 February and 22 April 130 with 4 001 killed and 16 905 wounded during the period of the entire invasion 131 leaving 2 575 killed and 11 139 wounded during the period of the battle 60 believed killed after school attack by Russia in east Ukraine www aljazeera com Archived from the original on 8 May 2022 Retrieved 8 May 2022 Bodies of 44 civilians found under rubble of five story house in occupied Izyum says governor news yahoo com 10 May 2022 Archived from the original on 10 May 2022 Retrieved 10 May 2022 Rosiyani vzyali pid kontrol Kreminnu jdut vulichni boyi Gajdaj Ukrayinska pravda in Ukrainian Archived from the original on 19 April 2022 Retrieved 19 April 2022 Sangal Aditi Macaya Melissa Chowdhury Maureen Caldwell Travis Regan Helen Guy Jack Ramsay George 18 April 2022 Control over city of Kreminna lost amid heavy fighting CNN Archived from the original on 21 April 2022 Retrieved 21 April 2022 Zabrisky Zarina ZarinaZabrisky 18 April 2022 Luhansk region The Russians opened fire on the cars with civilians trying to leave Kremennaya 4 dead 1 wounded Medics cannot reach her because of the endless shelling and street fighting Serhiy Gaidai head of the Luhansk OVA Tweet Retrieved 24 April 2022 via Twitter Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors as Donbas offensive increases 27 May 2022 Archived from the original on 27 May 2022 Retrieved 27 May 2022 Russian missile attack on high rise building in Donetsk region death toll rises to 15 10 July 2022 Archived from the original on 10 July 2022 Retrieved 10 July 2022 Chasiv Yar death toll rises to 34 in one of Russia s deadliest attacks so far the Guardian 12 July 2022 Retrieved 13 July 2022 3 696 civilians killed and 4 957 wounded from the start of the invasion until 10 October 132 with 732 killed and 1 371 wounded up to 24 February 133 leaving a total of 3 696 civilians killed and 4 957 wounded counted by the U N during the period of the battle The Russians are determined Ukrainian soldiers defending Donbas city try to keep up morale under fire Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 Retrieved 26 May 2022 Mayor 204 Bakhmut residents killed 505 injured since start of full scale invasion Ukraine war 60 people killed after bomb hits school Zelensky says BBC News 8 May 2022 Archived from the original on 9 May 2022 Retrieved 23 May 2022 1204 civilians were killed and 2 588 wounded during the period of the invasion 134 of which 245 civilians were killed and 789 were wounded between 24 February 18 April 135 leaving a total of 959 civilians killed and 1 899 wounded between 18 April 13 November Russia takes Donbas town but Ukrainian frontline still holding The Guardian 19 April 2022 Archived from the original on 22 April 2022 Retrieved 19 April 2022 Up to 26 May 2022 at least 1 500 people had been killed since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 136 Archived 28 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine including around 400 who died by 12 April 2022 137 Archived 26 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine Russian forces have upper hand in Donbas fighting Ukrainian officials say TheGuardian com 26 May 2022 Archived from the original on 28 May 2022 Retrieved 26 May 2022 8 killed in Lysychansk as Russian forces try to storm the city Ukrainian military official says 27 June 2022 723 civilians killed in the period 18 April 27 June 554 civilians killed up until 18 April 138 1277 civilians killed up until 30 September 139 leaving a total of 306 civilians dead during the period of the battle 328 wounded between 18 April and 27 June 15 wounded 18 April 140 14 wounded 19 April 141 7 wounded 21 April 142 19 wounded 22 April 143 6 wounded 23 April 144 9 wounded 25 April 145 12 wounded 26 April 146 3 wounded 27 April 147 2 wounded 28 April 148 5 wounded 29 April 149 8 wounded 1 May 150 8 wounded 2 May 151 1 wounded 3 May 152 5 wounded 6 May 153 5 wounded 8 May 154 10 wounded 10 May 155 4 wounded 13 May 156 5 wounded 19 May 157 3 wounded 20 May 158 3 wounded 24 May 159 19 wounded 26 May 160 4 wounded 30 May 161 14 wounded 31 May 162 1 wounded 2 June 163 1 wounded 5 June 164 3 wounded 7 June 165 6 wounded 8 June 166 28 wounded 9 June 167 2 wounded 13 June 168 3 wounded 14 June 169 10 wounded 20 June 170 16 wounded 21 June 171 9 wounded 22 June 172 22 wounded 27 June 173 6 wounded 28 June 174 9 wounded 29 June 175 5 wounded 30 June 176 5 wounded 7 July 177 31 wounded 11 July 178 Over 1 000 Civilians Killed During Russian Occupation of Izyum 13 September 2022 https english nv ua nation fierce fighting around luhansk region leaves six civilians dead russia invasion of ukraine 50244033 html Archived 21 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 179 Archived 8 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 180 Archived 22 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 181 Archived 23 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 182 183 Archived 23 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 184 Archived 29 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 185 Archived 23 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 186 Archived 24 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 187 Archived 15 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 188 Archived 15 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 189 Archived 16 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 190 Archived 17 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 191 Archived 21 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine 192 Archived 26 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 193 Archived 29 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 194 195 196 197 600 injured in recent bombing of Azovstal steel plant Mariupol mayor says 29 April 2022 Archived from the original on 3 May 2022 Retrieved 23 May 2022 The overview of the current social and humanitarian situation in the territory of the Donetsk People s Republic as a result of hostilities in the period 04 and 11 November 2022 LPR mission reveals total number of casualties due to Ukrainian shelling since escalation TASS Retrieved 13 October 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Donbas 2022 present amp oldid 1170781724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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