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2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive

2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
Part of the eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date6 September – 1 October 2022
(3 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast)
Result Ukrainian victory[1][2][3][4]
Belligerents
 Ukraine

 Russia

Commanders and leaders
Oleksandr Syrskyi[5][6] Alexander Lapin[7]
Strength

Russian claim:

8 times larger than the strength of Russian troops (first phase)[8]

First Phase:
18,000 troops,
500 tanks[9][10]

Second Phase:
5,500 troops[11]
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Per Ukraine (first phase):
Tens of thousands killed, captured or deserted[12]

Per Ukraine (second phase):
1,500+ killed,
5,000 prisoners[16][17]

A major Ukrainian counteroffensive[a] operation began on 6 September 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[18] Following the launch of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.[19]

During the offensive, Ukraine retook over 500 settlements and 12,000 square kilometers of territory in the Kharkiv region.[20][21]

  1. ^ Zagorodnyuk, Andriy (13 September 2022). "Ukrainian victory shatters Russia's reputation as a military superpower". Atlantic council. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Kim (11 September 2022). "Ukraine claims one of the most significant victories of the war as Russia retreats from key city". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ Oliphant, Roland (9 September 2022). "Ukraine takes 'substantial' victory over Russians in Kharkiv offensive". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference encircleskey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Harald Stutte (4 October 2022). "Der General, der Putins Armee drei Mal narrte". RND (in German). Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ Ministry of Defence of Ukraine [@DefenceU] (10 September 2022). "[...] The Commander of Ukrainian Land Forces, Hero of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi is leading the Ukrainian offensive in this sector. [...]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 1". Institute for the Study of War. 1 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Ukraine troops 'outnumbered Russia's 8 times' in counterattack". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Inside the Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Russian Troops Are Dashing Around Ukraine Trying To Block Ukrainian Counterattacks". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. ^ "New AFU Victory May Be in the Works: Russian Forces in Lyman Are "Effectively Surrounded"". 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b Axe, David. "12,000 Russian Troops Were Supposed To Defend Kaliningrad. Then They Went To Ukraine To Die". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  13. ^ "The Ukrainian Army Is Surrounding 10,000 Russian Troops In The East". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  14. ^ "A Hundred Wrecked Tanks In A Hundred Hours: Ukraine Guts Russia's Best Tank Army". Forbes. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Operational update". kmu.gov.ua. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  16. ^ Olmos, Sergio (6 October 2022). "Russian soldiers left for dead after heavy defeat in Lyman 'cauldron'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  17. ^ Merkx, Gilbert W. (2023). "Russia's War in Ukraine: Two Decisive Factors". Journal of Advanced Military Studies. 14 (2): 13–33. doi:10.21140/mcuj.20231402001. Project MUSE 909028.
  18. ^ Сергей Добрынин (8 September 2022). "Украина диктует ход войны. Наступление ВСУ под Харьковом и Херсоном". Радио Свобода. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian_20220910 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ "Ukraine must demine 12,000 km2 of liberated areas in Kharkiv region: official". Reuters. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Ukraine Liberated Hundreds Of Settlements In Past Month, Kyiv Says, As Russian Strikes Continue". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.


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الهجوم الأوكراني المضاد في خاركيف 2022 Arabic Харкаўскае контрнаступленне Узброеных сіл Украіны (2022) BE Contraofensiva de Khàrkiv de 2022 Catalan Charkovská protiofenzíva (2022) Czech Ukrainische Gegenoffensive in der Ostukraine German Ουκρανική αντεπίθεση στην περιφέρεια Χαρκόβου Greek Contraofensiva del este de Ucrania de 2022 Spanish Offensive de Kharkiv (septembre 2022) French מתקפת הנגד במחוז חרקיב 2022 HE 2022-es harkivi ellentámadás Hungarian

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