Battle of Okhtyrka
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The Okhtyrka Battle
The Okhtyrka Battle
a component of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Eastern Ukraine offensive
Council of the City of Okhtyrka following the Russian invasion, 14 April 2022.
24 February through 26 March 2022 (1 month and 2 days)
Location Sumy Oblast, Ukraine — Okhtyrka
Ukrainian victory at 50°11′30′′N 34°57′00′′E
Continued bombing of Okhtyrka[1]
Entities at War Russia Ukraine
Russian Armed Forces personnel involved Ukrainian Military
losses and casualties
Unknown
According to Ukraine, more than 70 people were killed (only on February 28). 32 injuries (as of 26 Feb.) [3]
Killing 100 civilians[4]
Ukraine is the country of Okhtyrka.
Okhtyrka
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The Okhtyrka conflict took place in and around the city of Okhtyrka in the Ukrainian region of Sumy. As a part of the Northeastern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it started on February 24, 2022. Fighting began in the outskirts of the city as Russian soldiers sought to take the city. After the initial assault was defeated, artillery fire was used to attack the city. On March 26, 2022, it was announced that Ukrainian Forces had retaken the vital bastion of Trostianets. This threatened the Russian front by interfering with Russian communications and supply channels.
The Russian offensive has drawn criticism for its use of cluster bombs, which may have committed war crimes, and for the deaths of civilians.
Battle
Russian military entered Sumy Oblast on the morning of February 24. Conflict broke out at 07:30 in the nearby settlement of Velyka Pysarivka.
[5] After failing to take Okhtyrka, Russian forces withdrew the next day, leaving behind tanks and other supplies. [6]
Preschool in Okhtyrka was struck by BM-27 Uragan missiles on February 25.
[7] A toddler and two adults were killed by the rockets. According to Amnesty International, the missiles were supposedly cluster bombs, the usage of which might be considered a war crime. [8] According to Ukrainian sources, Russian soldiers fired shots at a bus carrying passengers near Okhtyrka. [9] [10] [11] According to Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the governor of Sumy Oblast, three further civilians perished in the city. [12]
Two Danish journalists were injured on February 26 when an unknown force fired at their automobile.
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According to reports, on February 27, Ukrainian forces stopped Russian tanks from advancing on the nearby town of Trostianets. Later, the town's mayor said, "Russians, Greetings from Hell! Fuck Ukraine, not you! Trostianets, and every Ukrainian city! We'll prevail! ". [15] Russian servicemen and civilians were slain during the day's battle, according to Zhyvytskyi. [2]
An oil facility in Okhtyrka was bombed and destroyed by Russian forces on February 28.
[16] Local authorities reported that when a Russian thermobaric bomb struck a military installation in Okhtyrka, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were also killed. [2] [17]
Zhyvytskyi asserted that the city's electricity and heating supplies were shut off on March 3 as a result of a Russian attack on the nearby combined heat and power plant.
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On March 10, early in the morning, Zhyvytskyi claimed that Okhtyrka was constantly being attacked, causing the city's infrastructure, such as the sewage system and water supply network, to be destroyed.
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The mayor of Okhtyrka, Pavlo Kuzmenko, reported on March 14 that a Russian airstrike that hit a residential area had resulted in the deaths of at least three civilians.
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Russian forces left Okhtyrka by March 26.
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Vacuum bomb
The thermobaric (vacuum) bomb was deployed by Russian forces near Okhtyrka, according to Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, who made this claim on February 28.
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[23] The use of thermobaric weapons, fuel-air explosives, or vacuum bombs against military objectives is not forbidden by international law. [24] [25] The United Nations (UN) Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons may forbid their use against civilian populations (CCW). [26]
The use of thermobaric weapons, according to Markarova, is against the Geneva Conventions.
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[29] 70 servicemen were killed in the attack, which devastated a Ukrainian military facility. [30]