Battles of Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia
Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia battles
The Battle of Dovhenke has been mentioned as a possible merger with this article. (Discuss) since August 2022, a proposal.
Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia battles
a section of the 2022 Eastern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian invasion by Russia
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From June 7 through September 10, 2022 (3 months and 3 days)
Location: Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia
Ukrainian triumph as a result
Entities at War Russia
Donetsk Individuals' Republic
Luhansk Ukraine People's Republic
leaders and commanders
unknown unknown participating units
Defense Forces of Russia
Ukrainian Military
1st Mechanized Brigade, 93rd
losses and casualties
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The military clashes known as the Battles of Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia took place during the Donbas offensive between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and their allies in and around the villages of Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia, 20 kilometres north of the city of Sloviansk.
Contents
1 Background \s2 Battle
2.1 The initial assaults against the towns
2.2 Initial Ukrainian counteroffensive
2.3 The second Ukrainian counterattack resulted in Izyum's fall.
3 References
Background
Primary Articles Donbass War and Eastern Ukraine Offensive 2022
Izium, a vital city railway crossroads in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, was taken over by Russian soldiers.
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[4] Izium's deputy mayor, Volodymyr Matsokin, stated the next day in an interview with Ukrinform that 80% of the city's residential structures had been destroyed and that the recent conflict had left the city without power, heat, or water. On April 18, Kreminna became the first city to fall to the Russians and rebels during the Battle of Donbas, to which both Russia and Ukraine diverted their forces. 200 civilians were reportedly killed, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, while the actual number of casualties may be significantly higher. On April 25, Russian servicemen were reportedly killed by a gas explosion in the Russian-occupied Kreminna City Hall, according to Ukrainian sources. [5] Lyman and Sviatohirsk, the final Ukrainian-controlled cities north of the Donets River, were overrun by Russian and separatist forces on May 27 and June 8, respectively. [6] After seizing these cities, the battle moved to the forests and settlements between Izium and Sloviansk, including Dovhenke, Bohorodychne, and Krasnopillya [ru; uk].
Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia's strategic location south of the Donets River makes them important. All Ukrainian-held towns north of the river have been taken over by Russian forces since late May, despite Ukrainian forces' efforts to block their attempts to build a bridge across the river. Russian and separatist forces would be able to advance southward to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, two of the remaining significant Ukrainian-held cities in Donetsk Oblast and a key area of the Donbas War, by seizing Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia. [7] [8] On July 6, Sloviansk Mayor Vadim Liak urged citizens to leave the city because of recent increases in shelling in civilian areas and the potential for combat there.
Battle
initial assaults on the towns
On June 7, joint Russian and LPR forces launched the initial offensive towards Krasnopillia via the woodlands south of Izyum, Sviatohirsk, Synychyne, and Studenok in the direction of the city of Sloviansk, but were stopped at Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia.
[2] On June 17, Russian and LPR forces restarted the onslaught in an effort to make a more significant breakthrough close to the towns, but a Ukrainian counteroffensive drove them back. [9] [10] On June 24, Russian artillery shelled villages near Bohorodychne, Krasnopillia, and other nearby settlements. [11] Six days later, on June 30, Russian and LPR forces attempted another breakthrough, but failed. [12]
The second Russian onslaught was on July 7, when Russian forces launched an unsuccessful attack on Bohorodychne, Krasnopillia, and the surrounding village of Dolyna. That same day, Russian soldiers also unsuccessfully tried to bypass Barvinkove from the east with the purpose of blocking the E40 Izium-Sloviansk highway, a major supply line for Ukrainian troops. [13] On July 11 and 12, Krasnopillia experienced a significant onslaught, and Dibrivne, Mazanivka, Adamivka, and Kurulka—all villages close to Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia—were subjected to heavy fire. [14] [15] Further Russian assaults from the northern regions of Krasnopillia and Dolyna, which were purportedly made in an effort to further cut off the Izium-Sloviansk route, were defeated the following day, on July 13. [16]
On July 17 and 18, Russian offensives against Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia were unsuccessfully relaunched, and the towns and surrounding localities were heavily shelled.
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[18] On July 21, shelling at Bohorodychne, Krasnopillia, and nearby settlements resumed. [19] On July 26, Russian soldiers launched yet another fruitless onslaught against Krasnopillia and Bohorodychne. [20] On July 31, when Russian forces started shelling Bohorodychne, Krasnopillia, and neighbouring villages from the Russian-held settlement of Dmytrivka, attacks resumed. [21]
Ukrainian first counterattack
Main Article: Dovhenke Battle
On 5 August, presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych reported that the Ukrainian army had initiated a new counteroffensive near Izium against Russian soldiers and that fighting had started again in Dovhenke.
[22] The area, including Dovhenke, was subjected to intense Russian bombing the following day;[23] this continued on August 7. [24] In these counterattacks, Ukrainian soldiers also succeeded in capturing the villages of Dibrivne and Dmytrivka. [25]
Mazanivka was retaken by Ukrainian forces on August 9[26]. On August 21, Russian ground offensives resumed, attempting to reclaim settlements that Ukraine had just retaken in the south and southeast of Izium. On August 22, Ukrainian sources claimed that Russian forces had attempted to push onto Dmytrivka and Nova Dmytrivka and had intensified their attacks on Krasnopillia. [25] [27]
The second Ukrainian counterattack ended with Izyum falling.
Eastern Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2022
The inhabitants of Izium, Kupiansk, and Velykyi Burluk was ordered to "evacuate" on September 9 by the administration supported by Russia.
[28] Later on in the day, Ukrainian forces arrived in Kupiansk, a crucial crossroads where multiple major rail lines that supply Russian troops at the front converge. [29] According to the Institute for the Study of War, Kupyansk is expected to fall within the next 72 hours. [30] Russian reserve units were dispatched as reinforcements to Kupiansk and Izium in reaction to the Ukrainian offensive. [31]
On September 10, Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured Kupiansk and Izium and were moving closer to Lyman.
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[33] Photos of soldiers saluting the Ukrainian flag outside Kupiansk City Hall were shared on Facebook by Natalia Popova, the head of Kharkiv Regional Council.
[34] Police and security personnel from Ukraine entered the retaken settlements to verify the IDs of residents who had remained under Russian rule. [35] Later that day, Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk Oblast, said that Ukrainian partisans had apparently taken some of Kreminna while Ukrainian army had moved into the Lysychansk suburbs. The collapse of the strategically significant city of Izium in eastern Ukraine, according to the New York Times, "is the most catastrophic blow to Russia since its humiliating retreat from Kyiv." [36] In response to these events, Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, asserted that Russian forces in the Balakliya and Izyum region will "regroup" in the Donetsk region "in order to achieve the stated aims of the special military operation to liberate Donbas." According to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, "The Russian army is currently exhibiting to its fullest ability by turning its back." Of course, choosing to run was the right move for them. [37] He asserted that since the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine has reclaimed 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi). [38]