"Kherson offensive" redirects here. Not to be confused with 2022 Kherson counteroffensive.
For Ukraine's recapture of the city, see Liberation of Kherson.
Battle of Kherson
Part of the southern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date
24 February – 2 March 2022 (6 days)
Location
In and around Kherson, Ukraine
Result
Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia
Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces
58th Combined Arms Army
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division[1]
22nd Army Corps
126th Coastal Defense Brigade[1]
Russian Airborne Forces
7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division[1]
56th Guards Air Assault Regiment[2]
247th Guards Air Assault Regiment[3]
Ukrainian Armed Forces
59th Motorized Brigade[4](on 24 February)
124th Territorial Defense Brigade
192nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Kherson)[5]
194th Territorial Defense Battalion (Bilozerka)
Casualties and losses
1 Su-25 aircraft 1 Mi-24 helicopter Per Ukraine: Heavy
Per Ukraine: ~300 soldiers and civilians killed
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Antonov Airport
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Ivankiv
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ammonia leak
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Kherson counteroffensive
Prelude
Nova Kakhovka
Liberation of Kherson
Dnieper
Kakhovka Dam
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Zarichne
Other regions
Zaporizhzhia
civilian convoy attack
residential building airstrike
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6 March 2024 strike
Zhytomyr
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29 December 2023 strikes
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Naval operations
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Spillover and cross-border incidents
Western Russia
Millerovo
Dyagilevo and Engels air bases
Bryansk Oblast
Belgorod Oblast incursion
30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
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2024 western Russia incursion
Moscow
Kremlin drone attack
May 2023 drone strikes
Transnistria
Poland
Przewodów
Belarus
Machulishchy
Resistance
Ukrainian resistance
Belarusian–Russian anti-war resistance
rail war in Belarus
rail war in Russia
Russian commissariat attacks
Ust-Ilimsk shooting
St. Petersburg cafe bombing
General topics
War crimes
Economic impact
Peace negotiations
Collaboration with Russia
Russian emigration
Attacks on civilians
Nuclear risk
Humanitarian impacts
Russian annexation
Treatment of prisoners of war
Timeline
24 Feb – 7 Apr 2022
8 Apr – 28 Aug 2022
29 Aug – 11 Nov 2022
12 Nov 2022 – 7 Jun 2023
8 Jun 2023 – 31 Aug 2023
1 Sep – 30 Nov 2023
1 Dec 2023 – 31 March 2024
1 April 2024 – present
Related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Soloti training ground shooting
2022 Russian mobilization
2022 Russian martial law
2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine
2022 Russian Far East protests
Zeitenwende speech
Lady R incident
Brovary helicopter crash
Black Sea drone incident
Belgorod accidental bombing
Wagner Group rebellion
Wagner Group plane crash
Synytsia
Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Skadovsk polling center bombing
June 2024 Ukraine peace conference
The battle of Kherson began on 24 February 2022, as part of the southern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] The battle ended on 2 March 2022 with the capture of the city of Kherson by Russian forces.[7][8] Russia then began a military occupation of the area.
The battle of Kherson was a major defeat for Ukraine; Kherson was the first major city, and the only regional capital, to be captured by Russian forces during the 2022 invasion.[9][10] Russian forces also took the city with little resistance, which has been attributed to treachery on the part of several local officials.
^ abcClark, Mason; Barros, George; Stepanenko, Kateryna. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2022". Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^King, Laura (25 August 2022). "A soldier's tale: Russian serviceman's scathing memoir depicts a senseless war". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^Filatyev, Pavel (17 August 2022). "'They turned us into savages': Russian soldier describes start of Ukraine invasion". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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^Ainsworth, Richard (23 February 2023). "The Powerful Imagery that Defines Ukraine : A nation grieving yet resilient"(Article). The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023. Russia had captured the area during the Battle of Kherson in the first week of the 2022 invasion.
^Clark, Mason; Barros, George; Stepanenko, Kateryna (3 March 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 3" (Historical research and analysis). Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Washington, D.C., United States: ISW Press. pp. 1–8. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024. The mayor of Kherson conditionally surrendered to the Russians.
^Staff of the Associated Press (4 March 2022). "Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Russia's war in Ukraine". AP News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023. Russian forces have captured the southern city of Kherson, a vital Black Sea port of 280,000—the first major city to fall.
^Lawrence, Christopher A. (2023). The Battle for Kyiv: The Fight for Ukraine's Capital. Croydon, England: Frontline Books. pp. 114–119. ISBN 978-1-39904-848-4. Kherson was the only regional capital captured by Russia in the first eighteen months of this war.
^Craeghs, Esra; Wouters, Jan (2023). "The prosecution of Putin before the International Criminal Court". Hasselt University, KU Leuven & Maastricht University (Theses and Dissertations). Hasselt University: 25. hdl:1942/40936. Retrieved 3 January 2024. ... the first city to fall following Russia's invasion was the city of Kherson.
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