Part of the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian casualties and damaged equipment in the aftermath of the battle
Date
8–16 September 2022 (1 week and 1 day)
Location
Kupiansk, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Result
Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia
Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Roman Berdnikov[1] Aleksandr Lapin Hennadiy Matsegora[2]
Oleksandr Syrskyi[3] Andriy Nikolaychuk †[4]
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces
Rosgvardiya
OMON[5]
Russian Airborne Forces
Ukrainian Armed Forces
92nd OMBr[6]
25th Airborne Assault Brigade[7]
80th Air Assault Brigade[8]
Kraken Regiment[9]
Security Service of Ukraine
SBU Alpha Group
National Guard of Ukraine[10]
Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim: 130+ killed, 16 captured[11][12]
Unknown
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kyiv offensive
Antonov Airport
Chernobyl
Hostomel
Ivankiv
Kyiv
shopping centre bombing
Kyiv convoy
Vasylkiv
Bucha
massacre
Irpin
refugee column shelling
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School bombing
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1st Lyman
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Bohorodychne & Krasnopillia
Lysychansk
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Chasiv Yar
Pisky
Olenivka
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Balakliia
Shevchenkove
Kupiansk
civilian convoy shelling
2nd Lyman
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Enerhodar
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Huliaipole
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Prelude
Nova Kakhovka
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Chulakivka
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Poland
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Resistance
Ukrainian resistance
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rail war in Belarus
rail war in Russia
Russian commisariat attacks
Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting
Possibly related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Transnistria attacks
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
The Battle of Kupiansk was the third battle of the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive that began on September 8, 2022 and ended on September 16, 2022. A Financial Times article on 28 September depicted the battle as "The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine."[13]
^"Командувача військ західного округу РФ Берднікова зняли з посади після успішного наступу ЗСУ на Харківщині". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
^"In Kupiansk, in northeast Ukraine, liberation came at a steep cost". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
^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.
^"Залишилася дружина та маленькі діти: вшануймо хвилиною мовчання військовослужбовця Андрія Ніколайчука". 19 September 2022.
^"IL Ukrainassa: Kraken-yksikkö työnsi venäläiset ulos Kupianskista – taisteluissa kaduilla juoksi sikoja ja venäläiset pakenivat metsään".
^Gerashchenko, Anton [@Gerashchenko_en] (11 September 2022). "Warriors of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade found an army electrician's "Manual for taking over the world" in Russian positions near Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast. All the notes were made by hand. Straightaway we can see the power of the Russian army. t.co/Py9vKuR6NI" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^"Occupiers say they have left Izium and other settlements, while Ukrainian troops show a video: We are in Izium".
^"Ukrainian forces capture key town as counteroffensive gathers pace: Kyiv". Newsweek. 10 September 2022.
^"IL Ukrainassa: Kraken-yksikkö työnsi venäläiset ulos Kupianskista – taisteluissa kaduilla juoksi sikoja ja venäläiset pakenivat metsään".
^"Ukrainian serviceman on liberated Kupiansk: Collaborators in basements, children taken to Russia".
^"Armed Forces of Ukraine advance on Kramatorsk front, killing up to 100 occupiers near Kupiansk General Staff".
^"IL Ukrainassa: Kraken-yksikkö työnsi venäläiset ulos Kupianskista – taisteluissa kaduilla juoksi sikoja ja venäläiset pakenivat metsään".
^"The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine". Financial Times(FT). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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Global Information
Russia
Ukraine
Hennadiy Matsegora[2]
25th Airborne Assault Brigade[7]
80th Air Assault Brigade[8]
SBU Alpha Group