Per Ukraine: Heavy casualties[50][51][52] At least ten planes shot down[53][54][55][56] At least several helicopters shot down[57]
530+ killed, 948+ wounded[58][59][60][61]
200+ captured[62]
Su-27 fighter shot down[63]
Antonov An-225 Mriya destroyed[64]
1,589+ civilians killed[65]
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massacre
Irpin
refugee column shelling
Makariv
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Brovary
Slavutych
Borodianka
Hlukhiv
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ammonia leak
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Bakhmut
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Kupiansk
civilian convoy shelling
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7 March 2022 military quarters attack
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29 December 2023 strikes
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Berdiansk
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The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast.[66][67][7][68] Kyiv is the seat of the Ukrainian government and the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[69]
Russian forces initially captured several towns and cities,[70][71] but logistical and supply failures, stiff Ukrainian resistance, and subsequent poor morale caused the advance to stall. With heavy losses and the inability to make further progress, Russia withdrew its forces from Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts in April 2022, and Ukrainian forces retook control.[72][73][74][7]
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