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Siege of Chernihiv
Part of the northern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine Hotel in Chernihiv after bombardment by Russian forces
Date
24 February – 4 April 2022 (1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Result
Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia
Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces
Russian Airborne Forces
11th Guards Air Assault Brigade[1]
Russian Ground Forces
1st Guards Tank Army[2]
2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
36th Combined Arms Army[3]
41st Combined Arms Army
74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[4]
35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[5][6]
90th Guards Tank Division[7]
Ukrainian Armed Forces
1st Tank Brigade[8]
119th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)[9]
Different territorial and reserve units [10]
Strength
30,000 troops[11]
2,000 troops initially (1st Tank Brigade) [11]
Casualties and losses
Per Ukraine (as of 2 March): 132 soldiers killed[12][13] 200–250 soldiers captured[4][1][14] 56 fuel trucks destroyed[15]
Per Ukraine: 300–350 soldiers killed[16]
700+ civilians killed, 40 missing[17][18]
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northern Ukraine campaign
Antonov Airport
Chernobyl
Hostomel
Ivankiv
Kyiv
airstrikes
shopping centre bombing
Kyiv convoy
Vasylkiv
Bucha
massacre
Irpin
refugee column shelling
Makariv
Moshchun
Brovary
Slavutych
Borodianka
Hlukhiv
Konotop
Sumy
ammonia leak
Trostianets
Chernihiv
3 March bombing
16 March breadline attack
August 2023 missile strike
Okhtyrka
Lebedyn
Northeastern border
Desna
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Marinka
Avdiivka
Mariupol
hospital airstrike
theatre airstrike
art school bombing
Kharkiv
airstrikes
February cluster bombing
government building airstrike
March cluster bombing
April cluster bombing
dormitories missile strike
Chuhuiv Air Base
Volnovakha
massacre
Izium
massacre
Stara Krasnianka
Donetsk
March 2022 attack
June 2022 attack
September 2022 attack
2024 attack
Rubizhne
Popasna
Kramatorsk
railway station attack
restaurant attack
Sloviansk offensive
Battle of Donbas
Kreminna
Siverskyi Donets
school bombing
Sievierodonetsk
Toshkivka
1st Lyman
Sviatohirsk
Lysychansk
2024 missile strike
Siversk
Chasiv Yar
Pisky
Olenivka massacre
Bakhmut
Soledar
Vuhledar
Makiivka
Kharkiv counteroffensive
Balakliia
Kupiansk
civilian convoy shelling
2nd Lyman
Luhansk Oblast campaign
Lyman cluster bombing
Kostiantynivka
Hroza
Southern Ukraine campaign
Kherson
bombing
Melitopol
Mykolaiv
bombing
cluster bombing
government building airstrike
military quarters attack
Chornobaivka
Enerhodar
Zaporizhzhia NPP
1st and 2nd Voznesensk
Huliaipole
Orikhiv
Davydiv Brid
Crimea
Novofedorivka
1st Crimean Bridge
1st Sevastopol Naval Base
2nd Crimean Bridge
2nd Sevastopol Naval Base
Kherson counteroffensive
Prelude
Nova Kakhovka
Liberation of Kherson
Dnieper
Kakhovka Dam
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Zarichne
Other regions
Zaporizhzhia
civilian convoy attack
residential building airstrike
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kryvyi Rih
Lviv
Odesa
6 March 2024 strike
Zhytomyr
Rivne
Vinnytsia
Dnipro
2023 residential building airstrike
Yavoriv
Khmelnytskyi
Kremenchuk
Serhiivka
Chaplyne
Strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Sloviansk
Uman
Pokrovsk
2023 missile strike
2024 missile strike
29 December 2023 strikes
22 March 2024 strikes
Naval operations
Snake Island
Berdiansk
Moskva
Spillover and cross-border incidents
Western Russia
Millerovo
Dyagilevo and Engels air bases
Bryansk Oblast
Belgorod Oblast incursion
30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
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
Related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Soloti training ground shooting
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
The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 4 April 2022, Ukrainian authorities stated that the Russian military had left Chernihiv Oblast.[19]
The city was about 70% destroyed due to the siege.[20]
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^"Russia-Ukraine Warning Update: Initial Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment". Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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^"Ukraine vows to keep fighting as Russian forces close on Kyiv". 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^"Russia-Ukraine Warning Update: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26". Critical Threats. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^"Russia-Ukraine Warning Update: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2022". Critical Threats. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"General Staff: Battles ongoing along border, 20 Russian helicopters land near Kyiv". 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^"Тероборона — як готуються сили територіальної оборони по областях". Archived from the original on 4 June 2022.
^"Ukraine's Best Tank Brigade Has Won the Battle for Chernihiv". Forbes.
^ ab"Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital". The Washington Post.
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^"Ukraine Captures Russian Tank Battalion Commander". Facebook. 3 March 2022.
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^Initially following the siege, 700 civilians and soldiers were confirmed killed,[1] of which 350–400 were said to be civilians,[2][3] leaving an estimate of 300–350 soldiers killed
^"Ukraine war latest news: Railway strikes targeted arms supply routes - Russia". BBC News.
^"Chernihiv: About 700 people were killed during the blockade of the city by Russian troops – the mayor".
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^Ljungkvist, Kristin (11 August 2022). "A New Horizon in Urban Warfare in Ukraine?". Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies. 5 (1): 91–98. doi:10.31374/sjms.165.
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