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The cluster includes all the forms of the country starting with the Cossack Hetmanate.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Cossack Hetmanate
Cossack Hetmanate (Russia)
Ukrainian Republic
Ukraine State / Hetmanate
Ukraine (Germany)
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukraine
Establishment
August 1649: The Khmelnytsky Uprising led to the creation of the cossack hetmanate
Chronology
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A Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine.
A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
2.1.Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
Was a major conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that ended with significant Russian territorial gains.
June 1655: A Polish army (allied with the Tatars) crushed a Russian-Ukrainian contingent at Zhashkov.
January 1664: Towards the end of 1663, the Polish-Lithuanian King crossed the Dnieper and invaded Left-bank Ukraine.
February 1664: The Poles loose Left-Bank Ukraine.
2.1.1.Truce of Andrusovo
The Truce of Andrusovo established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed in 1667 between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had fought the Russo-Polish War since 1654 over the territories of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus.
January 1667: During the 1667 truce of Andrusovo, the region of Zaporizhzhia fell under condominium of both the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Kingdom of Poland.
January 1667: In 1667, the Russo-Polish war ended with the Treaty of Andrusovo, which split the Cossack Hetmanate along the Dnieper River: Left-bank Ukraine enjoyed a degree of autonomy within the Tsardom of Russia, while Right-bank Ukraine remained part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
2.2.Great Northern War
Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
2.2.1.Phase 1: Swedish Dominance
Was the first phase of the Great Northern War, characterized by Swedish victories.
2.2.1.1.Russian Campaign of Charles XII
Was the Swedish invasion of the Tsardom of Russia during the first phase of the Great Northern War.
December 1708: Siege and storming of Weprik.
January 1709: In 1709, during the Great Northern War, Weprik was besieged and stormed by Swedish forces under the command of King Charles XII. The siege resulted in the territory falling under Swedish military occupation.
February 1709: Battle of Krasnokutsk.
April 1709: Siege of Poltava.
July 1709: The Swedish force was decisively defeated by Peter the Great of Russia at Poltava near the River Dnieper.
July 1709: The troops around King Karl reached the Bug on July 17, where the pasha gave Ochakov permission to enter the Ottoman Empire. This ended Charles' Russian campaign in a catastrophic defeat.
Were a series of Wars between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.
3.1.Polish-Cossack-Tatar War (1666-1671)
Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire over territories in Ukraine.
November 1667: In 1667, Podhajce was invaded by Tatars during the ongoing conflict between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate (Russia).
3.2.Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)
Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. The war ended with the Commonwealth ceding control of most of its Ukraine territories to the Ottomans.
3.2.1.First Phase of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)
Was the first phase of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676), where the Ottomans invaded the Ukrainian territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
September 1672: The Ottoman forces, led by Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed and Sultan Mehmed IV, invaded Polish Ukraine in 1672. They successfully captured the Commonwealth fortress at Kamieniec Podolski, marking a significant victory for the Ottoman Empire.
Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.
January 1918: With the help of the Kiev Arsenal Uprising, the Bolsheviks captured the city.
4.1.Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil War
Local independence movement caused several secessions and revolts during the Russian Civil War.
4.1.1.Pro-independence and White movements in Crimea during the Russian Civil War
Were a series of revolts and secessions in Crimea during the Russian Civil War.
December 1917: The Crimean People's Republic existed from December 1917 to January 1918 in the Crimean Peninsula.
March 1918: The Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic existed from 19 March to 30 April 1918 and was recognised by the Russian SFSR.
April 1918: With the assistance of the German Empire, the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic was quickly overrun by forces of Ukraine. By the end of April 1918, the majority of the CEC and the Council of People's Commissars, including council leader Anton Slutsky and local Bolshevik chief Jan Tarwacki, were arrested and shot in Alushta by insurgent Crimean Tatars. On 30 April, the Republic was abolished.
4.1.2.Establishment of the Don Republic
The Don Republic was an anti-Bolshevik republic formed by the Armed Forces of South Russia on the territory of the Don Cossacks, during the Russian Civil War.
May 1918: The assembly of the Don Cossacks - the Krug - proclaimed the independence of the Don Republic.
4.2.Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
Were a series of insurrections that resulted in the Bolshevik conquest of most of European Russia.
February 1918: Bolsheviks take control of Kyiv and Vologda.
4.3.Ice March
Was a military withdrawal during the Russian Civil War. Under attack by the Red Army advancing from the north, the forces of the Volunteer Army, sometimes referred to as the White Guard, began a retreat from the city of Rostov south towards the Kuban.
February 1918: By the beginning of 1918 better-organised and stronger Communist forces began an advance from the north, capturing Taganrog on the Sea of Azov on 10 February.
4.4.Ukrainian-Soviet War
Was a conflict between Ukrainian nationalist forces and the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. It also included a multitude of ethnical and local factions.
November 1917: The Rada announced a wider autonomy for the Ukrainian Republic, still maintaining ties to Russia.
December 1917: Bolshevik forces captured Kharkiv.
January 1918: Aleksandrovsk conquered by RSFSR.
January 1918: Poltava conquered by RSFSR.
January 1918: Bolsheviks take control of Zhitomir.
January 1918: Due to the aggression from Soviet Russia, on 25 January 1918, the Tsentralna Rada issued its Fourth Universal, breaking ties with Bolshevik Russia and proclaiming a sovereign Ukrainian state.
January 1918: The Bolsheviks quickly overran Poltava, Aleksandrovsk, and Yekaterinoslav by January 1918.
January 1918: Due to the declared indipendency from Russia] a series of regional Soviet republics on the territory of Ukraine proclaimed their independence and allegiance to the Petrograd sovnarkom (Odessa Soviet Republic).
February 1918: Ukraine was already independant from russia, but partially occupied by it and at same time already a German protectorate. It joined the treaty to push out the red army. Ukraine signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to obtain military help from the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires. Germany helped the Ukrainian Army force the Bolsheviks out of Ukraine. By April the German-Austrian Operation Faustschlag offensive had completely removed the Bolsheviks from Ukraine. Thus Germany was able to made entire Ukraine a protectorate.
February 1918: Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic was a self-declared Soviet republic of the Russian SFSR founded on 12 February 1918.
February 1918: The Kuban People's Republic was proclaimed by the Kuban Rada on 28 January 1918 and declared its independence on 16 February.
March 1918: The Imperial German and Austro-Hungarian armies drove the Bolsheviks out of Ukraine, taking Kiev on March 1.
March 1918: The Odessa Soviet Republic ceased to exist altogether when it was sacked by German and Austro-Hungarian troops two months after its creation.
March 1918: In accordance with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic was abolished.
April 1918: Kharkov conquered by germany.
April 1918: Former Imperial Russian Army General Pavlo Skoropadsky led a successful German-backed coup against the Rada on April 29. He proclaimed the conservative Ukrainian State (also known as the "Hetmanate") with himself as monarch, and reversed many of the socialist policies.
November 1918: When the Central Powers were defeated on the Western Front, Germany completely withdrew from Ukraine. Skoropadsky left Kiev with the Germans, and the Hetmanate was in turn overthrown by the socialist Directorate.
December 1918: The Ukrainian Front took the important strategic railroad connection in Kupyansk.
January 1919: On January 3, the Red Army took Kharkiv.
January 1919: The troops under the command of Mykola Schors occupied Chernihiv.
January 1919: The Soviet Army took Poltava while the Ukrainian troops retreated further to Kremenchuk.
January 1919: Act Zluky: The government of the West Ukrainian People's Republic officially united with the Ukrainian People's Republic.
January 1919: On January 26 Dybenko (RSFSR) took Katerynoslav.
February 1919: Kiev fell to the Bolshevisk on February 5, 1919.
February 1919: Oleksandria and Yelyzavethrad conquered by RSFSR.
March 1919: On March 2 Ukrainian military leader Otaman Hryhoryev occupied Kherson.
March 1919: In Northern Ukraine, Soviet troops took Ovruch and Chernigov.
March 1919: Soviet troops crossed the line Korosten - Zhitomir - Uman - Olviopol - Kherson - Melitopol.
March 1919: Declaration of the Ukrainian Soviet republic.
March 1919: Ukrainian Bolsheviks took Mykolaiv.
March 1919: Surprisingly, by the end of March the Ukrainian armies successfully conducted series of military operations liberating Sarny, Zhytomyr, Korosten, and threatening to take back Kiev.
April 1919: By April 3 the Entente forces evacuated from Odessa.
April 1919: By the middle of April, the Bolsheviks defeated the army of the UNR and crossed the Novohrad-Volynsky-Shepetivka-Proskurov-Mogilev-Podolsky line.
April 1920: Kiev Offensive: The Ukrainians led by Pilsudski struck on April 25, and captured Zhytomyr the following day.
May 1920: Kiev Offensive: The combined Polish-Ukrainian forces entered Kiev.
June 1920: Kiev was evacuated and left to the Soviets.
November 1921: With the Second Winter Campaign, Korosten was captured by communist forces.
4.4.1.Southern Russia intervention (Russian Civil War)
Was an Allied military intervention against the Bolsheviks in Ukraine between December 1918 and April 1919, during the Russian Civil War.
4.5.South Russia 1919 campaign
Was a military offensive by pro-White South Russia during the Russian Civil War.
June 1919: Russian general Denikin's troops took the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod.
August 1919: The Red Army, stretched thin by fighting on all fronts, was forced out of Kiev.
December 1919: The Red Army recaptured Kiev on 17 December.
4.5.1.Battle for the Donbass
Was a military campaign of the Russian Civil War in which White forces repulsed attacks of the Red Army on the Don Host Oblast and occupied the Donbass region.
November 1918: The Whites entered Lugansk and took controle of the Lugansk and Slovianoserbsk districts.
December 1918: The Cossacks entered Debaltsevo, Donetsk and Mariupol.
January 1919: The Lozovaya-Sinelnikovo line was taken by the communists.
January 1919: Bolshevik units led by Kozhevnikov units occupied Kostiantynivka and Bakhmut.
February 1919: The Makhno brigade recaptured Polohy.
March 1919: Makhno (Communists) seized Berdyansk on March 15.
March 1919: Units of the 13th Red Army attacked from the Northwest and forced the depleted Volunteer battalions to retreat from Debaltsevo.
March 1919: Communist and Anarchis detachments seized Volnovakha.
March 1919: On March 20, the Red Army captured Donesk.
March 1919: They Bolsheviks pushed the enemy towards the south and west of the Donetsk basin.
March 1919: Mariupol conquered by russia.
March 1919: Andrei Shkuro's White troops broke through the front of the Reds at Krindachyovka and took Debaltsevo.
April 1919: The Red 1st Zadneprovskaya division of Pavel Dybenko seized Melitopol, cutting the White Azov Front in two.
May 1919: Lugansk conquered by South Russia (Whites).
May 1919: The Bolsheviks launched the offensive on May 14, and on the next day retook Lugansk.
May 1919: The Whites took Yenakiyevo.
May 1919: Shkuro's cavalry captured Donetsk (Yuzovka) and Avdeevka and the Kornilov division took Debaltsevo.
May 1919: Lugansk occupied by the Whites on 27 May.
4.6.Soviet westward offensive of 1918-25
Was a military campaign by the Russian SFSR into regions that had been evacuated by the German forces in eastern Europe after World War I.
4.6.1.Soviet westward offensive in Poland
Was a military offensive by the Russian SFSR in Poland after the German army left the area.
November 1918: Zhlobin conquered by RSFSR.
February 1919: The Soviet westward offensive came to a halt by late February.
4.7.Polish-Soviet War
Was a war between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I and during the Russian Civil War.
August 1919: Dubno and Krzemieniec in the Wołyń region were captured by Polish forces.
August 1919: The town and fortress of Równe was captured by Polish forces.
August 1919: On 18 August Zasław was occupied by Polish forces.
August 1919: Borysów conquered by Second Polish Republic.
June 1920: Soviet forces under Yakir captured the Bila Tserkva.
4.7.1.Battle of Warsaw
Were a series of battles during the Polish-Soviet war that resulted in the defeat of the invading Russian SFSR.
March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.
4.8.Evacuation of Crimea
Was an event in the Russian Civil War, in which the pro-White Russian State evacuated over sea from the Crimean Peninsula, their last stronghold on the Southern Front, bringing an end to the fighting on that Front.
November 1920: The Evacuation of the Crimea was an event in the Russian Civil War, in which the Russian State evacuated over sea from the Crimean Peninsula, their last stronghold on the Southern Front, bringing an end to the fighting on that Front.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
5.1.World War I eastern Front
Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.
5.1.1.Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Brest Peace in Russia) was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers (German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.
March 1918: Ukraine signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to obtain military help from the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires. Germany helped the Ukrainian Army force the Bolsheviks out of Ukraine. By April the German-Austrian Operation Faustschlag offensive had completely removed the Bolsheviks from Ukraine. Thus Germany was able to made entire Ukraine a protectorate.
5.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
5.2.1.Aftermath of World War I in Poland
Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Poland.
5.2.1.Polish-Ukrainian War
Was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian People's Republic).
February 1919: Ukrainians managed to surround Lviv on three sides.
May 1919: The Polish forces reached the Złota Lipa-Berezhany-Jezierna-Radziwiłłów line.
June 1919: By June 27 the Ukrainian forces had advanced 120 km along the Dnister river and on another they had advanced 150 km, past the town of Brody.
July 1919: The Ukrainian Galician Army and ZUNR leadership were pushed back to the line of the Zbruch river on 16-18 July, after which ZUNR was occupied by Poland.
On 28 December 1922, a conference of plenipotentiary delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
December 1922: In 1922, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was admitted to the Soviet Union.
Was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full independence.
August 1991: Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Are a series of conflicts that are considered to be a consequence of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
8.1.Russo-Ukrainian War
Is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, part of the conflicts related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main reasons for the conflict are the control of the Ukrainian territories of Donbas and Crimea (both territories have a substantial Russian-speaking populations, in particular Crimea has a majority Russian-speaking population) and Russian influence in former USSR countries. The war started in 2014 with the Russian annexion of Crimea and the Russian-sponsored secession of the the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine. After a phase of low-level warfare (2016-2021), Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
November 2022: The river Island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin within the Dnieper River returned to Ukrainian control on 11 November.
November 2022: The Russian Offensive stalled just south to Huliaipole.
November 2022: The Russian army actively pushes on both sides of Bakhmut, in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2022: Russia re-occupied the previously liberated Dnipro river island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin close to Kherson.
January 2023: Russian state media reported that Russian forces advanced into Orikhiv and Huliaipole towns in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
February 2023: The Wagner Group claims the capture of the depopulated Sakko I Vantsetti village.
February 2023: The Wagner Group captured the village of Krasna Hora north of Bakhmut.
May 2023: Ukrainian troops counterattack near Khromove and Bila Hora, advancing 2.6 km along a 3 km-wide front.
May 2023: Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic, said that Russian forces had seized several Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka.
May 2023: The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken about 20sq km (7.5sq miles) of territory from Russian forces in the north and south of the outskirts of Bakhmut
May 2023: Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed on Telegram that his Wagner mercenaries had completely captured Bakhmut.
December 2023: The Ukrainian military acknowledged that Russian forces had advanced by between 1.5 and 2 kilometres in parts of the Avdiivka sector in the past two months
December 2023: Russia said that its forces had taken Marinka while Ukrainian officials said fighting was still ongoing.
January 2024: The Ukrainian military confirmed the capture of the village of Krokhmalne, 30 kilometres southeast of Kupiansk, by Russian forces.
February 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Pobieda, five kilometers west of Donetsk.
February 2024: The Ukrainian military announced that it had withdrawn from the village of Lastochkyne, west of Avdiivka. Russia later said it had taken the village and claimed to have pushed back Ukrainian forces by 10 kilometers.
February 2024: Ukrainian forces withdrew from the villages of Stepove and Sieverne near Avdiivka. Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said that defence lines in the area had "stabilised" along the Tonenke-Orlivka-Berdychi axis.
February 2024: The Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade claimed that they drove out Russian troops from Krasnohorivka a day after Russian forces entered it
March 2024: Russia claimed to have retaken the southern part of Robotyne.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Nevelske, Donetsk Oblast.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Orlivka, four kilometers west of Avdiivka.
March 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Tonenke, 10 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
March 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Ivanivske, west of Bakhmut.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Vodiane, near Avdiivka.
April 2024: Russian forces entered the village of Pervomaiske, ten kilometers west of Avdiivka, and took control of Krasnohorivka. Fighting was also reported north of Avdiivka, at a farmstead on the outskirts of Novokalynove.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Pervomaiske, 11 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Bohdanivka, three kilometers from Chasiv Yar.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, 20 kilometres from Vuhledar.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, which was attributed to a rotational error by Ukrainian military commanders that left the sector mostly undefended and led to Russian forces advancing by five kilometers.
April 2024: Russia seized the village of Novobakhmutivka, ten kilometers northwest of Avdiivka.
April 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Semenivka, five kilometers west of Avdiivka.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken Berdychi, near Avdiivka.
May 2024: Ukrainian forces claimed a series of successful counterattacks against Russian forces near Bakhmut, resulting in an advance of some 500 metres
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Novokalynove, ten kilometers north of Avdiivka.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Keramik in Donetsk Oblast.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast for the second time since the start of the invasion in 2022.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Arkhanhelske, north of Donetsk and near Ocheretyne.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Netailove, 15 kilometers northwest of Donetsk, and Ivanivka, 20 kilometers east of Kupiansk.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Umanske, 30 kilometers northwest of Donetsk.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Paraskoviivka, 25 kilometers southwest of Donetsk.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Staromaiorske, southwest of Donetsk.
June 2024: Myasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast is conquered by Russia.
June 2024: The Ukrainian Azov Brigade claimed to have advanced by one kilometer and pushed out Russian forces in the Serebryansky forest in Luhansk Oblast.
June 2024: Russian forces took the village of Novooleksandrivka In Donetsk Oblast.
June 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Shumy, ten kilometers east of Toretsk.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the Novy district of Chasiv Yar.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Sokil, 30 kilometers northwest of Donetsk.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the settlement of Chyhari (part of Pivdenne) in Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Yasnobrodivka, 45 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
July 2024: DeepStateMap.Live reported that Russia had captured the village of Yevhenivka.
July 2024: DeepStateMap.Live reported that Russia had recaptured the village of Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: The Ukrainian military said that its positions in Krynky had been destroyed by Russian attacks, but denied that it had retreated from the village. However, many sources stated that Ukrainian forces had completely withdrawn from the village.
July 2024: In Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces took the village of Spirne.
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Prohres in Donetsk Oblast. DeepStateMap.Live additionally reported the fall of Rozdolivka to the Russians.
July 2024: The Russian military claimed to have taken the village of Ivano-Daryivka, 30 kilometers northeast of Bakhmut
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Lozuvatske in Donetsk Oblast, 24 kilometers east of Pokrovsk.
July 2024: Russian forces took the villages of Novoselivka Persha, 20 kilometers northwest of Avdiivka, and Vovche in Donetsk Oblast.
July 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Vesele in Donetsk Oblast.
August 2024: Russian forces seized the village of Serhiivka , east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russian forces seized the villages of Ivanivka and Svyrdonivka , both 15 kilometers east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Zhelanne and Orlivka , east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now 10 kilometers away from Pokrovsk, and urged all citizens to evacuate.
August 2024: Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now six kilometers away from Myrnohrad.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Novozhelanne and Zavitne, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russia captured the villages of Skuchne and Mezhove, east of Pokrovsk, and claimed to have taken the city of Zalizne, southeast of Toretsk.
August 2024: Russia claimed to have taken New York, south of Toretsk.
August 2024: Russian forces took the settlement of Komyshivka, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russia seized the settlement of Ptyche, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russian forces made their first visually confirmed advance into Toretsk, entering it from the south.
August 2024: Russia was visually confirmed to have seized the village of Mykolaivka, east of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: Russia captured the village of Kalynove, southeast of Pokrovsk, and likely captured the village of Kostiantynivka, southwest of Donetsk. It also took full control over the city of Novohrodivka, nine kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk.
August 2024: The Ukrainian military said that Russian forces were in partial control over Chasiv Yar, adding that the city was now destroyed.
August 2024: and captured the village of Karlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
September 2024: Russia likely captured the villages of Mykhailivka and Dolynivka, southeast of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia likely seized the village of Halytsynivka, southeast of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia was visually confirmed to have captured Prechystivka, west of Vuhledar.
September 2024: The Azov Brigade claimed to have retaken parts of Niu York and relieved trapped Ukrainian units in the area.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Vodiane, five kilometers from Vuhledar.
September 2024: Russia captured Hryhorivka. Russia also captured the town of Memryk, 20 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Lisivka in Donetsk Oblast.
September 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Ukrainsk, southeast of Pokrovsk.
September 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Hostre, 30 kilometers west of Donetsk.
September 2024: Russian forces were confirmed to have captured the village of Krutyi Yar , southeast of Pokrovsk. Russia also claimed control over Makiivka in Luhansk Oblast.
September 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Nelipivka, north of Niu York.
October 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Vuhledar.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Tsukuryne, southeast of Pokrovsk, and claimed to have taken Zhelannoye Vtoroye, near Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Miasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast.
October 2024: Russia claimed to have captured the village of Zolota Nyva.
October 2024: Russian forces were stated to have seized the villages of Zhelanne Pershe, and Krasnyi Yar, all southeast of Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russia captured the village of Ostrivske, near Kurakhove.
October 2024: Russia was recaptured Nevske in Luhansk Oblast.
October 2024: Russia captured the village of Maksymilianivka, east of Kurakhove.
October 2024: Russian forces advanced in southwestern Kruhliakivka.
October 2024: Russian forces seized Zhelanne Druhe in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russia captured Serebrianka in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces seized the village of Novosadove.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Levadne.
October 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Bohoiavlenka in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast.
October 2024: Russian forces conquered the city of Selydove, southeast of Pokrovsk.
October 2024: Russian forces captured Katerynivka.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Trudove and Kurakhivka in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces conquered the villages of Vyshneve and Leonidivka.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Novodmytrivka in southern Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Novooleksiivka, south of Pokrovsk.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Kolisnykivka.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Novoselydivka, Makarivka and Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Illinka in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Antonivka, Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured Dalnie, Novodarivka and Voznesenka in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces occupied the settlements of Hremiach, Kolos, Novoselydivka and Muravi in the Chernihiv Oblast.
November 2024: Russian captured the town of Zhovte in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the village of Petrivka in the Pokrovsk front.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Rozdolne in Donetsk Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Pustynka, south of Pokrovsk.
November 2024: Russian forces captured the town Yurivka, south of Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russian captured Novyi Komar in southern Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook the village of Novomlynsk on the Oskil river.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook Rozdolne in southern Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the towns of Novyi Trud, Stari Terny, and Blahodatne in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces reconquered Novyi Komar.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered the town of Novopustynka, south of Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russia captured the settlement of Sukhi Yaly, southwest of Kurakhove.
December 2024: Russia captured the village of Beretsky, near Kurakhove.
December 2024: Russian forces had captured Kalynivka, east of Chasiv Yar.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Dvorichna, west of the Oskil river.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Hihant in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the towns of Rozdolne, Kostyantynopolske, Sukhi Yali, and Novyi Komar in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russia captured Storozheve, Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered the towns of Ukrainka and Novoolenivka near Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces conquered Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk.
December 2024: Russian forces captured the town of Vozdvyzhenka.
January 2025: Russian forces likely captured the town of Petropavlivka near Stari Terny.
8.1.1.Russian Annexion of Crimea
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
February 2014: On 27 February, masked Russian troops without insignia took over the Supreme Council (parliament) of Crimea and captured strategic sites across Crimea, which led to the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in the region.
8.1.2.War in Donbas
Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
8.1.2.1.Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk
Was the secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from Ukraine at the beginning of the War in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
April 2014: Pro-Russian protesters seized the regional government buildings in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and declare Donetsk an indipendent republic.
April 2014: A group of pro-Russian activists stormed the Government offices in Luhansk.
April 2014: In Artemivsk, separatists captured the city administration building and raised the DPR flag over it.
April 2014: Police repelled an attack by pro-Russian militants upon an office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Krasnyi Lyman on 12 April, but the building was later captured by the separatists after a skirmish.
April 2014: Fifty two armed militants led by Igor Girkin (retired colonel of Russia's military intelligence GRU) attacked the executive committee building, the police department, and the Security Service of Ukraine offices in Sloviansk. In Kramatorsk, in the course of a Pro-Russian rally, protestors overpowered a police line and took over the building of the local executive committee, where they hoisted the flag of the new-proclaimed republic of Donetsk.
April 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donbass People's Militia occupied a regional administration building in Khartsyzk on 13 April.
April 2014: The city administration buildings in Yenakiieve and Druzhkivka were captured by Donetsk separatists.
April 2014: The local administration building in Zhdanivka is taken by Donetsk separatists.
April 2014: By 14 April, pro-Russian militants led by former Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives Igor Girkin and Igor Bezler had taken control of government buildings in many cities within the Donetsk oblast, including Sloviansk, Mariupol, Horlivka, Kramatorsk, Yenakiieve, Makiivka, Druzhkivka, and Zhdanivka.
April 2014: Demonstrators hoisted the flag of the DPR over the city administration buildings in Krasnoarmiisk and Novoazovsk on 16 April.
April 2014: The local administration building in Siversk was captured by Donetsk separatists..
April 2014: Separatists in Yenakiieve left the city administration building.
April 2014: Some 30 Donetsk militants seized the police headquarters in Konstantinovka.
April 2014: A city administration building in Pervomaisk was overrun by Luhansk People's Republic.
April 2014: Luhansk Militants seized control over the city administration building in Alchevsk.
May 2014: Insurgents occupied the city administration building in Stakhanov.
May 2014: The police headquarters in Slovianoserbsk was seized by members of the Luhansk Army of the South-East.
May 2014: The town of Antratsyt was occupied by forces affiliated to the Luhansk People's Republic.
May 2014: Insurgents seized the prosecutor's office in Sievierodonetsk.
May 2014: Supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic captured government buildings in Starobilsk.
May 2014: In Krasnyi Luch, the city administration conceded to demands by separatist activists to support the referendums on the status of Donetsk and Luhansk being held on 11 May, and followed by raising the Russian flag over the city administration building.
May 2014: The Luhansk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
May 2014: The Donetsk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
8.1.2.2.Ukraine Counterrattack
Was a military counterattack by Ukrainian government forces against the recently created breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics. .
June 2014: Government forces destroyed a separatist stronghold in Semenivka, and regained control of Krasnyi Lyman on 3 June.
June 2014: Government gains during the Battle of Mariupol (May-June 2014).
June 2014: The Ukrainian military said that they had gained control of Yampil and Siversk.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk.
July 2014: Siege of Sloviansk.
July 2014: Battle of Kramatorsk.
July 2014: The suburb of Mayorsk, just outside Horlivka, and the city of Sievierodonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, were recaptured by the Armed Forces.
July 2014: Government forces broke through the insurgent blockade around Donetsk airport on 23 July, and then advanced into the northwestern corner of Donetsk city. Subsequently, the insurgents withdrew from many areas on the outskirts of the city, including Karlivka, Netailove, Pervomaiske.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured Lysychansk.
July 2014: Ukrainian troops entered the town of Shakhtarsk.
July 2014: The strategic heights of Savur-Mohyla were under Ukrainian control.
July 2014: Debaltseve conquered by Ukraine.
July 2014: Ukraine government forces evicted insurgents from Avdiivka.
August 2014: The Armed Forces recaptured the vital town of Yasynuvata.
August 2014: The Ukrainians captured the vital town of Krasnyi Luch.
August 2014: The cities of Pervomaisk, Kalynove, Komyshuvakha, in western Luhansk Oblast near Popasna, were captured by government forces.
8.1.2.3.Shyrokyne standoff
Was a battle for the control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne, part of the War in Donbas.
July 2014: Insurgent losses to Ukraine government forces by 28 July 2014.
July 2014: On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city of Shyrokyne.
August 2014: Insurgent losses in Luhansk by 31 August 2014.
February 2015: Ukrainian forces captured Shyrokyne, Pavlopil, Kominternovo and Oktyabyr.
February 2015: DPR forces recaptured the villages of Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk.
April 2015: It was confirmed the separatists had captured the village of Vodyane.
April 2015: Separatists were in control of much of Shyrokyne.
April 2015: Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk are once again under Ukrainian control.
July 2015: On 1 July, separatist forces proclaimed Shyrokyne to be a demilitarized zone and withdrew from the village.
December 2015: The village of Kominternove, about 24 km east of Mariupol, was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces.
8.1.2.4.Russian-backed rebel counterattack
An offensive against Ukrainian forces by the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, backed by Russian troops, during the War in Donbas.
August 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), backed by Russian troops, opened a new front in the War in Donbass on 25 August 2014, when they attacked the Ukrainian government-controlled city of Novoazovsk in southern Donetsk. Government forces were forced to retreat from Novoazovsk.
August 2014: The National Guard of Ukraine temporarily retook the city of Komsomolske.
August 2014: Ukrainian forces retreated from the city, and Komsomolske was once again taken by the DPR forces.
8.1.2.5.Battle of Debaltseve
Was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, starting in mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbas region.
February 2015: DPR and LPR forces capture Debaltseve, Vuhlehirsk, Lohvynove and four other villages.
8.1.2.6.Battle of Marinka
A battle between Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian forces during the war in Donbas.
June 2015: The town of Marinka was seized by the DPR forces.
June 2015: Marinka recaptured by the Ukrainians.
8.1.3.Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Is the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started by Russia on 24 February 2022, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
March 2022: By 20 March, Russia had completely encircled Mariupol.
8.1.3.1.Ukrainian Counteroffensive of summer 2023
Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in mid-2023 to reclaim territories occupied by Russian forces. By early December 2023, the counteroffensive was generally considered failed by multiple international media outlets.
June 2023: Ukrainian forces were reported to be advancing towards Bakhmut, with the Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin confirming that Ukrainian soldiers had retaken part of the settlement of Berkhivka, north of the city [...] near the settlements of Novodonetske and Oktyabrske.
June 2023: Ukraine announced the liberation of the villages of Blahodatne, Makarivka and Neskuchne in Donetsk Oblast
June 2023: Ukraine announced it had retaken seven villages in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts, including the settlements of Lobkove, Levadne, Novodarivka and Storozheve.
June 2023: On the southern front, Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced by up to 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) along the Mokry Yali river, as well as up to 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) near Mala Tokmachka.
June 2023: Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken the village of Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast, as well as territories around Krasnohorivka near the city of Donetsk that had been held by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
July 2023: but acknowledged Russian advances in Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka in the Donetsk front. Russia also launched an offensive around Svatove, Luhansk Oblast, attacking the towns of Bilohorivka and Serebryanka.
July 2023: the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said its forces were advancing towards Berdyansk and Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia front
July 2023: Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian forces had recaptured 9 square kilometers of territory in the east and 28.4 square kilometers in the south during the previous week. In the south, the military is continuing successful offensive operations toward Melitopol and Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, specifically in the directions of Novodarivka-Pryiutne, Novodanylivka-Robotyne, and Novosilka-Staromaiorske, Maliar wrote on Telegram.
July 2023: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that it had retaken 10 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front over the past week. It also claimed to have advanced more than one kilometer towards Melitopol and Berdiansk. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed its forces had recaptured key heights around Bakhmut and subjected all access points to the city under its line of fire.
July 2023: Russian forces claimed to have advanced by 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) near Lyman.
July 2023: Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced 1.7 kilometers in the direction of Melitopol in the past week
July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have advanced by more than one kilometer towards Berdiansk
July 2023: Russian forces advanced 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) towards Kupiansk, which was denied by Ukrainian Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi
July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have pushed out Russian forces from their positions near the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, northwest of Bakhmut.
July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken 12.7 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front, increasing the total amount of territory retaken since the start of the counteroffensive to 192.1 square kilometers. It also claimed to have advanced by up to 1.4 kilometers towards Berdiansk.
July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of Andriivka, south of Bakhmut, and pushed out Russian forces from Staromaiorske in southern Donetsk Oblast.
July 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of Staromaiorske in southern Donetsk Oblast
August 2023: The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Ukrainian forces aboard seven boats had crossed the Dnipro river again near Kozachi Laheri, Kherson Oblast, and advanced by 800 meters after breaching Russian defenses.
August 2023: The ISW, citing geolocated footage, assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northern outskirts of the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia front.
August 2023: Ukraine claimed it had completely retaken Urozhaine.
August 2023: The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken three square kilometers of territory in the southern flank of Bakhmut in the past week
September 2023: Ukrainian border guards reclaimed the frontier settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, both of which lay in a recently de-mined "gray zone" between Ukrainian and Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.
September 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken more than half of the village of Klishchiivka, south of Bakhmut
September 2023: The Ukrainian defence ministry claimed its forces had retaken parts of the village of Opytne, three kilometers northwest of Donetsk, as well as 4.8 square kilometers of territory in the southern front over the past week.
September 2023: The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken Klishchiivka.
October 2023: The ISW assessed that Russian forces had taken 4.5 square kilometers of territory around Avdiivka
October 2023: The Ukrainian military said it had advanced by a kilometer west of Verbove.
October 2023: Ukrainian forces reportedly landed on the east bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson Oblast, advancing north of Pishchanivka and into Poima, around four kilometers from the shore, and prompting Russian airstrikes on Pishchanivka.
October 2023: The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northeastern part of the village of Krynky, two kilometers southeast of the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.
November 2023: Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to President Zelenskyy, acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian forces were holding positions on the east bank of the Dnipro river. The Ukrainian military later said it had established a buffer zone of three to eight kilometers from the river's bank in Kherson Oblast.
8.1.3.2.2024 Kharkiv Offensive
An offensive by the Russian Military Forces in the Kharkiv Oblast initiated in 2024.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Soloviove in Donetsk Oblast and Kotliarivka in Kharkiv Oblast, 20 kilometers from Kupiansk.
May 2024: Up to 4-5 Russian infantry battalions from a newly created force crossed the state border, reportedly capturing the villages of Krasne, Borysivka, Strilecha, and Pylna.
May 2024: According to the ISW, geolocated footage published on 11 May indicated that Morokhovets, Oliinykove and Ohirtseve had come under Russian control.
May 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces had captured the villages of Hatyshche, Krasne, Morokhovets and Oliinykove.
May 2024: Russian forces had taken control over the village of Zelene, while the village of Lukiantsi was almost wholly occupied.
May 2024: Russian forces also made gains in Vovchansk and advanced into central Buhruvatka with the Russian ministry of defense claiming that they had fully secured the village, although, geolocated footage still reported some fighting in its southern outskirts.
May 2024: Russian forces took control of Lukiantsi and continued operations towards Lyptsi, Hlyboke, and Pylna. Russian forces also advanced within northern Vovchansk and made marginal gains in northeastern Starytsia while continuing offensive operations near Starytsia and Pletenivka.
May 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the village of Starytsia in Kharkiv Oblast.
May 2024: Ukrainian forces recaptured a windbreak overlooking Lukiantsi
June 2024: Ukrainian forces regained positions near Hlyboke.
June 2024: Ukrainian forces recaptured the whole of Tykhe
July 2024: Geolocated footage published on July 14 also showed the Chechen 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment fighting in Vovchansk. Additionally, the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment was also spotted fighting in Sotnytskyi Kozachok.
July 2024: Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Pishchane in Kharkiv Oblast and Andriivka in Luhansk Oblast.
August 2024: Russian forces reportedly seized border settlements that they had previously raided, namely, Sotnytskyi Kozachok in Kharkiv Oblast, and Lukashivka in Sumy Oblast.
September 2024: Russia advanced into the southern areas of the village of Synkivka in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, potentially taking control of the settlement.
October 2024: Russia captured Kruhliakivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
November 2024: Russian forces entered Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast.
8.1.3.3.Battle of Soledar
The battle of Soledar was a series of military engagements in and around the urban-type settlement of Soledar, Ukraine.
December 2022: Russian forces captured the village of Bakhmutske, located along Soledar's southern flank, on 27 December.
January 2023: Russian sources claimed that Russian forces seized the Dekonska railway station on the southern outskirts of Soledar.
January 2023: The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russia had likely captured Soledar proper on 11 January
8.1.3.4.Kursk Oblast Offensive
An offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian Oblast of Kursk.
August 2024: Ukrainian fighters, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, crossed into Russian territory. the incursion involved around 300 Ukrainian troops, 11 tanks, and over 20 armored combat vehicles, and was aimed in two directions: at Oleshnya in the direction of Sudzha, east-northeast of Sumy, and towards Nikolayevo-Darino, north-northeast of Sumy.
August 2024: Geolocated footage confirmed that Ukrainian forces had advanced at least 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) across the Russian border, having penetrated at least two Russian defensive lines and a stronghold. Russian sources indicated that Ukrainian forces were trying to advance along the 38K-030 Sudzha-Korenevo highway, and a prominent Kremlin-affiliated milblogger claimed that by 18:00 local time on 7 August, Ukrainian forces had advanced both northwest and southeast along the highway and were now fighting on the outskirts of Korenevo and Sudzha.
August 2024: Ukrainian forces entered the settlement of Mirny [ru; uk] and had taken control of the villages of Kazachya Loknya, Bogdanovka, 1st Knyazhiy and 2nd Knyazhiy. Skirmishes took place in the village of Snagost.
August 2024: Ukrainian forces were in control of the western part of Sudzha and the surrounding roads; skirmishes continued in the town.
August 2024: Reports claimed that Ukrainian troops had captured around 100-200 square kilometers of territory, at a depth of around 10 kilometers on average.
August 2024: By 9 August, Russian forces had retaken the village of Snagost, and in the north had pushed Ukraine back to the northern village of Malaya Loknya back from Ukraine's positions in Milyutino and Generalovka.
August 2024: Ukrainian Armed Forces had managed to take control of the village of Poroz.
August 2024: The Russian Armed Forces claimed to have regained control of the village of Makhnovka east of Sudzha.
August 2024: On the night of 11 August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered Belovsky District
August 2024: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his forces were in control of roughly 1,000 square kilometres and 74 settlements inside Kursk Oblast. The Russian defence ministry claimed to have thwarted Ukrainian assaults in Korenevsky District near the villages of Obshchy Kolodez, Kauchuk, Alekseyevsky, and Snagost and in Sudzhansky District in the direction of Martynovka, and also in the areas of Korenevo, Oleshnya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Sudzha, and Mikhaylovka.
August 2024: The town of Glushkovo was ordered evacuated by governor Smirnov
August 2024: By 14 August, the Ukrainian incursion had penetrated 10 kilometres (6 mi) into the Belgorod oblast and had captured multiple positions.
August 2024: Ukrainian troops entered the village of Kamyshnoye where an urban battle was reported.
August 2024: Ukraine reportedly attempted to advance in three directions: east from Sudzha toward the village of Belitsa and the neighboring settlement of Giri, north towards Lgov, and northwest towards Korenevo on the road to Rylsk. A fierce battle was reported near the settlement of Kauchuk, approximately 30 kilometers from Lgov. Russian forces dug new trenches south of Lgov and in Chermoshnoy. Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced 1-2 kilometers and completed clearance of Sudzha.
August 2024: Cherkasskaya Konopelka, to the south of Sudzha, was reportedly captured by Ukraine, while the village of Kurilovka, the hamlet of Dmitryukov and the villages of Borki and Krupets were also reportedly occupied.
August 2024: Ukrainian state television aired a report claiming that Sudzha was under Ukrainian control and showing Ukrainian soldiers removing the Russian flag from an official building.
August 2024: The Russian MOD claimed to have recaptured the village of Krupets.
August 2024: A fierce Russian response led to heavy Ukrainian casualties and a subsequent retreat from the captured territory in the Belgorod Oblast by 15 August
August 2024: The Ukrainian military claimed the capture of the settlement of Korenevo but the Russian MOD described the settlement as contested.
August 2024: Russian forces reportedly blew up two bridges near Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi after withdrawing from the right bank of the Seym River in the area.
August 2024: President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were in control of 92 settlements in Kursk Oblast and 1,250 square kilometers of Russian territory.
August 2024: Borki, Kamyshnoye and Gir'i were under Russian control.
August 2024: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed to have advanced towards the villages of Novoivanovka and Kul'baki. It also stated that Korenevo was being attacked from the south. The settlement on the Sudzha-Kursk-Martynovka road was also claimed to be controlled by Ukraine, who also claimed to have taken over Plekhovo in the south
August 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces had repelled Ukrainian assaults from Komarovka, Korenevo, Malaya Loknya and Russkaya Konopelka and attacked Ukrainian soldiers near eight villages in Kursk Oblast and nine villages in Sumy Oblast.
August 2024: Russian forces fully retook Korenevo.
September 2024: Russian forces entered Snagost. Russian forces captured the settlements of Gordeyevka and Vnezapnoye.
September 2024: The Russian defense ministry reiterated Alaudinov's statements of 10 settlements having been retaken, and specified that these were Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrsky, Obukhovka, Snagost, and 10-y Oktyabr.
September 2024: Ukraine simultaneously expanded operations outside of their main salient in Kursk Oblast, attacking southwest of Glushkovo near Novy Put and making advances.
September 2024: Ukrainian forces made further confirmed gains southwest of Glushkovo, advancing three kilometers from the border with Russia south of Vesyoloye.
September 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have retaken the village of Uspenovka.
September 2024: Apti Alaudinov stated that Russia had regained control over the settlements of Nikolayevo-Darino and Darino in the Sudzhansky District.
October 2024: The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces had regained control over Pokrovsky and Novaya Sorochina in the Sudzhansky District.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured the town of Plekhovo in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian captured the town of Novoivanovka in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces recaptured Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Ukrainian forces retook the town of Kruglenkoye in Kursk Oblast.
December 2024: Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Agronom in Kursk Oblast
January 2025: Ukrainian forces captured the town of Martynovka.
8.1.3.5.Kyiv offensive (2022)
Was an ultimately unsuccesful Russian campaign for thhe control of Kyiv (or Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
February 2022: Battle of Chernobyl.
February 2022: In the early morning of 25 February 2022, Russian forces approached Ivankiv from the northeast after making a breakthrough in the Battle of Chernobyl.
February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 26th, 2022.
February 2022: Vorzel and Markhalivka conquered by Russian forces while Borodianka was extensively bombed, killing hundreds.
March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 1st, 2022.
March 2022: Russian advance up to the outskirts of Makariv.
March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 3rd, 2022.
March 2022: Russians stopped in Peremohal east of Kiev.
March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 5th, 2022.
March 2022: Small russian gains towards Byshiv.
March 2022: Russian forces had captured Bucha and half of Irpin by 14 March.
March 2022: Village of Moschun reconquered by Ukraine.
March 2022: On 28 March, Ukraine reportedly retook Irpin.
March 2022: On 29 March, the Russian Deputy Ministry of Defence Alexander Fomin announced a withdrawal of Russian forces from the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas.
April 2022: On 2 April, Ukrainian forces retook control over all of Kyiv Oblast including Irpin, Bucha, and Hostomel.
8.1.3.6.Southern Ukraine Front
The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in southern Ukraine.
February 2022: On 24 February, Russian forces took control of the North Crimean Canal, allowing Crimea to obtain water from the Dnieper, previously cut off since 2014.
February 2022: Completion of the Russian conquest of the North Crimean Canal.
February 2022: Russians captured the coastal city of Prymorsk and surrounded the city of Berdiansk west of Mariupol.
February 2022: By evening, Russian tanks were on the outskirts of Mykolaiv.
February 2022: Russian forces were able to enter and capture Berdiansk.
February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 27th, 2022.
February 2022: Advancing north from Crimea, with the Russian 22nd Army Corps approached the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on 26 February.
February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 28th, 2022.
February 2022: Russian forces advanced towards Mariupol.
February 2022: Russian siege at Enerhodar.
March 2022: Kherson captured by Russian forces.
March 2022: De facto border of the regions under Ukrainian and Russian control in the Dniepr area as of March 1st, 2022.
March 2022: Russians sent a lone army group with tanks to Voznesensk.
March 2022: On 7 March, the Ukrainian regional military administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast stated that Russian forces had thus far captured the cities of Berdiansk, Enerhodar, Melitopol, Vasylivka, Tokmak and Polohy.
March 2022: DPR conquests in Ukraine as of March 13th, 2022.
March 2022: The Associated Press independently confirmed that Volnovakha had been captured by pro-Russian separatists.
March 2022: On 15 March, Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces had captured all of Kherson Oblast.
March 2022: Russian forces were staging in the settlements of Velyka Oleksandrivka, Novovorontsovka and Arkhanhelske.
March 2022: Russian troops driven back about 40 miles of Voznesensk.
March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 20th, 2022.
March 2022: Territories acquired by Ukrainian Counteroffensive of March.
April 2022: Russian advance in Ukraine by April 6th, 2022.
April 2022: By 10 April, Ukrainian forces had made significant advances and pushed back the Russian military in the area around Kherson, gaining ground at Osokorkivka and Oleksandrivka.
May 2022: Siege of Mariupol.
June 2022: Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured the settlements Zelenyi Hai and Barvinok north of the city of Kherson.
August 2022: Russian troops captured the towns of Zaitseve and Dacha in Donetsk.
8.1.3.7.Eastern Ukraine Front
The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast.
February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 25th, 2022.
February 2022: On the morning of 25 February, Russian forces advanced from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) towards Mariupol.
February 2022: DPR advance up to Volnovakha.
February 2022: LPR advance up to Starobilsk.
March 2022: Forces of the Luhansk People's Republic and Russian troops captured Novoaidar.
March 2022: Russian, LPR and DPR forces capture Starobilsk.
March 2022: Ukrainian forces lost control of Svatove, Starobilsk and Novopskov.
March 2022: The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces had captured the settlements of Nikolske, Blahodatne, Volodymyrivka and Pavlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
March 2022: The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, claimed that "almost 80% of the territory" of the Luhansk region is occupied.
April 2022: After Russia abandoned its offensive to capture Kyiv, it shifted its attention to eastern and southern Ukraine.
April 2022: It was reported that Russian and LNR troops had entered the city of Kreminna.
May 2022: Russia and separatist troops also captured Popasna.
May 2022: On 23 May, Russian forces took control of Lyman.
May 2022: Russia captured Svitlodarsk.
May 2022: On 12 May, Russian forces seized Rubizhne and the nearby town of Voevodivka.
June 2022: Russian forces captured Metiolkine on Sievierodonetsk's eastern outskirts.
June 2022: Russia took control of Toshkivka.
June 2022: Russian forces capture the city of Sievierodonetsk and the settlements of Syrotyne, Voronove and Borivske.
July 2022: President Zelenskyy acknowledged the loss of the Luhansk Oblast.
July 2022: The interior ministry of the LPR reported that their troops and Russian troops had entered Siversk.
July 2022: Russian forces reportedly captured the Vuhlehirska Power Station.
8.1.3.8.Northeastern Ukraine offensive
The theatre of war of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts.
February 2022: Ukrainian forces lost control of Konotop. By the second day of the offensive, Russian forces were present in or near Chuhuiv, Snovsk, Sosnytsia, Mena, Semenivka, Hrodna, Koryukivka and Novhorod-Siversky.
February 2022: Russian forces west of Sumy reportedly advanced further westwards by the night.
February 2022: A number of Russian vehicles advanced into Sumy from the east on 27 February.
February 2022: Hennadiy Matsegora, the mayor of Kupiansk, agreed to hand over control of the city to Russian forces and accused Ukrainian forces of abandoning it when the invasion began.
February 2022: Seredyna-Buda has been taken by Russian forces.
March 2022: Russian advance on Bobrovytsia through Slabyn and Pakul.
March 2022: Russian forces captured Trostianets.
March 2022: Detached Russian offensive northeast of Kiev from the Chernihiv axis,.
March 2022: Attack by Russian forces on Izium.
March 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of March 8th, 2022.
March 2022: Siege of Chernihiv.
March 2022: Russia stated that by the morning of March 24, the city of Izium was completely under control of its units.
March 2022: De facto border of the regions under Ukrainian and Russian control as of March 26th, 2022.
March 2022: Okhtyrka, Trostianets, Krasnopillya, and Slavutych reconquered by Ukrainian forces.
March 2022: The Pentagon confirmed that the Russian army left Chernihiv Oblast, while Sumy Oblast remained contested.
March 2022: After several weeks of attacks, and a month under siege, Ukrainian forces managed to break the encirclement of Chernihiv by recapturing a main road connecting Kyiv with the regional capital.
April 2022: The Pentagon confirmed that the Russian army left Chernihiv Oblast, while Sumy Oblast remained contested.
April 2022: Governor Zhyvytskyi stated that all Russians troops left Sumy Oblast.
April 2022: Russian advance in Ukraine by April 15th, 2022.
May 2022: On 7 May, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had successfully pushed back Russian forces stationed around Kharkiv.
May 2022: On 15 May, Ukrainian forces reached the border near Kharkiv, while contining to push back Russian and LPR units.
8.1.3.9.2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive
Was a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory of the Kharkiv Oblast which was launched on 6 September 2022.
September 2022: Chkalovske was occupied by Russian forces until 8 September 2022.
September 2022: Ukrainian forces retook parts of Kharkiv Oblast.
September 2022: As part of a major counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces recaptured Kupiansk and Izium.
September 2022: The Russian Ministry of Defense published a map which confirmed that Russian forces in Kharkiv region had retreated to the east bank of the Oskol river.
September 2022: The Ukrainian Ground Forces recaptured the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast.
September 2022: The Armed Forces of Ukraine reestablished control over the settlement of Yatskivka in the Donetsk region.
September 2022: The Armed Forces of Ukraine retook the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region.
September 2022: Ukraine captured Kupiansk.
October 2022: Russia confirmed that it had lost control of Lyman. Ukrainian soldiers retook Yampil.
October 2022: Ukrainian authorities regained control of the Kharkhiv Oblast.
8.1.3.10.2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
Was a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory in the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts, launched on 29 August 2022.
September 2022: On the Kherson front, it was reported that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kiselyovka, a settlement 15 km from Kherson.
October 2022: An Ukrainian armoured offensive burst through Russian lines in the south capturing multiple villages along the Dnieper river.
October 2022: Ukrainian forces regained control of numerous settlements north of the Dnieper River in Kherson Oblast including Davydiv Brid, Lyubymivka, Khreshchenivka, Zolota Balka, Bilyaivka, Ukrainka and Velyka Oleksandrivka.
November 2022: Ukrainian forces entered Snihurivka.
November 2022: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi stated that Ukrainian forces have taken back 41 settlements in the Kherson direction since 1 October.
January 1654: Establishment of vassal relations between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Tsardom of Russia in the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654.
November 1764: After a failed attempt to break the union with Russia by Ivan Mazepa in 1708, the whole area was included into the Government of Kiev and Cossack autonomy was severely restricted. Catherine II of Russia officially abolished the institute of the Hetman in 1764.
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Bakhmutske,48.660278,38.099722
Bilohorivka,48.927222,38.248611
Blahodatne;Makarivka;Neskuchne;47.796389,36.815278;47.778056,36.801389;47.82,36.808889;
Bradford, J.C. (2004): International Encyclopedia of Military History, Routledge, p. 554
Huliaipole,47.65,36.266667
Milyutino,51.498611,35.394722
Pishchane;Andriivka;49.568333,37.832778;49.424722,37.905833;
Rivnopil,47.786111,36.699167
Shumy,48.380833,37.933611
Soledar,48.6946,38.0676
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