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Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)

For the 2014 battles, see Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014).

Battle of Sievierodonetsk
Part of the battle of Donbas during the eastern Ukraine campaign

Smoke from the Azot chemical plant after being attacked by Russian forces in the city
Date6 May – 25 June 2022
(1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Result Russian victory[1]
Territorial
changes		 Russian forces capture the city of Sievierodonetsk and the settlements of Syrotyne, Voronove and Borivske.[2]
Belligerents
  Ukraine
Units involved

 Russian Armed Forces

National Guard of Russia

Luhansk People's Republic LPR People's Militia (2nd Army Corps)

PMC Wagner[6][7]

 Armed Forces of Ukraine

Strength
12,500 (in Luhansk, per Ukraine)[18]
 Unknown
Casualties and losses
ISW claim:
Heavy[19]
Ukrainian claim:
10,000–11,000 killed (2,000 LPR servicemen),
20,000+ wounded[20]		 ISW claim:
Heavy[19]
Ukrainian claim:
161+ killed, wounded or captured[21][22]
Russian claim:
1,220 killed (15-24 June only)
1,000 casualties, including 800 prisoners (Zolote cauldron)[23][24][25]
Ukrainian claim (13 April – 26 May):
1,100 civilians killed[26]

The battle of Sievierodonetsk was a military engagement in the wider battle of Donbas of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The city of Sievierodonetsk acted as the administrative center of unoccupied Luhansk Oblast prior to the invasion. By May 2022, Sievierodonetsk and the neighbouring city of Lysychansk were the only notable parts of the oblast that remained under Ukrainian control.[6]

By 14 June 2022, Russian forces had gained control of most of the city and cut off most escape routes.[27][28] On 24 June 2022, Ukrainian units were ordered to retreat from the city[29] and the next day Russian and pro-Russian separatist forces fully captured Sievierodonetsk.[1] The Russian advance continued against Lysychansk, which fell in early July.[30]

The battle of Sievierodonetsk was marked by fierce urban combat[31][32][33] and has been described as one of the war's bloodiest.[34][35] Around 90% of the city's buildings were destroyed or damaged.[36][37]

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  3. ^ a b "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 9". Institute for the Study of War. 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Russia deploys its only Terminator company to Sievierodonetsk - British intelligence". Ukrinform. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 27". Institute for the Study of Warfare. 27 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Trofimov, Yarosla (10 May 2022). "Nearly Encircled, Ukraine's Last Stronghold in Luhansk Resists Russian Onslaught". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  7. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 23". 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian army forces enemy to retreat from Kreminna in Luhansk region". www.ukrinform.net. 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Russian Soldier Down After Ukrainian Fire Hits Troop on Video". Newsweek. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers return from eastern front". France 24. May 2022.
  11. ^ a b ""Everything is burning": the National Guardsmen show what the battles for Sievierodonetsk were like". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Ukrainian National Guard obliterates Russian MLRS near Severodonetsk". The New Voice of Ukraine. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ Peterson, Scott (6 July 2022). "Ukrainians cede land on eastern front, but hold on to hope". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. ^ "The soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine showed how they blew up the bridge between Rubizhne and Sievierodonetsk". Ukraine Ministry of Defense. 18 May 2022.
  15. ^ Solovyeva, Antonina (3 June 2022). "До Сєвєродонецька зайшов "Іноземний легіон" на допомогу ЗСУ, – Гайдай" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian News Agency.
  16. ^ Chechen battalion named after Sheikh Mansur. Chemical plant. Sieverodonetsk, Ukraine (video). Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ "Бойцы батальона "Волат" полка имени Калиновского защищали Северодонецк". charter97.org. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Russia Boosts Offensive In Eastern Ukraine As War Enters Fourth Month". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 May 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 28". Institute for the Study of Warfare. 28 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  20. ^ "A conversation with Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Ukraine war: Russian assault on key Donbas city intensifies". BBC News. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Inside the battle for Severodonetsk, where a Ukrainian unit of 60 was reduced to just 4 soldiers". Task & Purpose-US. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  23. ^ "U.S. To send fresh military, humanitarian aid to Ukraine; Xi tells Putin he wants to see a settlement". CNBC.
  24. ^ "Военная операция на Украине. Хроника событий 24 июня 2022 года - ТАСС".
  25. ^ "Бойцы ВСУ, сдавшиеся в плен у Горского, советуют своим сослуживцам сложить оружие - ТАСС".
  26. ^ Up to 26 May 2022, at least 1,500 people had been killed since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022,[1] Archived 28 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine including around 400 who died by 12 April 2022.[2] Archived 26 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
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  28. ^ Zinets, Natalia; Boumzar, Adelaziz (13 June 2022). "Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route". Reuters. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  29. ^ Beaumont, Peter; Sauer, Pjotr (24 June 2022). "Last Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk ordered to withdraw". The Guardian. Kharkiv. ISSN 1756-3224. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  30. ^ "Ukraine confirms Russia captured eastern city Lysychansk-GB". BBC News. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  31. ^ Ponomarenko, Illia (8 June 2022). "In Sievierodonetsk, fierce urban battle ongoing to exhaust Russia". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  32. ^ Armangué, Bernat; Karmanau, Yuras (8 June 2022). "Ukrainian forces still fighting for 'every centimeter' of Sievierodonetsk". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  33. ^ Kramer, Andrew; Santora, Marc (10 June 2022). "Street battles and fires: Fighting pummels Sievierodonetsk". The San Juan Star. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  34. ^ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Santora, Marc; Yermak, Natalia (16 June 2022). "Tens of thousands of civilians are now largely stranded in the middle of one of the war's deadliest battles.-US". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  35. ^ "Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights". CNBC. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  36. ^ Karmanau, Yuras; Becatoros, Elena (30 May 2022). "Russian troops push further into Sievierodonetsk, leaving city 'completely ruined'". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  37. ^ Dlugy, Yana (24 June 2022). "The Fall of Sievierodonetsk". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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