Battle of Balakliia

2022 · Balakliia

Result Ukrainian victory

Russian forces took the town of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast early in the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine retook it in September 2022 during its Kharkiv counter-offensive.

On the map Contemporaries

Ukraine

Russia

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Ukraine

Russia

Donetsk People's Republic

Luhansk People's Republic

Valerii Zaluzhnyi military commander

Oleksandr Syrskyi military commander

Alexander Lapin military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: c. 1,500

Units

17th Poltava Brigade 31st Public Order Brigade 3rd Operational Brigade 5th Slobozhanska Brigade 92nd Assault Brigade Khyzhak Brigade (Ukraine) 425th Assault Regiment (Ukraine) Kraken Regiment Alpha Group (Ukraine)

1st Guards Tank Army 3rd Army Corps (Russia) 4th Guards Tank Division 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment

144th Guards Motor Rifle Division 71st Guards Motor Rifle Division 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Luhansk Assault Regiment