Russian invasion of Ukraine
February 24, 2022
Full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the largest attack on a European country since World War II. Ukraine stopped the advance on Kyiv, and the war became a long war of attrition in the east and south.
Battles and events 85
2022
2022
Battle of Balakliia
Ukrainian victory
Balakliia
Alexander Lapin, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Oleksandr Syrskyi
2022
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24 – April 4, 2022
February 24–26, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
Zaporizhzhia strikes (2022–present)
Zaporizhzhia
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24 – March 26, 2022
February 24 – March 2, 2022
February 24, 2022
Odesa strikes (2022–present)
Odesa Oblast
February 24–25, 2022
Battle of Antonov Airport
Hostomel Airport
February 24, 2022
February 24 – April 2, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
February 24 – March 31, 2022
February 25 – May 20, 2022
February 25 – April 8, 2022
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
Millerovo air base attack
Millerovo
February 25, 2022
Battle of Volnovakha
Russian and DPR victory
Volnovakha
Vladimir Zhoga, Pavlo Sbytov, Alexey Bernhard
February 25 – April 1, 2022
February 25, 2022
February 26, 2022
Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast
February 26, 2022
February 27 – March 28, 2022
February 27, 2022
Zhytomyr attacks (2022–present)
Zhytomyr Airport
February 27 – March 31, 2022
Bucha massacre
Bucha
February 28 – March 4, 2022
Battle of Enerhodar
Enerhodar
March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022
3 March 2022 Chernihiv bombing
Chernihiv
March 6, 2022
March 9 – April 1, 2022
March 13, 2022
March 13, 2022
Yavoriv military base attack
Yavoriv Proving Ground
March 13, 2022
March 14, 2022
March 18–27, 2022
Battle of Slavutych
Slavutych
March 20, 2022
Mariupol art school bombing
Mariupol
March 24, 2022
Berdiansk port attack
Port of Berdiansk
March 29, 2022
April 8, 2022
Kramatorsk railway station attack
Kramatorsk railway station
April 14, 2022
Sinking of the Moskva
Black Sea
June 27, 2022
Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
Kremenchuk
July 1, 2022
Serhiivka missile strike
Serhiivka
July 9, 2022
July 2022 Chasiv Yar missile strike
Chasiv Yar
July 22, 2022
Black Sea Grain Initiative
Dolmabahçe Palace
July 29, 2022
Olenivka prison massacre
Volnovakha correctional colony
July 31, 2022
August 24, 2022
Chaplyne railway station attack
Chaplyne
August 29, 2022
2022 Kherson counteroffensive
Ukrainian victory
southern Ukraine
Olexander Tarnavskyi, Andrii Kovalchuk
September 6 – October 2, 2022
2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
Ukrainian victory
Ukraine east
Alexander Lapin, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Oleksandr Syrskyi
September 8–16, 2022
September 19, 2022
October 25, 2022
October 29, 2022
November 15, 2022
2022 missile explosion in Poland
Przewodów
December 31, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Makiivka military quarters shelling
Makiivka
April 28, 2023
June 2023 – December 2023
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Ukrainian operational failure
Ukraine east
Olexander Tarnavskyi, Ivan Popov, Valery Gerasimov
June 23–24, 2023
July 17, 2023
2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
Crimean Bridge
August 19, 2023
August 2023 Chernihiv missile strike
Chernihiv
September 22, 2023
Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Building
December 29, 2023
2024
Pokrovsk offensive
Donbas
January 2, 2024
May 10, 2024
July 8, 2024
August 6, 2024 – May 2025
Ukrainian occupation of Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast
September 3, 2024
September 2024 Poltava strike
Poltava
February 19, 2025
2025 Sumy offensive
Inconclusive
June 1, 2025
Operation Spiderweb
Murmansk
September 9, 2025
November 19, 2025
2025 Ternopil strike
Ternopil
May 14, 2026
July 18, 2026
Key commanders
Russia 9
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia, Ordered the invasion
Alexander Lapin
military commander
Alexander Chaiko
military commander
Vladimir Zhoga
military commander
Alexey Bernhard
military commander
Ivan Popov
military commander
Valery Gerasimov
military commander
Mikhail Teplinsky
military commander
Gennady Zhidko
military commander
