2022 Kherson counteroffensive

BelligerentsUkraine

Russia

• Donetsk PR
• Luhansk PR

Commanders and leadersAndrii Kovalchuk
Oleksandr Tarnavskyi UnknownUnits involved

Kakhovka operational group
Separate Special Purpose Battalion

Khyzhak Brigade

49th Combined Arms Army
76th Guards Air Assault Division
83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade
126th Coastal Defence Brigade

109th RegimentStrength 20,000 (start of the offensive) 20,000–25,000
40,000 (October, per Ukraine)Casualties and lossesPer Russia:
9,500 killed and woundedPer Russia:
1,200–1,360 killed and wounded
Per Ukraine:
2,500 killed, 5,000 wounded
(29 Aug.–29 Sept.)

A military counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, along with the concurrent eastern counteroffensive, after the initial invasion and the battle of Donbas.

After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022. On 9 October, Ukraine said it recaptured 1,170 square kilometers of land. On 9 November, Russian troops were ordered to withdraw from Kherson, the only regional capital captured since the start of the invasion. Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Kherson two days later, on 11 November.