2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive

2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
	Part of the eastern campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Map of the counteroffensive
Date	6 September – 2 October 2022; (3 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast)
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia Donetsk PR; Luhansk PR;
Commanders and leaders
	Oleksandr Syrskyi
Strength
Russian claim: 8 times larger than the strength of Russian troops (first phase)	First Phase:; 18,000 troops,; 500 tanks Second Phase:; 5,500 troops
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Per Ukraine (first phase):; Tens of thousands killed, captured or deserted 1st Guards Tank Army: 10,000 casualties 4th Guards Tank Division: 90-100 T-80 tanks destroyed or captured; 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division: Two regiments destroyed; ; 11th Army Corps: 6,000+ casualties,; 200 vehicles destroyed; Per Ukraine (second phase):; 1,500+ killed (Lyman Pocket)

The 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive was a major counteroffensive operation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on 6 September 2022. Following the launch of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in Eastern Ukraine.

During the offensive, Ukraine retook over 500 settlements and 12,000 square kilometers of territory in the Kharkiv region.

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