Battle of Sumy

Battle of Sumy
	Part of the northern Ukraine offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Storage building in Sumy after shelling during Russian invasion, 18 March 2022
Date	24 February – 4 April 2022; (1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Ground Forces 1st Guards Tank Army 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division; 4th Guards Tank Division; 47th Guards Tank Division; 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade; ; ;	Ukrainian Armed Forces Territorial Defense Forces;
Casualties and losses
Per Ukraine:; 104 soldiers captured; 96-100 tanks destroyed; 20 BM-21 Grad vehicles destroyed; 8 fuel carriers destroyed	Per Ukraine:; 81+ killed; 12+ wounded
	Per Ukraine: At least 100 civilians killed

The battle of Sumy was a military engagement which began on 24 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the northern Ukraine offensive, and ended on 4 April 2022 when Russia withdrew all of its forces from Sumy Oblast.

On 24 February 2022, the Russian army attempted to capture Sumy, located near the Russia–Ukraine border. Ukrainian paratroopers and territorial defense forces began engaging Russian forces within the city, resulting in heavy urban fighting and the destruction of a Russian tank column. That evening, Ukraine's paratroopers were ordered to withdraw from the city, leaving the city's defense to the a few thousand local volunteers armed with rifles, limited anti-tank weapons and no armed vehicles or heavy weaponry. After four days of failing to capture the city, Russia shifted to encircle and bypass the city, where they were then subject to guerrilla ambushes.

On 4 April 2022, Governor of Sumy Oblast Dmytro Zhyvytskyi stated that Russian troops no longer occupied any towns or villages in Sumy Oblast and had mostly withdrawn, while Ukrainian troops were working to push out the remaining units.

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