Battle of Kherson

Battle of Kherson
	Part of the southern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date	24 February – 2 March 2022 ; (6 days)
Location	In and around Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces 58th Combined Arms Army 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division; ; 22nd Army Corps 126th Coastal Defense Brigade; ; Russian Airborne Forces 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division;	Ukrainian Armed Forces 59th Motorized Brigade; 124th Territorial Defense Brigade 194th Bilozerka Battalion; ;
Casualties and losses
1 Su-25 aircraft; 1 Mi-24 helicopter; Per Ukraine:; Heavy	Per Ukraine:; ~300 soldiers and civilians killed

The Battle of Kherson was a battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces which began on 24 February 2022, as part of the Kherson offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 2 March 2022, Ukrainian forces left Kherson during the battle and Russia took control of the city.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2022". Critical Threats. February 25, 2022. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2022". Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
↑ Schwirtz, Michael (6 March 2022). "Proud Band of Ukrainian Troops Holds Russian Assault at Bay—for Now". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
↑ Schwirtz, Michael; Pérez-Peña, Richard (2022-03-02). "First Ukraine City Falls as Russia Strikes More Civilian Targets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
↑ "Russian claims it has seized Kherson as city's mayor agrees to curfew". The Independent. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

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