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46-552: Shyroke is located on the left bank of the Inhulets , several kilometers east and south of the city of Kryvyi Rih . Until 18 July 2020, Shyroke was the administrative center of Shyroke Raion . The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Shyroke Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Shyroke

92-605: A Russian command post in Kherson city, with HIMARS missiles, and claimed it killed 12 officers and a Russian major general. By the afternoon, Ukrainian authorities claimed that Russian forces were transferring equipment to the left bank of the Dnieper , creating roadblocks within Kherson city in preparation for street battles. Ukrainian authorities urged civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to evacuate, suggesting that

138-783: A day of mourning was declared by Ukrainian authorities in Zakarpattia Oblast , after the heavy losses suffered by the native 128th Mountain Assault Brigade during the opening days of the offensive. On 3 September, the British Ministry of Defence said that Ukrainian forces had made three main lines of attack in Kherson Oblast, and had a military advantage of tactical surprise as a result of Russian commanders' mistakes and Russian logistical problems. Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian pontoon bridges. There

184-520: A land bridge connecting Crimea with the Russian mainland. Russian forces began an occupation of Kherson Oblast on 2 March, and the occupation authorities immediately began to consolidate their control over these territories. The authorities reportedly erected a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the town square, introduced Russian curriculum to the local school system, rerouted internet servers to Russia, issued Russian passports, and began circulating

230-599: A major counteroffensive was soon to come. On 13 July, the head of the Kherson regional military administration claimed that Ukraine launched counterattacks along the entire Mykolaiv–Kherson–Zaporizhzhia front line. Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in Radensk (approximately 26 km (16 mi) southeast of Kherson City) and unspecified Russian positions in Nova Kakhovka. Ukraine continued to strike Russian targets and approach towards Kherson over

276-514: A northerly direction towards the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the intention of capturing the city of Kryvyi Rih , which hosts a strong Ukrainian troop concentration, and from where a counter-offensive on Kherson , Melitopol, Enerhodar , Berdyansk and Crimea is planned. On the same day, Russian forces took control of Blahodatne about 45 km east of the town of Mykolaiv and a 12 square kilometer zone of control. On August 23,

322-516: A rich vegetation. However, by 2017 the vegetation was impaired by the high level of contamination of the river, due to the nearby iron ore mining industry. Urban localities located on the river include Oleksandriia , Kryvyi Rih , Shyroke , Inhulets (former city merged with Kryvyi Rih), and Snihurivka . The M14 highway crosses the river over the Daryivka Bridge , connecting the cities of Kherson and Beryslav . FC Inhulets Petrove

368-564: A small part of Mykolaiv Oblast, notably including the town of Snihurivka . In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian troops pushed north and successfully defeated Ukrainian servicemen at the Battle of Enerhodar , thus seizing the city and the adjacent Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant , the largest nuclear plant in continental Europe. Russian forces also pushed east, reaching the Donetsk/Zaporizhzhia administrative borders, thereby creating

414-419: A village council, and industrial enterprise being destroyed. Almost all the residents of the village left in wake of the war. Shyroke is connected by a road with Kryvyi Rih. It also has access to the highway connecting Kropyvnytskyi and Zaporizhia via Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol . Inhulets The Inhulets ( Ukrainian : Інгулець ) or Ingulets ( Russian : Ингуле́ц ) is a river, a right tributary of

460-498: A week later on 5 October. Western governments denounced the referendums as illegitimate and refused to recognize its results, and their illegitimacy was later confirmed with the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/4 . By 11 March the Russian offensive had stalled on numerous fronts within Mykolaiv Oblast, prompting gradual retreat by the end of the month. By the end of March, eleven settlements in

506-457: A workplace evacuation from Nova Kakhova following Ukrainian missile strikes. Locals reported heavy fighting across the Kherson frontline, while electrical networks temporarily failed and evacuations of civilians took place. An NPR journalist in the area confirmed the increased intensity of combat and that more Ukrainian forces were moving to the frontline. The Ukrainian government and military largely refused to talk about territorial changes on

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552-1161: Is a professional football team in Ukraine that is named after the river. During Kherson counteroffensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine between 1 September and 11 October, Ukraine regained the northern third of the rectangle between the Inhulets and Dnieper and continued to push slowly south toward Kherson and the dam at Nova Kakhovka . 2022 Kherson counteroffensive [REDACTED]   Russia [REDACTED]   Armed Forces of Ukraine [REDACTED] Ukrainian Volunteer Army [REDACTED]   Russian Armed Forces [REDACTED] DPR People's Militia Eastern Ukraine campaign Southern Ukraine campaign Other regions Naval operations Spillover & related incidents Eastern Ukraine campaign Southern Ukraine campaign Other regions Spillover & related incidents Eastern Ukraine campaign Southern Ukraine campaign Other regions Naval operations Spillover & related incidents A military counteroffensive

598-451: The 109th DPR Regiment and Russian paratroopers. The 109th DPR Regiment was a conscript unit which was known to serve on garrison duty in the Kherson area. Ukrainian officials also claimed that they had hit and destroyed a large Russian base in the area amid a general increase of Ukrainian air and artillery bombardments of Russian positions. The authorities in occupied Kherson called these claims "fake" and "an illusion", but also announced

644-690: The Dnieper , that flows through Ukraine . It has a length of 557 kilometres (346 mi) and a drainage basin of 14,460 square kilometres (5,580 sq mi). The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo village, in the Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast , about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Dnieper river, to which it initially flows parallel. The Inhulets turns south, where it flows through Kryvbas Iron Ore Basin , and

690-711: The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant ) and two Russian battalion tactical groups . The Institute for the Study of War has credited the Ukrainian southern offensive with allowing the Kharkiv offensive to be so successful. Writing: "Kyiv's long discussion and then an announcement of a counter-offensive operation aimed at Kherson Oblast drew substantial Russian troops away from the sectors on which Ukrainian forces have conducted decisive attacks in

736-799: The Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblasts , before finally flowing into the Dnieper about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city of Kherson . The river flows through southern spurs of the Dnieper Uplands and then across the Black Sea Lowland . The upper portion of the Inhulets basin is in the forest steppe zone, the lower part within the Pontic steppe . The river is dammed at the village of Iskrivka in Kirovohrad Oblast and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) further downstream at

782-464: The Kherson , Zaporizhzhia , and Mykolaiv Oblasts. In the early days of the war, Russian troops captured several cities in southern Ukraine, including Melitopol and Kherson , pushing Ukrainian troops back to the city of Mykolaiv . The Russian forces originally aimed towards capturing the major port city of Odesa from the southeast, but were forced back following their defeat at the battle of Voznesensk , and ultimately only succeeded in occupying

828-569: The Russian ruble . There were also widespread allegations of Russian authorities abducting hundreds of Ukrainian civilians across occupied territories. By early July, Russia controlled 95% of Kherson Oblast, 70% of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and 10% of Mykolaiv Oblast. In late May, Russian government officials acknowledged plans to annex all three oblasts and were reportedly setting conditions on occupied territory within Zaporizhzhia. A referendum

874-728: The Dnipro River. By 30 August, Russia was beginning to direct large numbers of troops and equipment to the Kherson frontline to counter the Ukrainian offensive. Meanwhile, Ukraine intensified its attacks on Russian concentration points, ammunition depots, bridges and other targets. In Kherson city, there were reports of fighting between Ukrainian partisans and pro-Russian security forces. Russian milbloggers claimed that battles were ongoing at Myrne  [ uk ] , Soldatske and Snihurivka, Ukraine had retaken Ternovi Pody , but been repelled at Pravdyne and Oleksandrivka. According to Pantelis Boubouras, Greece's honorary consul in Kherson,

920-701: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian forces had advanced northwest of Oleksandrivka , approximately 38 km west of the city of Kherson, and had reached the administrative border of Kherson–Mykolaiv Oblast. Ukrainian troops retaliated with artillery strikes on the site of the Russian 247th Airborne Regiment of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division and the ammunition depot in Chornobaivka . The same day, Russian forces continued air and artillery strikes on Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, and Mykolaiv with Uragan rockets. From 24 to 25 August,

966-453: The Russian forces continued their attacks but made no further progress. On 27 August, Russian and Ukrainian forces clashed at Potomkyne  [ uk ] in northwestern Kherson Oblast; both sides claimed that they had repelled an attack. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continued to conduct air strikes in the area, with Ukraine's Southern Operational Command claiming successful hits on three river crossings (Antonivka and Darivka bridges, and

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1012-531: The Ukrainians had relatively easily broken the Russian first line of defense near Kherson city, but had encountered much stiffer resistance at the Russian second line of defense in the area. By 31 August, this second line was the main focus of combat, with Boubouras stating that local sources had informed that both sides were suffering heavy losses. However, a Russian milblogger reported that Ukrainians were making progress toward Vysokopillia further north, though

1058-489: The border between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts. By 1 June, the Institute for the Study of War had assessed that Ukrainian counterattacks in Kherson Oblast had successfully disrupted Russian ground lines of communication along the Inhulets river. Throughout June, small parts of northwestern Kherson and northern Zaporizhzhia oblasts were regained by Ukrainian forces, with fierce fighting around Davydiv Brid . However,

1104-475: The city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to form reservoirs. The lower one, the Karachunivske Reservoir  [ uk ] , provides the water supply for Kryvyi Rih and for irrigation. On 14 September 2022 the Ukrainian government said a Russian missile attack had broken the dam, causing flooding. The course of the river near Kryvyi Rih has created many small islands, which have

1150-436: The city of Melitopol , Ukrainian resistance leaders claimed to have killed 100 Russian soldiers by 5 June. In Kherson, Ukrainian sources claimed that resistance fighters bombed a café frequented by Russian troops, killing Russian collaborators and destroying Russian military infrastructure. Assassination attempts and bombings have also been carried out on collaborators. On 30 August, shootouts and explosions were recorded in

1196-406: The city, which Russian officials attributed to "spies and saboteurs". Ukrainian officials first hinted at a large-scale military offensive in mid-to-late June, saying that "visible results" should be expected from Ukrainian counteroffensives by August 2022. A Ukrainian general stated on 15 June that if Ukraine were supplied sufficient weapons, it would be able to mount a massive counteroffensive by

1242-425: The main line of Russian defenses did not retreat as initially planned. Before 9 July, Ukraine had conducted numerous small counterattacks on Russian forces, pushing them into defensive positions. By 25 July, the region's military governor claimed that Ukraine had retaken 44 towns and villages, or 15 percent of the region's territory. There were numerous reports of partisan warfare within the occupied territories. In

1288-622: The next months, Ukrainian forces launched a series of limited ground attacks as well as several air and rocket attacks on Russian targets in southern Ukraine. On 9 August, explosions heavily damaged the Russian airbase at Novofedorivka , Crimea. An anonymous Western official stated that the explosions, possibly caused by a Ukrainian attack, had "put more than half of [the Russian] Black Sea fleet's naval aviation combat jets out of use". Though these Ukrainian attacks were met with some success, they did not cripple Russian defenses in

1334-455: The next week. According to a 24 July statement by Kherson Region official Serhii Khlan, Ukrainian attacks damaging Antonivka Road Bridge and another key bridge, and attacks on Russian ammunition stores and command posts, were preparatory actions for the offensive. A day earlier, Khlan stated that Ukrainian forces had retaken several villages in Kherson Oblast, but that the Ukrainian authorities requested civilians not to publish information on

1380-406: The northern portion of the Kherson Oblast had been recaptured by the Ukrainian military's 60th Brigade , including Novovorontsovka , Krasnivka  [ uk ] , Kniazivka  [ uk ] , and Kochubeivka  [ uk ] . In April, Ukrainian authorities said they had pushed the enemy southwards to the border with Kherson Oblast. In late May, Ukraine launched minor attacks on

1426-654: The offensive's first day, though anonymous Ukrainian officials, Western journalists and a number of Russian milbloggers reported that Ukrainian troops had captured several settlements north and northwest of Kherson, at a bridgehead across the Inhulets River , as well as south of the Kherson–Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border. Among these were the villages of Sukhyi Stavok , Novodmytrivka, Arkhanhelske , Tomyna Balka  [ uk ] and Pravdyne . The Ukrainians also attacked Russian pontoon ferries on

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1472-535: The overall situation at the northern frontline remained unclear. Milbloggers also claimed that the Russians had been able to stabilize the frontline at Oleksandrivka as well as Blahodatne, but had failed when attempting to retake Myrne. Ukrainian advances were also reported at Ternovi Pody and Lyubomyrivka . Later that day, Ukrainian sources claimed that four small villages had already been retaken, though Ukrainian soldiers also stated their opinion that this operation

1518-431: The past several days". On 29 August, Zelenskyy announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the south, a claim that was corroborated by the Ukrainian parliament as well as Operational Command South. At the start of the operation, the Ukrainian operational group "Kakhovka" and some Ukrainian officials claimed that their forces had broken through defensive lines manned by

1564-508: The progress of the campaign prior to official statements. On 26 July, Antonivka Road Bridge was hit again by a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike. The bridge remained structurally intact while the bridge's roadway surface was damaged. On 27 July 2022, Ukrainian forces stated that they had retaken control of the villages of Lozove and Andriivka , both on the eastern side of the Inhulets river , in Beryslav Raion in Kherson Oblast. In

1610-479: The south or achieve a breakthrough. On 10 August, an unnamed Ukrainian military official told Politico that the counteroffensive had begun in earnest on 9 August. However, Al Jazeera argued that both sides had seemingly fought each other to a standstill, with a major Ukrainian offensive not materializing. On 20 August, Russian forces launched a minor offensive in southern Ukraine, with Ukrainian sources admitting that Russian forces had advanced and made gains in

1656-430: 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. During the 2022 southern Ukraine offensive , Russian troops invaded

1702-525: The summer. On 5 July, Ukraine launched a major bombing campaign against Russian outposts in Melitopol, reportedly killing 200 soldiers. On 7 July, Ukraine retook Snake Island , affording Ukraine access to valuable sea channels and grain export lanes. Meanwhile, Russia tried to strengthen its hold on Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Russia stated that babies born in Kherson Oblast would automatically receive Russian citizenship , implying that Kherson

1748-409: The towns of Blahodatne and Vasylky  [ uk ] in Mykolaiv Oblast. On August 22, Russian forces achieved some success east of the city of Mykolaiv and in northwestern Kherson Oblast, driving Ukrainian forces 36 km from the front line to the north and 28 km deep into the territory of Mykolaiv Oblast with two objectives, to force a westward direction towards the city Mykolaiv or in

1794-412: The upcoming days, claiming that the " ZSU is coming". On 9 July, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the Ukrainian military, including elements of Operational Command South , to retake occupied territory. On the same day, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov stated that Ukraine was amassing a million-strong fighting force for the offensive. Later, Reznikov said that there

1840-536: Was a misunderstanding during his interview, and that 1 million is the total manpower of the Ukrainian "security and defense sector". He also denied that there was a "specific offensive operation". On 24 July, Serhii Khlan , a Kherson region official, stated that "the Kherson region will definitely be liberated by September, and all the occupiers' plans will fail". Writing a few months later in The Atlantic , military historian Phillips O'Brien remarked that it

1886-590: Was a part of the Russian Federation. In the morning of 9 July, Ukrainian government authorities began to urge residents of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts to evacuate from their homes due to an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive. Residents of occupied Kherson in particular were urged to create shelters to "survive the Ukrainian counteroffensive". Iryna Vereshchuk , Ukrainian deputy prime minister and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories , warned of intense fighting and shelling in

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1932-404: Was designated urban-type settlement . On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Shyroke became a rural settlement. The settlement was occupied by Russian soldiers at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , but was later retaken by Ukrainian troops. Since March 2022, Russian forces have continuously bombarded Shyroke, with and a school, a kindergarten,

1978-425: 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

2024-437: Was not a large counteroffensive but rather a localized operation. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksiy Arestovych cautioned that the offensive was going to be a "slow operation to grind the enemy", not a quick and massive campaign. From 1 to 2 September, Russian milbloggers reported further Ukrainian advances, but also a series of successful Russian counter-attacks. Many villages were reportedly contested. On 2 September,

2070-634: Was reportedly planned by Russian occupation authorities in the region for late 2022 to annex Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, while the occupied parts of the Mykolaiv Oblast would be included in the Kherson MSA, but officials soon moved the date forwards to autumn amid fears of being set back by the Ukrainian Army, according to U.K. intelligence officials. These referendums were held from 23 to 27 September, with Russia officially annexing Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts about

2116-484: Was unusual for a side to openly signal an intended offensive. He suggested that by encouraging the Russians to bring soldiers to the western side of the Dnieper and then attacking the bridges, it was creating a trap for them. In early July, the Ukrainian army engaged in minor skirmishes with Russian forces. On 11 July, the Ukrainian army reported that it had recaptured the village of Ivanivka  [ uk ] in Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian troops struck Nova Kakhovka ,

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