2022 Kherson counteroffensive

2022 Kherson counteroffensive
	Part of the southern campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; A map showing the Kherson/Mykolaiv frontline
Date	29 August – 11 November 2022; (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Southern Ukraine (Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts)
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia Donetsk PR; Luhansk PR;
Commanders and leaders
Andriy Kovalchuk; Roman Kostenko	Vladimir Putin
Units involved
Ukrainian Armed Forces "Kakhovka" operational group; 1st Special Operations Brigade; 17th Tank Brigade; 35th Marine Brigade; 42nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 54th Motorized Brigade; 60th Infantry Brigade; 128th Mountain Assault Brigade; 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade; 129th Territorial Defense Brigade; Ukrainian Volunteer Army Ukrainian partisans; Separate Special Purpose Battalion	Russian Armed Forces 49th Combined Arms Army; 76th Guards Air Assault Division; 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade; 126th Coastal Defence Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet; DPR People's Militia 109th Regiment; LPR People's Militia
Strength
20,000 (start of the offensive)	20,000–25,000; 40,000 (October, per Ukraine)
Casualties and losses
Per Russia:; 9,500 killed and wounded	Per 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.

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