Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
	; Gains in the south after the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
Date	18-31 January 1942
Location	North-Eastern Ukraine, near Barvinkove
Result	Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock	Rodion Malinovsky; Fyodor Kostenko
Units involved
Army Group South	Southwestern Front; Southern Front;
Casualties and losses
25,000 Russian estimate	unknown

The Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II; it took place between 18 and 31 January 1942. The Red Army advanced 90–100 kilometres (56–62 mi) and destroyed 3 German divisions (298th, 68 and 257th Infantry Divisions). According to Soviet data, Nazi Germany lost 25,000 soldiers. According to German sources, some 5,000 soldiers were lost.

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