Battle of Kyiv (2022)

Battle of Kyiv
	Part of the Kyiv offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; ; Above: Russian bombardment of the Kyiv TV Tower in Kyiv, 1 March 2022; Below: Situation around Kyiv, as of 2 April
Date	25 February – 2 April 2022; (1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine; Supported by:; Belarusian opposition
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Oleksandr Syrskyi; Vitali Klitschko
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Ground Forces 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade; ; Russian Airborne Forces 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment; ; Special Operations Forces; Russian Air Force; National Guard of Russia 141st Motorised National Guard Brigade; PMC Redut	Ukrainian Armed Forces Ukrainian Ground Forces 72nd OMBr; 101st OBrO HSh; OPBr; Sheikh Mansur Battalion; Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion; ; Ukrainian Air Force 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade; ; Territorial Defense Forces 112th Territorial Defense Brigade; International Legion; ; National Guard of Ukraine Azov Special Operations Detachment; Security Service of Ukraine; State Emergency Service of Ukraine Unofficial irregular units
Strength
15,000–30,000 soldiers; 700+ military vehicles	Undisclosed regular soldiers; 18,000+ irregular forces
Casualties and losses
Unknown, presumed heavy; Four planes shot down	162 soldiers killed, 748 wounded (Ukrainian claim); 1 Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft shot down Presumed heavy.
	89 civilians killed; ; ~2 million civilians evacuated

The battle of Kyiv was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, and surrounding districts. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle lasted from 25 February 2022 to 2 April 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces.

Initially, Russian forces captured key areas to the north and west of Kyiv, leading to international prediction of the city's imminent fall. However, stiff Ukrainian resistance sapped Russian momentum. Poor Russian logistics and tactical decisions helped the defenders to thwart efforts at encirclement, and, after a month of protracted fighting, Ukrainian forces began counterattacking.

Following the successful Ukrainian counterattacks in late March, Russia began withdrawing its forces from the Kyiv area on 29 March. Four days later, the Ukrainian authorities declared that Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv Oblast were again under Ukrainian control.

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