Battle of Lysychansk

When

26 Feb 2022 – 3 Jul 2022

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.92° N, 38.42° E

Description

military engagement in the Donbas during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Battle in the Russo-Ukrainian war

The Battle of Lysychansk was a military engagement between Russia and Ukraine in the wider battle of Donbas of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russo-Ukrainian war. By May 2022, Lysychansk and its twin city of Sievierodonetsk were the two largest cities of the Luhansk Oblast not under Russian control.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Armed forces of Russia and the separatist Luhansk People's Republic capture the entire Luhansk Oblast after seizing Lysychansk”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вторжение России на Украину: окончание боёв за Лисичанск”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Russo-Ukrainian War (full-scale invasion)24 Feb 2022 · Interstate war · Deaths 350,000