Contemporary era · 2022
Battle of Okhtyrka
On 24 February 2022, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military crossed the Russia–Ukraine and Belarus–Ukraine borders into northern Ukraine, entering the oblasts (regions) of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Zhytomyr. The Russian operations in northern Ukraine were initially launched as an attempt to capture Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine and the seat of the Ukrainian government.
- When
- 24 Feb 2022
- Where
- Okhtyrka
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CC BY-SA 4.0