Battle of Ludvypol

Battle of Liudvypol
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date 28 March 1943 Location Ludvypol (now Sosnove, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine) Result Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukrainian Insurgent Army	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Adam Rudyk Andriy Dovhalets	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	1,500 soldiers [1]
Casualties and losses
17 killed [2] 20 wounded [2] 9 captured [2]	58–70 killed [2] [3] 5 burned cars [2]

The Battle of Ludvypol was a battle between the "Shavuly" and "Skydry" detachments of Ukrainian Insurgent Army led by Adam Rudyk and Andriy Dovhalets and the German forces during World War II that took place on 28 of March, 1943 near the village of Ludvypol (now Sosnove, Rivne Oblast). The German army launched several attacks in order to destroy the UPA detachments near Lyudvypol but was defeated and forced to retreat.

Battle

On 28 of March 1943, the German army tried to destroy Ukrainian detachments in Liudvypol. They launched an attacks from the directions of Rivne, Kostopil, Mezhyrich and Berezne. ^[1] Once approaching the village, the Germans encircled it, started firing on the Ukrainian positions and launched several assaults, however all of them were repelled. ^[2] Not being able to capture Liudvypol, the Germans were forced to retreat towards Kostopil. ^[4]

Aftermath

The Germans lost 58 to 70 people dead and 5 cars burned during the battle. ^{[4] [3]}

References

1. Денищук 2008, p. 43.
2. Oльховський, Iван. "Хто обороняв Людвипіль? | Поліська Січ" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-04-30.
3. Денищук 2008, p. 44.
4. Mirchuk 1953, p. 35.

Bibliography

• Денищук, Олександр (2008). Боротьба УПА проти німецьких окупантів: хронологія подій [The UPA's struggle against the German occupiers: chronology of events] (in Ukrainian). ППДМ. ISBN   978-966-8424-86-1.
• Mirchuk (1953). Українська повстанська армія (1942–1952) [Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1942–1952)](PDF) (in Ukrainian).