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Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast | |
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Occupied country | Ukraine |
Occupying power | Russia |
Russian-installed occupation regime |
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Russian invasion of Ukraine | 24 February 2022 |
Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive | 6 September 2022 |
Russian northern Kharkiv offensive | 10 May 2024 |
Administrative centre | |
Largest settlement | Izium (until 10 September 2022) Vovchansk (10–11 September) Kivsharivka (11–28 September) Borova (28 September – 3 October) Tavilzhanka (3 October – 10 May 2024) Strilecha (10 May 2024 – 28 January 2025) Dvorichna (since 28 January) [3] |
Government | |
• Governor | Vitaly Ganchev |
• Prime Minister | Andrey Alekseyenko (in 2022) |
The Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast is an ongoing military occupation that began on 24 February 2022, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying parts of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Russian forces failed to capture the capital city of the oblast, Kharkiv. However, other major cities including Izium, Kupiansk, and Balakliia were captured by Russian forces. Since November 2022, Russia only occupies a small portion of land in the Kharkiv Oblast.
In early September 2022, Ukraine began a major counteroffensive, regaining several settlements in the region and ending numerous Russian military or military-civilian administrations. [4]
The city of Vovchansk [5] and the town of Velykyi Burluk [6] [7] came under Russian control on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion. Shevchenkove came under Russian occupation on 26 February 2022. [8] Russian forces entered Kupiansk on 27 February. [9] [10] Balakliia was taken by Russian forces on 2 March. [11]
The city of Izium was captured by Russian forces on 1 April 2022. [12]
In May 2022, a pro-Russian military-civilian administration was created for the Russian-controlled parts of Kharkiv Oblast. Four military-civilian raion (district-level) administrations were also established for Kupiansk Raion, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Raion and Vovchansk Raion. [13]
Vitaly Ganchev, a former lieutenant colonel in the Ukrainian police, was made the head of the oblast military-civilian administration the same month. [13] On 19 August Andrey Alekseyenko was appointed first deputy head of the Kharkiv Oblast military-civilian administration and Prime Minister. [14]
On 8 July 2022, Ganchev said that Kharkiv Oblast was an "inalienable" part of Russian territory and intended for Kharkiv Oblast to be annexed by the Russian Federation via referendum. [15] But on 11 August, Ganchev told the Russia-24 TV channel that the authorities of the territories of the Kharkiv Oblast controlled by Russian troops are not yet ready to discuss a referendum on joining Russia, because "only 20 percent and no more" of the region is under Russian control. [16] According to Ukrainian intelligence, before the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia planned to hold a referendum in Kharkiv Oblast in November, with a planned 75% vote in favour of joining Russia. [17] [18]
Ukraine began a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast in early September. By 10 September 2022, Ukraine recaptured Izium, ending the military-civilian administration and Russian occupation of the city. [4] By 11 September, Russia had withdrawn from most of the settlements it previously occupied in the oblast, including Kupiansk, Vovchansk, Balakliia and Shevchenkove. [2] The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced a formal withdrawal of Russian forces from all of Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil river stating that an "operation to curtail and transfer troops" was underway." [19] [20]
The Kharkov Military-Civilian Administration, originally based in Kupiansk, briefly relocated to Vovchansk on 8 September 2022, but moved again before the city was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on 11 September 2022. [21] [22] By 18 September 2022, Russian forces only occupied a small strip of Kharkiv Oblast east of the Oskil. On 13 September 2022, Ukrainian forces had reportedly crossed the Oskil and had set up positions at multiple locations. [23]
On 3 October 2022, Russian forces fled from Nyzhche Solone, Pidlyman, Nyzhnia Zhuravka, Borova, and Shyikivka, allowing Ukrainian authorities to regain control of almost all of the oblast. [24] [25]
In a February 2023 interview, Ganchev said that the military-civilian administration was continuing its work, and that about twenty settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast were still under Russian control. [26]
In a December 2024 interview, Ganchev said that there were about 2,000 civilians living in the Russian-controlled parts of Kharkiv Oblast, under frequent Ukrainian shelling and often without heat, electricity, and gas, due to the destruction of infrastructure over the course of the fighting. He said that a pro-Russian Kupiansk Raion military-civilian administration had continued its work even after the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, and that at least 34 settlements in that area were under Russian control. Ganchev said that the administration provides the civilians there with social services and assistance in obtaining Russian citizenship, and that voting for the 2024 Russian presidential election was conducted in some settlements in the area. [13]
By November 2024, in the northeastern part of the Kharkiv Oblast, Russian forces crossed the Oskil River. [27] On 28 January 2025, Russian officials claimed to have retaken the town of Dvorichna, which had a pre-war population of over 3,000 inhabitants. [28]
In March 2025, Ganchev said that while about 70 settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast were under Russian control, his administration still only exercised authority over 34 of them. [29]
On 5 August 2025, Russia entered the northern part of Kupiansk. [30]
According to The Guardian, inhabitants of occupied Izium had survived in their basements for three weeks without electricity, heating or running water. [31] The report also claimed that Russian soldiers had prepared lists of individuals to “hunt”: gun owners, wealthy people and others deemed “dangerous” such as businessmen, activists, military, and their families. [31] The Russian army was also accused of barring passage of humanitarian convoys while food and medicine available in the city was running out. [31]
Following the end of the Russian occupation on 10 September, multiple bodies were discovered in the town of Zaliznychne , reportedly killed by Russian troops during the early days of the war. [32]
On 15 September 2022, several mass graves, including one site containing at least 440 bodies, were found in woods near the Ukrainian city of Izium after it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [33] [34] The graves contained bodies of people who were killed by Russian forces. [35] [36] [37] The Ukrainian government believes that over 1,000 civilian residents were killed during the battle for and subsequent Russian occupation of Izium. [38] [39]
According to Ukrainian investigators, 447 bodies were discovered in one of the sites including 414 bodies of civilians (215 women, 194 men, 5 children) and 22 servicemen. Most of the dead showed signs of violent death and 30 presented traces of torture and summary execution, including ropes around their necks, bound hands, broken limbs and genital amputation; [40] others might have died from shelling and a lack of access to healthcare. [41]
On 26 September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that two more mass graves had been found "with hundreds of people". [42]On 3 April 2022, the Ukrainian government stated that two Russian soldiers were killed and 28 others hospitalized after Ukrainian civilians handed out poisoned cakes to Russian soldiers of the Russian 3rd Motor Rifle Division in Izium. [43] [44]
On 11 July 2022, the Russian-appointed military-civilian administration leader of Velykyi Burluk, Yevgeny Yunakov, was assassinated in a car bombing. [45]
On 23 November 2023 the Russian-appointed deputy head of the occupation administration Oleksandr Slisarenko was killed when his car exploded in Belgorod, Russia. [46] An anonymous source told Ukrainska Pravda that the Security Service of Ukraine was responsible for his killing. [46]
Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Balakliia | 26,921 | Izium | Ukraine | 8 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Barvinkove | 8,110 | Izium | Ukraine [47] | 30 Apr 2022 | |
Berestove | 230 | Kupiansk | Russia [48] | 15 Nov 2024 | Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Claimed by ![]() Confirmed captured by ![]() |
Bohodukhiv | 15,797 | Bohodukhiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Bohuslavka | 1330 | Izium | Ukraine [53] | 5 Oct 2022 | |
Borivska Andriyivka | 163 | Izium | Ukraine [53] | 5 Oct 2022 | |
Borova | 5,174 | Izium | Ukraine | 3 Oct 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Borshchivka | 3,139 | Izium | Ukraine [55] | 9 Sep 2022 | |
Borysivka | 533 | Kharkiv | Russia [56] | 10 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Buhaivka | 1 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 12 May 2024 | |
Buhruvatka | 12 | Chuhuiv | Russia [57] | 14 May 2024 | Pressured and contested by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Cherkaski Tyshky | 1,165 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [59] | 10 May 2022 | |
Chkalovske | 3,730 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine [60] | 9 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Chuhuiv | 31,535 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine [61] | 7 Mar 2022 | See Chuhuiv air base attack Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Derhachi | 17,433 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [62] | 6 Apr 2022 | |
Dovhenke | 850 | Izium | Ukraine [63] | 22 Aug 2022 | See Sloviansk offensive |
Dvorichna | 3,387 | Kupiansk | Russia [48] | 30 Nov 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Claimed recaptured by ![]() Confirmed recaptured by ![]() |
Dvorichne | 326 | Kupiansk | Russia [66] | 31 Dec 2023 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() ![]() |
Fyholivka | 104 | Kupiansk | Russia [70] | 6 Feb 2025 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Ivanivka | 135 | Kupiansk | Russia [71] | 9 Jun 2024 | Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Izium | 45,884 | Izium | Ukraine [76] | 10 Sep 2022 | See Battle of Izium, Izium mass graves Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Hatyshche | 509 | Chuhuiv | Russia [58] | 12 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Hlyboke | 1,203 | Kharkiv | Contested [75] [78] | 18 Jun 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() |
Holubivka | 26 | Kupiansk | Russia [82] | 25 Jul 2025 | Contested by ![]() Captured by ![]() |
Hoptivka | 999 | Kharkiv | Ukraine? | 12 May 2024 | |
Horobivka | 263 | Kupiansk | Russia | 31 Dec 2023 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Again recaptured by ![]() |
Hrushivka | 1,277 | Kupiansk | Ukraine [55] | 8 Sep 2022 | |
Hrianykivka | 607 | Kupiansk | Russia | 30 Dec 2023 | |
Husarivka | 1,352 | Izium | Ukraine [85] | 27 Mar 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Izbytske | 37 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 11 May 2024 | [ citation needed ] |
Kalynove | - | Kupiansk | Ukraine | 31 Dec 2023 | [ citation needed ] |
Kamianka | 961 | Kupiansk | Ukraine | 30 Dec 2023 | [ citation needed ] |
Kharkiv | 1,433,886 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [86] | 2 Mar 2022 | See Battle of Kharkiv, Kharkiv cluster bombing, Dormitories missile strike |
Khotimlia | 1,351 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 29 Feb 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Kivsharivka | 18,302 | Kupiansk | Ukraine [90] | 28 Sep 2022 | Сaptured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Kochetok | 2,968 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 3 May 2022 | |
Kotliarivka | 255 | Kupiansk | Russia [91] | 5 May 2024 | Pressured by ![]() Pressured and contested by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Kozacha Lopan | 5,005 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 11 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Krasne | 20 | Kharkiv | Russia [56] | 10 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Krasne Pershe | 84 | Kupiansk | Ukraine | 30 Dec 2023 | |
Krasnohrad | 20,013 | Krasnohrad | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Krokhmalne | 45 | Kupiansk | Russia [96] | 20 Jan 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Kruhliakivka | 1,173 | Kupiansk | Russia [97] | 31 Oct 2024 | Contested by ![]() Claimed captured by ![]() Confirmed captured by ![]() |
Kudiivka | 22 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 12 May 2024 | Claimed pressured by a ![]() |
Kupiansk | 27,169 | Kupiansk | Contested [82] | 25 Jul 2025 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Contested by ![]() |
Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi | 8,397 | Kupiansk | Ukraine [103] | 26 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Kutuzivka | 1,184 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [105] | 28 Apr 2022 | |
Kyslivka | 965 | Kupiansk | Russia | 6 May 2024 | Contested by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Lebyazhe | 1,534 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine [109] | 20 Apr 2022 | |
Liubotyn | 20,376 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Lozova | 54,026 | Lozova | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Lozova | 64 | Izium | Russia [110] | 26 Dec 2024 | Captured by ![]() |
Lukiantsi | 1,242 | Kharkiv | Russia [111] | 15 May 2024 | Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Lyman Pershyi | 280 | Kupiansk | Russia | 19 Dec 2023 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Again recaptured by ![]() |
Lyptsi | 4,182 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [74] | 25 May 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Pressured by ![]() |
Malynivka | 7,500 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine [119] | 5 Apr 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Merefa | 21,421 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Milove | 508 | Kupiansk | Contested [120] | 12 Jul 2025 | Contested by ![]() |
Molodova | 595 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 3 May 2022 | |
Morokhovets | 44 | Kharkiv | Russia [77] | 11 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Novomlynsk | 16 | Kupiansk | Russia [121] | 31 Jan 2025 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Claimed by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Ohirtseve | 234 | Chuhuiv | Russia [77] | 11 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Oliinykove | 8 | Kharkiv | Russia [77] | 11 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Oskil | 3,217 | Izium | Ukraine | 7 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Pechenihy | 5,058 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 3 May 2022 | |
Pervomaiskyi | 28,986 | Lozova | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Petropavlivka | 2,452 | Kupiansk | Contested [123] | 13 Sep 2024 | Contested by ![]() |
Pishchane | 528 | Kupiansk | Russia [124] | 20 Jul 2024 | Claimed pressured by a ![]() Contested by ![]() Captured by ![]() |
Pisky-Radkivski | 2,507 | Izium | Ukraine [127] | 26 Sep 2022 | Captured by |
Pivdenne | 7,394 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Pletenivka | 124 | Chuhuiv | Russia [77] | 11 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Protopopivka | 1,253 | Izium | Ukraine [128] | 4 May 2022 | |
Prylipka | 12 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 21 May 2024 | Pressured by ![]() |
Pylna | 220 | Kharkiv | Russia [56] | 10 May 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Radkivka | 39 | Kupiansk | Russia [132] | 23 Jul 2025 | Contested by ![]() Captured by ![]() |
Rubizhne | 649 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 11 Sep 2022 | Recaptured by ![]() ![]() ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Ruska Lozova | 5,016 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [134] [135] | 6 May 2022 | |
Ruski Tyshky | 1,908 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [59] | 10 May 2022 | |
Savyntsi | 5,266 | Izium | Ukraine [136] | 8 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Shevchenkove | 6,724 | Kupiansk | Ukraine | 8 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Slatyne | 6,076 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [138] | 9 Apr 2022 | |
Sotnytskyi Kozachok | 177 | Bohodukhiv | Contested [139] | 4 Jul 2024 | Raided by ![]() Raided by ![]() |
Staryi Saltiv | 3,394 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine [141] | 2 May 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Starytsia | 486 | Chuhuiv | Contested [143] | 19 Jun 2024 | Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Claimed by ![]() |
Strilecha | 2,097 | Kharkiv | Russia [56] | 10 May 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Stroivka | 31 | Kupiansk | Russia [148] | 29 May 2025 | Contested by ![]() Captured by ![]() |
Studenok | 1,440 | Izium | Ukraine [150] | 18 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Multiple reports said Russian forces withdrew 15 Sep 2022. [151] |
Synkivka | 389 | Kupiansk | Russia [152] | 7 Sep 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Contested by ![]() Captured by ![]() |
Tabaivka | 34 | Kupiansk | Russia [154] | 28 Feb 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Tavilzhanka | 1,924 | Kupiansk | Russia [156] | 22 Nov 2022 | Captured by ![]() |
Ternova | 907 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 13 May 2024 | |
Tymkivka † | N/A | Kupiansk | Ukraine | 11 Jun 2024 | Claimed by ![]() |
Tokarivka | 16 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 12 May 2024 | |
Topoli (rural-type settlement) | 261 | Kupiansk | Russia [159] | 23 Mar 2025 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Topoli (village) | 860 | Kupiansk | Russia | 8 Mar 2022 | Captured by ![]() |
Tsyrkuny | 6,310 | Kharkiv | Ukraine [162] | 7 May 2022 | |
Tykhe | 163 | Chuhuiv | Contested [163] | 19 Jun 2024 | Recaptured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Contested by ![]() |
Udy | 1,677 | Bohodukhiv | Ukraine [66] | 11 Sep 2022 | ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Valky | 8,721 | Bohodukhiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Velykyi Burluk | 3,656 | Kupiansk | Ukraine [88] | 11 Sep 2022 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() |
Verbivka | 3,515 | Izium | Ukraine [167] | 7 Sep 2022 | |
Vilshana | 1,500 | Kupiansk | Russia | 1 Mar 2022 | Captured by ![]() |
Vovchansk | 17,747 | Chuhuiv | Contested [58] | 12 May 2024 | Captured by ![]() Recaptured by ![]() Pressured by ![]() Contested by ![]() |
Vovchanski Khutory | 1,340 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 18 May 2024 | Claimed shared control by ![]() |
Yakovenkove | 1,123 | Izium | Ukraine [60] | 8 Sep 2022 | Recaptured by ![]() |
Zapadne | 345 | Kupiansk | Russia [172] | 6 Feb 2025 | Claimed recaptured by ![]() Confirmed recaptured by ![]() |
Zmiiv | 14,071 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Zolochiv | 7,926 | Bohodukhiv | Ukraine [174] | 10 Apr 2022 | |
Zybyne | 115 | Chuhuiv | Ukraine | 18 May 2024 | Claimed pressured and contested by ![]() Claimed by ![]() |
Geolocated footage published on May 16 indicates that Russian forces advanced closer towards Lyptsi from the northeast. [...] Geolocated footage published on May 16 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced north of Berestove
Geolocated footage published on May 26 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced into southeastern Ivanivka [...] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces seized Berestove
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced 400 meters south of Berestove
the enemy used tanks, mortars and artillery of various types to attack the Ukrainian positions [...] [in] Dvorichne
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces completely captured Dvorichne
Geolocated footage published on February 6 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced [...] into Fyholivka, and seized the settlement
Geolocated footage published on June 9 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced north of Ivanivka, and Russian forces likely seized the settlement within the past week.
A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces [...] are conducting reconnaissance-in-force operations near Ivanivka's southern outskirts. [...] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces seized Andriivka [...] Geolocated footage published on May 22 [...] likely indicates that Russian forces recently seized Umanske
Geolocated footage published on May 24 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced up to a destroyed bridge [...] southeast of Tykhe [...] The Ukrainian General Staff acknowledged that Russian forces achieved partial tactical success near Ivanivka [...] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced southeast of Ivanivka and gained a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the settlement
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces retreated from unspecified positions near Lyptsi and that there are reports that Ukrainian forces in the area pushed Russian forces back towards Lukyantsi [...] Russian sources claimed on May 25 that elements of the Russian 47th Tank Division [...] seized Ivanivka
Geolocated footage published on June 7 shows Ukrainian forces operating in southwestern Hlyboke [...], suggesting that Ukrainian forces conducted a local counterattack. [...] Geolocated footage published on June 7 indicates that Russian forces advanced [...] in central Sokil
Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) Deputy Internal Minister Vitaly Kiselyov reiterated claims that Russian forces captured Horobivka (17km northeast of Kupyansk) on October 18, although ISW cannot independently verify that Russian forces have captured the settlement.
Russian forces recently seized Kotlyarivka (southeast of Kupyansk) no later than May 4 [...] Geolocated footage published on May 4 indicates that Ukrainian forces may have regained positions in Nevelske (southwest of Avdiivka) on an unspecified date. [...] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces made marginal gains [...] in eastern Paraskoviivka
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced in Berestove (28km southeast of Kupyansk) and possibly seized Kotlyarivka
Geolocated imagery published on January 20 indicates that Russian forces captured Krokhmalne (20km northwest of Svatove)
Additional geolocated footage published on October 31 indicates that elements of the Russian 2nd Motorized Rifle Division [...] recently advanced in northern Kruhlyakivka (southeast of Kupyansk) and have likely seized the settlement [...] Additional geolocated footage published on October 31 indicates that elements of the Russian 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade (51st CAA) advanced to the southwestern administrative boundaries of Kurakhivka (northeast of Kurkahove) and have likely seized the settlement.
Geolocated footage published on October 19 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced along Luhova Street in southwestern Kruhlyakivka (southeast of Kupyansk) during a reinforced company-sized mechanized assault [...] Additional geolocated footage published on October 18 shows Ukrainian forces striking a Russian platoon-sized mechanized assault consisting of four infantry fighting vehicles in southern Shcherbynivka (west of Toretsk), indicating that Russian forces recently advanced in the area and likely seized Nelipivka [...] Geolocated footage published on October 19 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced on the southern outskirts of Vozdvyzhenka [...] geolocated footage published on October 19 shows Ukrainian forces striking Russian forces in northern Zoryane, southeast of Zoryane, and in the satellite community northeast of Zoryane, indicating that Russian forces recently advanced in the area and likely seized Zhelanna Druhe [...] The Russian MoD claimed that Russian forces seized Zoryane
Russian milbloggers subsequently claimed that the capture of Kotlyarivka allowed elements of the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army (Moscow Military District [MMD]) to completely seize Kyslivka [...] Russian milbloggers also claimed [...] that Russian forces reached the outskirts of Novooleksandrivka
Geolocated footage posted on December 25 indicates that Russian forces seized Kurakhove [...] Geolocated footage posted on December 24 indicates that Russian forces seized Lozova.
To the north, along the eastern bank of the Oskil River, Ukrainian forces have reportedly liberated another Lyman — Lyman Pershyi.
The Center for Defense Strategies also reported that Russian forces entered Lyman Pershyi
Lyman Pershyi [...] w[as] subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
Russian sources claimed that heavy fighting is ongoing near Synkivka [...] and that Russian forces also attacked near Lyman Pershyi
This marking on the map in Novomlynsk is more of a clarification [...] the village was occupied about a few weeks ago
Geolocated footage published on September 13 shows Russian forces operating in central Snagost (south of Korenevo), indicating that Russian forces recently seized the entirety of the settlement [...] Geolocated footage published on September 12 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced into northern Petropavlivka (east of Kupyansk).
Geolocated footage published on July 20 shows Russian forces raising a Russian flag in central Pishchane and indicates that Russian forces have seized the settlement [...] Russian milbloggers claimed on July 19 and 20 that Russian forces completely seized Andriivka
A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced about two kilometers deep to the eastern outskirts of Pishchane [...] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on June 16 that Russian forces seized Zahirne [...], sparking debate and some criticism from Russian milbloggers who noted that Russian forces have controlled Zahirne for some time. One milblogger claimed [...] that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from Zahirne in 2023. However, the terrain features in the area prevented Russian forces from establishing a reliable foothold in the settlement until more recently.
Russian forces recently marginally advanced east of Pishchane [...] Russian forces likely recently seized Sokil [...] Geolocated footage published on July 6 shows elements of the Russian "Black Hussars" detachment raising a flag in western Sokil, and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces seized the settlement.
A Russian milblogger claimed on May 18 that Russian forces entered Myasozharivka [...] Geolocated footage published on May 18 indicates that Russian forces advanced during mechanized assaults on May 17 and 18 within and southeast of the Kanal Microraion [...] Geolocated footage published on May 19 indicates that Russian forces advanced [...] in eastern Paraskoviivka
Another Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces are attacking Prylipka [...] Russian sources claimed that elements of the Russian 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st DNR Army Corps) and other unspecified units forced Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Netaylove.
Ukrainian Kharkiv Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Yuriy Povkh stated on July 4 that a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group entered the village of Sotnytskyi Kozachok [...] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces have almost "completely" seized the settlement [...] Russian milbloggers claimed on July 3 and 4 that Russian forces broke through Ukrainian defenses and advanced into the southwestern outskirts of Niu York
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian assault near Sotnytskyi Kozachok [...] on the evening of June 26 [...] Another milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces likely advanced east of Terny but that the information is unconfirmed.
A prominent Russian milblogger reported on June 17 and 18 that Ukrainian forces seized Tykhe [...] suggesting that Ukrainian forces likely seized the settlement [...] Geolocated footage published on June 10 and 18 shows that Ukrainian forces also recently recaptured areas in southern and central Starytsya [...] Russian sources claimed that Russian forces advanced to eastern Pivnichne [...], to the administrative borders of Zalizne [...], and on the outskirts of Niu York
A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces also advanced up to 280 meters along Sadova Street within Starytsya [...] A Russian milblogger claimed that elements of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division (3rd Army Corps [AC]) seized Klishchiivka [...] Geolocated footage published on May 20 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced up to the eastern outskirts of Novooleksandrivka [...] Geolocated footage published on May 21 and 22 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced within southern Staromayorske
The Russian MoD claimed that elements of the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces seized Starytsa [...] Russian milbloggers [...] reiterated claims that Russian forces have entered Zybyne
Geolocated footage published on September 6 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced within southern Synkivka (northeast of Kupyansk) and seized the settlement.
Geolocated footage published on November 27 and 28 indicates that Russian forces advanced north of Synkivka (9km northeast of Kupyansk) and west of Pershotravneve (20km northeast of Kupyansk).
Geolocated footage published on February 28 shows that Russian forces advanced into Tabaivka (northwest of Svatove).
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian elements of the 47th Tank Division (1st Guards Tank Army, Western Military District [WMD]) captured Tabaivka (southeast of Kupyansk)
The State Border Guard Service reported that it had raised the Ukrainian flag in the villages of Stroivka and Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast, located near the Russian border.
Geolocated footage published on January 13 indicates that Russian forces seized Pishchane [...] Geolocated footage posted on 13 January indicates that Russian forces seized Neskuchne
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced east of Tykhe (northeast of Vovchansk) and seized Zybyne
Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets stated on February 5 that Russian forces seized Zapadne
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on January 22 that Russian forces seized Zapadne