Battle of Bucha

Battle of Bucha
	Part of the northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	Bucha; Location of Bucha in Ukraine
Date	First phase:; 27 February – 12 March 2022 ; (1 week and 6 days); Second phase:; 29–31 March 2022 (3 days)
Location	Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Result	1st battle:; Russian victory and occupation 2nd battle:; Ukrainian victory and regained control
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Gennady Bayur †; Azatbek Omurbekov	Anatoliy Fedoruk
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Airborne Forces 76th Guards Air Assault Division 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment; ; 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment; ; Russian Ground Forces 35th Combined Arms Army 64th Motor Rifle Brigade; ; 36th Combined Arms Army; ; National Guard of Russia SOBR; OMON;	Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces; Ukrainian Air Force; Irregular civilian volunteers (militia and guerillas) BuchaVarta;
Casualties and losses
Hundreds killed; At least 100 pieces of military equipment lost	Unknown
	Per Ukraine: 458 civilians killed; Per United Nations: 73 civilians killed

The battle of Bucha was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of the city of Bucha. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Ground Forces. The battle lasted from 27 February to 31 March 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces. The battle was part of a larger tactic to encircle Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.

The armed forces of Ukraine resisted the Russian advance in the capital's western suburbs of Irpin, Bucha, and Hostomel. Bucha was among the locations that the Kyiv Oblast State Administration named as the most dangerous places in the Kyiv Oblast. After Russian forces withdrew from Bucha and Ukrainian forces regain the city's control, reports of uncovered atrocities by the Russian military attracted international attention.