Battle of Vuhledar

Battle of Vuhledar
	Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Destruction in Vuhledar from fighting and shelling, September 2024
Date	28 October 2022 – 1 October 2024; (1 year, 11 months and 3 days)
Location	Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine47°47′N 37°15′E / 47.783°N 37.250°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Rustam Muradov; Sukhrab Akhmedov; Mikhail Gudkov	Ivan Vinnik
Units involved
First main battle: 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade; 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade; 155th Naval Infantry Brigade; 40th Naval Infantry Brigade; PMC Redut; PMC Patriot;	First main battle: 72nd Mechanized Brigade; 68th Jaeger Brigade; Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment; Late 2024:; 72nd Mechanized Brigade; 123rd Territorial Brigade;
Strength
First main battle:; 20,000 troops; 90 main battle tanks; 180 IFVs; 100 artillery pieces	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Ukrainian claim: 155th Brigade: ~5,000 killed, wounded or captured; 130 armored vehicles destroyed (36 tanks); 72nd Brigade:; 30 tanks and BMPs destroyed; 5th Brigade: 304 killed, 22 wounded; Per BBC Russia:; 455–2,230+ killed, wounded and missing; Identified by name:; 155th Brigade: 211 killed, 42 missing; 40th Brigade: 72 killed; 72nd Brigade: 34 killed, 84+ wounded, 12+ missing; Equipment losses:; 107+ armored vehicles damaged or destroyed (17+ tanks)	Ukrainian claim:; "As many as" 60 killed or wounded a day (Sep. 2022 only); 100 killed or wounded (one battalion; Nov. '22–Feb. '23); Russian claim:; 200 killed or wounded (24–25 Jan. 2023); Equipment losses:; 20 armored vehicles destroyed (2 tanks; as of Feb. 2023)
	60 civilians killed

The battle of Vuhledar was a major battle between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of Vuhledar, a city in Donetsk Oblast, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian commanders described the clashes as "the largest tank battle" of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date.

The first main Russian effort to capture the city took place in the early months of 2023, following an advance through the surrounding area of Vuhledar the preceding year. This assault in and around the city ended in a failure, with large-scale losses, and the dismissal of commander Rustam Muradov, who led the attack. Similarly unsuccessful small-scale attempts at advancing near the city were launched throughout 2023 and the first half of 2024.

In late August 2024, a renewed large-scale effort to capture Vuhledar was launched. Aided by the support of simultaneous advances on the city's southern, western, and eastern flanks, Russian forces near-encircled Vuhledar by late September, while storming the city itself. On 1 October, Vuhledar was captured.