2022 Kherson counteroffensive

2022 Kherson counteroffensive
	Part of the southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Map of Kherson Oblast in late 2022, with the right bank of the Dnieper (green) fully liberated by Ukrainian troops
Date	29 August – 11 November 2022; (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia Donetsk PR; Luhansk PR;
Commanders and leaders
Andrii Kovalchuk; Oleksandr Tarnavskyi	Unknown
Units involved
Kakhovka operational group; Separate Special Purpose Battalion; Khyzhak Brigade	49th Combined Arms Army; 76th Guards Air Assault Division; 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade; 126th Coastal Defence Brigade; 109th Regiment
Strength
20,000 (start of the offensive)	20,000–25,000; 40,000 (October, per Ukraine)
Casualties and losses
Per Russia:; 9,500 killed and wounded	Per Russia:; 1,200–1,360 killed and wounded; Per Ukraine:; 2,500 killed, 5,000 wounded; (29 Aug.–29 Sept.)

A military counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, along with the concurrent eastern counteroffensive, after the initial invasion and the battle of Donbas.

After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022. On 9 October, Ukraine said it recaptured 1,170 square kilometers of land. On 9 November, Russian troops were ordered to withdraw from Kherson, the only regional capital captured since the start of the invasion. Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Kherson two days later, on 11 November.