Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Northern front
	Part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	; Clockwise from top left: Russian bombardment of the Kyiv TV Tower during the battle of Kyiv; Wreckage of the Antonov An-225 Mriya following its destruction in the Battle of Antonov Airport; Petroleum depot on fire in Vasylkiv; Aftermath of a skirmish in the battle of Hostomel; Russian tank unit advances into the Kyiv Oblast;
Date	24 February – 8 April 2022; (1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Kyiv Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast and Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Territorial; changes	Ukrainian forces regain control of the entirety of the Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zhytomyr oblasts
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Chaiko;	Volodymyr Zelenskyy;
Units involved
1st Guards Tank Army; 35th Combined Arms Army; 36th Combined Arms Army; 90th Guards Tank Division; 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade; 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade; 141st Special Motorized Regiment; SOBR units; OMON units; PMC Redut;	1st Tank Brigade; 58th Motorized Brigade; 72nd Mechanized Brigade; 93rd Mechanized Brigade; Georgian Legion; Sheikh Mansur Battalion; 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade; 79th Air Assault Brigade; 95th Airborne Brigade; 3rd Special Purpose Regiment; 112th Territorial Defense Brigade; Ukrainian Foreign Legion; 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade; Azov Special Operations Detachment; 49th "Carpathian Sich" Battalion;
Strength
70,000 soldiers,; 7,000 vehicles (total) 15,000–30,000 soldiers (Kyiv Convoy); ; Several hundred airborne troops; 1,500 Chechen soldiers; 700+ military ground vehicles (Kyiv Convoy); 220-234+ helicopters; ;	20,000 soldiers; 18,000+ irregulars
Casualties and losses
Per Ukraine:; Heavy casualties; At least ten planes shot down; At least several helicopters shot down	530+ killed, 948+ wounded; 200+ captured; Su-27 fighter shot down; Antonov An-225 Mriya destroyed;
	1,589+ civilians killed

The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast. Kyiv is the seat of the Ukrainian government and the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian forces initially captured several towns and cities, but logistical and supply failures, stiff Ukrainian resistance, and subsequent poor morale caused the advance to stall. With heavy losses and the inability to make further progress, Russia withdrew its forces from Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts in April 2022, and Ukrainian forces retook control.