Russian winter offensive in Ukraine (2022–2023)

The Russian Winter Offensive of 2022–2023 was a military campaign executed by the Russian Armed Forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 22 December 2022, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov announced that the Russian military would focus on capturing the remainder of Donetsk Oblast. In early February 2023, Russian troops began their winter offensive on the western section of the front in Donetsk Oblast and on the Kupiansk–Svatove–Kreminna–Lyman line. According to military experts, Russia wanted to quickly break through Ukrainian defenses and seize the Donetsk Oblast. However, the Russian offensive was slow, and according to American and British intelligence estimates, in the winter of 2023 the Russian army managed to achieve only minor progress at the cost of huge losses of its own. However, western analysts noted that Ukraine also suffered significant losses among military personnel and equipment.