Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast

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Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast
Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Sumy Oblast:

  Ukrainian territory never occupied
  Ukrainian territory liberated from occupation

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Native nameРосійська окупація Сумської області
Российская оккупация Сумской области
Date26 February 2022–7 April 2022
(1 month, 1 week and 5 days)
Location Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

The Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast was a military occupation that began on 24 February 2022, when Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing parts of the Sumy Oblast. The capital of the Oblast, Sumy, was never captured by Russian forces, however, other cites were captured including Konotop and Trostianets. On 7 April, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, governor of Sumy Oblast, said that all Russian troops had left the region, but it was still unsafe due to rigged explosives and other ammunition Russian troops had left behind. [1]

Occupation

Konotop

On 25 February, Russian forces captured the city of Konotop, 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the Russian border. [2] [3]

On 2 March, Artem Seminikhin, the mayor of Konotop, stated that Russian forces in the city warned him that they would shell the city if the residents resisted them. Russian vehicles, deployed outside the City Council, were surrounded by locals. [4] Seminikhin asked the residents of the city whether they wanted to fight or surrender, whereupon the residents "overwhelmingly" refused to surrender. [5] [6] Later in the day, city authorities negotiated with Russian forces, with talks lasting 12 minutes. An agreement was reached under which Russian forces accepted not to change the city's government, deploy troops in the city, obstruct transportation, or remove the Ukrainian flag. In return, the city officials agreed that the residents would not attack Russian forces. [7]

On 7 March, the Ukrainian General Staff assessed that Russian forces at Konotop had taken 50 percent losses and were forced to regroup and resupply. [8] On 15 March, Ukrainian and Russian forces agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to evacuate citizens from Konotop. [9] On 28 March, Russian forces destroyed a bridge in Konotop. [10]

On 2 April, it was reported that the Russian army maintained a corridor in Konotop Raion through which equipment from Kyiv and Chernihiv could be withdrawn to Russia. [11] On 3 April, Ukrainian MP Olexander Kachura  [ uk ] stated on Twitter that all Russian forces had left Konotop Raion. [12] On 4 April 2022 Sumy Oblast's Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi stated that Russian troops no longer occupied any towns or villages in Sumy Oblast and had mostly withdrawn, while Ukrainian troops were working to push out the remaining units. [13]

On 5 April, Governor Zhyvytsky stated that the bodies of at least three tortured civilians had been found in the Konotop Raion. [14]

Rosiis'ka tekhnika pid Trostiantsem 18.03.2022 (5).jpg
Remnants of a Russian column ambushed by Ukrainian forces on 17 March 2022.

Romny Raion

On the evening of February 24, the first day of the Russian invasion, two convoys of Russian soldiers coming from the cities of Nedryhailiv and Konotop (east and north of Romny, respectively) made their way in the direction of Romny. [15] Between February 26 and 27, more Russian vehicles headed towards Romny from Krasnopillia, bypassing Sumy. According to the head of Romny Raion, Denis Vashchenko, there were no wounded, killed, or shelling during this time. The second convoy was bombed by Ukrainian forces before it reached Romny. [16] On February 28, Russian forces attacked the Romny Correctional Colony. Meanwhile that same day, Russian forces crushed a civilian in the village of Pohozha Krynytsia  [ uk ] when he attempted to use his car to block Russian tanks passing through. [17]

On the first day of March, Russian forces captured the villages of Bilovods'ke and Bobryk, just south of Romny, which had been contested in previous days. [18] [19] [20] On March 4, after negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, Romny was selected as a humanitarian corridor for civilians fleeing Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv oblasts. [21] That same day, civilians from the village of Spartak attempted to block Russian vehicles passing from Nedryhailiv to Romny. They succeeded in blocking the road, although an ensuing attack by the Russians resulted in one civilian dying. [22] Later that evening on March 4, Russian forces blocked the road from Lypova Dolyna towards Romny and Bilovod'ske, in southern Romny Raion, while the highway between Nedryhailiv and Romny was still under Ukrainian control. During the night between March 4 and 5, Russian soldiers destroyed a poultry farm, killed around 100,000 poultry and causing an estimated one million hryvnias worth of damage. [23]

On March 5, three out of four hostages who were taken by Russian troops were released, according to Vashchenko. That same day, Russian soldiers standing on the road fired at Ukrainian TDF troops at a gas station, leaving one Ukrainian soldier killed and two wounded. [24] On the evening of March 5, Russian soldiers fired at two cars traveling from Sumy to Romny, in the village of Pustovyitivka. 3 civilians were wounded, and one civilian was killed in the shooting. [25] Later that evening, in the village of Skripali' in Romny raion, Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian column, and killed an unspecified number of soldiers. [26] In the evening between March 5 and 6, shots were fired in Pustoviitivka and Romny, with no injuries. The shooting in Romny, however, knocked out electricity for parts of the town. [27]

On March 11, Vashchenko reported that Ukrainian forces unblocked the road between Romny and Lokhvytsia, allowing civilians to flee southwards. That morning near Romny, police and Ukrainian TDF discovered and detained 29 Russian soldiers in a field, all of whom claimed to be lost. [28] [29] [30] The next day on March 12, green corridors were established in Sumy Oblast, where civilians from Sumy, Trostianets, Konotop, Lebedyn, Velyka Pysarivka, and Krasnopillia could flee towards Poltava Oblast. [31] Humanitarian corridors restarted again on March 18. [32] The Ukrainian General Staff reported on March 19 that the 1st Guards Tank Army of Russia began to concentrate efforts on surrounding Sumy, while also attempting offensives in Trostianets, Pryluky, and Romny, although these offensives did not succeed. [32]

Okhtyrka

In Okhtyrka, by April 21, only 24,000 of the town's original population of 48,000 were left. [33] Residents of Trostianets who survived the occupation stated that as soon as the Russian forces got there, they began firing upon Okhtyrka. [34] Despite never entering the town, much of Okhtyrka was destroyed in bombing raids carried out by the Russian army. [34]

Trostianets

The destroyed railway station "Trostianets-Smorodino" Trostyanets-Smorodyne railway station after the Battle of Trostianets.jpg
The destroyed railway station "Trostianets-Smorodino"

As part of an offensive towards Kyiv, columns of tanks from the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division first passed through Trostianets on 24 February, with no real plans of occupying the city. [35] [36] [37] However, the offensive quickly began to stall due to Ukrainian resistance west and southwest of Trostianets, and the detonation of a bridge south of the city. [35] [37] [38] As a result, Trostianets, which was first envisioned as "little more than a speed bump" in Russian plans to swiftly take Kyiv, was occupied by a garrison of Russian troops on 1 March. [35] [39]

About a dozen checkpoints were established in and around the city. [35] The main train station served as the Russian headquarters, [37] and the police station and airfield also came under occupation. [36] The number of Russian troops occupying Trostianets has been variously estimated between 300 and 800. [35] [36] Separatist militiamen from Donetsk and Luhansk arrived in the city following a mid-March troop rotation, [35] [37] and the presence of contigents of Buryat and South Ossetian fighters has also been reported. [36] Units of the elite 4th Guards Tank Division, including the 12th and 13th Guards Tank Regiments, are reported to have been among the occupying forces. [40] [41]

Destruction near the Smorodino locomotive depot Cleanup of Trostianets by SESU, 29.03.2022 (5).jpg
Destruction near the Smorodino locomotive depot

During the occupation, Ukrainian police officers remained in the city incognito, supporting both local civilians and partisan forces operating in the area. [35] The town's mayor, Yuriy Bova, hid in nearby villages, receiving some criticism for his decision not to stay in town, but continued to coordinate Ukrainian resistance, including shelling of Russian positions. [38]

The Russian occupying force allegedly engaged in widespread looting, [35] [36] [42] and Guardian journalists found evidence of torture and summary executions in the city. [38] Residents of Trostianets during the occupation stated that people were shot in the streets. [43] Unless neighbors or other civilians carried in the bodies of the dead, they would be left in the streets. [43] These included the bodies of dead Russian troops, who were left there following the Russian retreat. [43] Bova stated that at least 50 civilians were killed under Russian occupation. [38] According to residents, two civilians were also killed in the neighboring village of Bilka, Okhtyrka Raion  [ uk ], which the Russians occupied on 2 March. [38]

Zhyvytskyi stated that Russian troops in Trostianets laid mines everywhere, including the town cemetery. [43] After the Russian withdrawal, seven civilians were killed and at least two wounded due to traps laid by Russian soldiers across the town. [44]

Ukrainian counterattack

A Ukrainian counteroffensive recaptured the city on 26 March. [42] [35] During the fighting, the town's hospital was shelled, with residents blaming Russian forces. [35] After combat and shelling around the outskirts of the city, Russian troops largely withdrew overnight before the arrival of Ukrainian forces. [45] An AFP report recorded "a dozen" destroyed or damaged tanks and armored vehicles. [37] The New York Times reported that food had grown scarce by the time the city was recaptured by Ukraine. [35]

Control of cities

This table is an excerpt from Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War § Sumy Oblast.[ edit ]
NamePop. Raion Held byAs ofMore information
Buryn 8,359 Konotop Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022Captured by Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 February 2022.
Recaptured by Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 April 2022.
Hlukhiv 32,248 Hlukhiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022See Battle of Hlukhiv
Captured by Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 February 2022.
Recaptured by Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 April 2022.
Konotop 84,787 Konotop Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022See Battle of Konotop
Captured by Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 February 2022.
Recaptured by Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 April 2022.
Krolevets 22,437 Konotop Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022
Lebedyn 24,238 Lebedyn Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022See Battle of Lebedyn
Okhtyrka 47,216 Okhtyrka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022See Battle of Okhtyrka
Putyvl 15,100 Konotop Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022Captured by Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27 February 2022.
Recaptured by Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2 April 2022.
Romny 38,305 Romny Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022
Shostka 73,197 Shostka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022
Sumy 259,660 Sumy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022See Battle of Sumy, Sumykhimprom ammonia leak, October missile strikes
Trostianets 19,797 Okhtyrka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [46] 6 Apr 2022Captured by Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 March 2022.
Recaptured by Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26 March 2022.

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