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| caption = Map of combat operations in the vicinity of Sviatohirsk |
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| date = 30 May – 8 June 2022 <br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=5|day1=30|year1=2022|month2=6|day2=08|year2=2022}}) |
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**{{flagicon image|Great emblem of the 90th Guards Tank Division.svg|border=}} ]<ref name="CooperMay29">{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |title=Ukraine War, 26–29 May 2022 |url=https://medium.com/@x_TomCooper_x/ukraine-war-26-29-may-2022-1c2855e4f179 |agency=Medium |date=29 May 2022 |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529111645/https://medium.com/@x_TomCooper_x/ukraine-war-26-29-may-2022-1c2855e4f179 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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**{{flagicon image|Sleeve patch of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division.svg|border=}} ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-resists-russia-s-invasion-day-23-russian-troops-not-able-to-advance-more-terror-against-civilians-russia-to-brandish-nuclear-weapons|title=Ukraine resists Russia's invasion. Day 23: Russian troops not able to advance, more terror against civilians, Russia to brandish nuclear weapons|access-date=26 May 2022|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419200544/https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-resists-russia-s-invasion-day-23-russian-troops-not-able-to-advance-more-terror-against-civilians-russia-to-brandish-nuclear-weapons|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*{{flagicon image|81 ОАеМБр к.svg|border=}} ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220501-exhausted-ukrainian-soldiers-return-from-eastern-front|title=Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers return from eastern front|date=1 May 2022|website=France 24|access-date=26 May 2022|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501173943/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220501-exhausted-ukrainian-soldiers-return-from-eastern-front|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The '''battle of Sviatohirsk''' was a military engagement near the city of ] between the ] and the ] during the ]. |
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== Background == |
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{{Main|Battle of Donbas (2022)|Eastern Ukraine offensive}} |
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Some Russian attacks on Izium started taking place from 28 February 2022, with continued rocket strikes by the Russian military starting on 3 March. Eight civilians were killed on 3 March, with the town's central hospital reportedly sustaining significant damage.<ref name="beleagured">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/ukraine-beleaguered-town-of-izium-at-breaking-point-after-constant-attack-from-russian-forces-new-testimony/|title=Ukraine: Beleaguered town of Izium at breaking point after constant attack from Russian forces - new testimony|date=March 16, 2022|website=Amnesty International|access-date=June 4, 2022|archive-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316164635/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/ukraine-beleaguered-town-of-izium-at-breaking-point-after-constant-attack-from-russian-forces-new-testimony/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 1 April, the Ukrainian military confirmed Izium was under Russian control.<ref name="april1">{{cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-1|title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1 | Institute for the Study of War|website=understandingwar.org|access-date=2022-06-04|archive-date=2022-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516042101/https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="radio">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-kyivshchyna-zsu-henshtab/31781218.html|title=На Київщині ЗСУ звільнили 15 населених пунктів – зведення Генерального штабу|website=radiosvoboda.org|access-date=2022-06-04|archive-date=2022-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401104403/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-kyivshchyna-zsu-henshtab/31781218.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="milinua">{{cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-russians-are-controlling-izyum-general-staff-of-the-ukrainian-armed-forces/|website=mil.in.ua|title=The russians are controlling Izyum – General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces|access-date=2022-06-04|archive-date=2022-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403232857/https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-russians-are-controlling-izyum-general-staff-of-the-ukrainian-armed-forces/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following day, in an interview for '']'', Izium's Deputy Mayor Volodymyr Matsokin claimed that 80% of the city's residential buildings had been destroyed and that there was no power, heating, or water in the city. Kreminna was the first city to fall during the Donbas Offensive that was announced by Russia on 18 April. The ], ], reported that 200 civilians were killed, but there could have been more. Ukrainian officials reported on 25 April that Russian forces were killed in an explosion in the Kreminna City Hall by a gas explosion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/25/7342040/index.amp |title=Luhansk Military Administration: Russian occupiers and their collaborators die in an explosion in Kreminna City Hall |website=Pravda.com.ua |date=2022-04-25 |access-date=2022-05-31 |archive-date=2022-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530221510/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/25/7342040/index.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> Russian forces control the city. Fighting continued throughout the night, with heavy artillery fire being shot around the streets. Russian forces later captured the city hall on the 19 April.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} That evening, Haidai reported that the remaining Ukrainian troops withdrew, giving Russian troops full control of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/19/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-says-battle-for-donbas-has-begun-dialogue-between-macron-and-putin-stalls-live |title=Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region - as it happened |website=] |access-date=2022-05-31 |archive-date=2022-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530225410/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/19/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-says-battle-for-donbas-has-begun-dialogue-between-macron-and-putin-stalls-live |url-status=live }}</ref> By 27 May, most of the city of Lyman came under Russian control.<ref name="UK">{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/russia-captures-strategically-important-town-183825491.html|title=Russia captures strategically important town ahead of 'next stage' of Ukraine invasion: UK intelligence|website=news.yahoo.com|access-date=2022-06-01|archive-date=2022-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530172019/https://news.yahoo.com/russia-captures-strategically-important-town-183825491.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Battles == |
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On 30 May 2022, as a result of shelling of the town of ], the Holy Dormition ] was damaged, two monks of this monastery and a nun were killed, three monks were injured.<ref name="raskolam">{{cite web|url=https://raskolam.net/en/53577-vid-bombarduvan-zaginuli-ta-poraneni-monahi-svyatogirskoi-lavri-upc|title=The monks of the Sviatohirsk Lavra of the UOC were killed and wounded while the bombing|website=Raskolam.net|access-date=2022-06-04}}</ref> On the evening of 30 May, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a much more massive ground attack with fierce artillery strikes on the city. During the day on 31 May, the infantry troops of the Russian Federation launched an assault on Sviatohirsk with the aim of encircling the entire city and forming a cauldron.<ref name="raskolam"/> |
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On 4 June, a large-scale fire broke out in the grounds of the Holy Dormition Lavra, and the flames engulfed the main shrine of the monastery; the Ukrainians blamed Russian forces for starting the fire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balevic |first=Katie |title=A temple in Ukraine's Sviatohirsk Lavra monastery is on fire after Russian attack, Zelenskyy adviser says |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-temple-sviatohirsk-lavra-on-fire-after-russian-attack-2022-6 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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During 3-4 June, the strikes became more intense. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced on 6 June that it had taken full control over the city of Sviatohirsk and Sviatohirsk Lavra.<ref></ref> On 8 June, the ] confirmed that Russian forces had advanced to the city, but acknowledged it was unclear if their forces have entirely seized Sviatohirsk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-8 |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 8 |language=en}}</ref> On 9 June, Ukrainian media claimed that Russian forces had captured a part of the city and that another western section was still in Ukrainian control.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.6262.com.ua/news/3404009/castina-svatogirska-pid-okupacieu-dbr-rozslidue-mozlivu-derzzradu-mera-cim-ce-zagrozue|title=Частина Святогірська під окупацією, ДБР розслідує можливу держзраду мера - чим це загрожує|language=uk|date=9 June 2022}}</ref> However, later reports confirmed the town had been seized by the Russian military.<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-14-22/h_94ddfb838c30d67ad29e68beba0b4ce3|title=Russia's war in Ukraine {{!}} Mayor of captured Ukrainian town switches sides|date=14 June 2022|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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On 10 September, shortly after the recapture of Izium by Ukrainian troops, Russian sources reported that an attack was being conducted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the town of Svyatohirsk. On the 12th, the Ukrainian National Guard reported that they had recaptured the town.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 2022 |title=Ukraine's National Guard confirms recapture of Sviatohirsk |work=Ukrinform |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3570073-ukraines-national-guard-confirms-recapture-of-sviatohirsk.html |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> |
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According Security Service of Ukraine, a place of illegal detention of people was found near the Sviatohirsk Lavra, with items indicating signs of torture.<ref>{{cite web |title=SBU finds another rashist torture chamber near one of the largest shrines in the Donetsk region |url=https://risu.ua/en/sbu-finds-another-rashist-torture-chamber-near-one-of-the-largest-shrines-in-the-donetsk-region_n133042 |website=Religious Information Service of Ukraine |publisher=Institute of Religion and Society of the Ukrainian Catholic University |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>. |
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