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Russian occupation of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Part of Southern Ukraine offensive, part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

  Ukrainian territory never occupied
  Ukrainian territory liberated from occupation

Date1 March 2022–11 May 2022
(2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
LocationDnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

The Russian occupation of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, referred to by the Government of Russia as the " Dnipropetrovsk Military-Civil Administration", refers to a military occupation beginning on 1 March 2022, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying areas of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The oblast's capital, Dnipro, was not successfully captured by Russian forces during the initial 2022 offensive, but did suffer heavy shelling by Russian artillery. However, other cities did fall under Russian control, including Apostolove, Berezove, Ternove, and Zelenodolsk. On 11 May 2022, Russian forces left the oblast and ended their military occupation.

Occupation

2022

On March 1, 2022, a Russian mixed column of up to 35 Russian armored vehicles and 600 soldiers entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from the southeast. Sixteen days later, another Russian mixed column of up to 60 Russian armored vehicles and 1,200 soldiers entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from the southwest. After confronting the few Ukrainian soldiers in the area, they managed to capture and besiege the first cities along the oblast's border.

Dnipro

On March 4, 2022, although the city of Dnipro was not captured by Russian forces, explosions were reported inside the city, one of which severely damaged the Kaidatsky Bridge, which was determined to be an act of Russian sabotage to prevent Ukrainian forces from crossing the Dnieper River.

Berezove

On March 1, 2022, the city of Berezove fell under Russian occupation. The same day, statements by civilians inside the city claimed that they had initiated a resistance operation called "Operation Hidden Mortar". Testimony from a city local following the Ukrainian liberation of the city stated that that throughout the occupation of the city, civilians organized themselves at night to use some mortars on the roofs that had been left by the Russian troops to bomb any vehicle approaching the city. The local argued that they used them exclusively at night since during the day the munitions were guarded, and that they used the mortars to bomb the fortifications that the Russian forces were establishing around the city.

Zelenodolsk

On March 16, 2022, the city of Zelenodolsk fell under Russian occupation. Based on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Russian forces tortured Ukrainian military personnel inside the city during the occupation. In addition, city infrastructure suffered critical damage due to the intensity of the bombing. When the city was liberated by Ukrainian forces, a warehouse containing Russian tanks and weapons in good condition that civilians gathered throughout the occupation was discovered.

Russia's withdrawal

On 10 March 2022, a Ukrainian counteroffensive began, ending Russian control over localities it held in the south-east of the oblast. As a result, Russia began withdrawing troops from southern Ukraine, including Synelnykove Raion, with Ukrainian forces recapturing occupied settlements in the region.

On 10 May 2022, another independent counteroffensive began, ending Russian control over the few remaining localities it held in the south-east of the oblast. Following the fighting, Russia began withdrawing troops from the region, including Kryvyi Rih Raion, and Ukrainian forces began recapturing the remaining occupied settlements in the oblast. On 11 May, Ukrainian officials and locals in the oblast claimed that Russian forces had completely abandoned south-east Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for redeployment to southern Ukraine.

Recapture of the oblast

After Russian forces withdrew, Ukrainian forces began demining operations in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

On 12 May 2022, Serhiy Lysak, Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, stated that all Russian troops had left the region, but that it was still unsafe due to military equipment and other ammunition left behind by Russian troops after their withdrawal.

Following their withdrawal, Russian forces continued to continue to shell small towns and villages in the oblast due to the existence of Ukrainian weapons depots and fortifications in the area.

Russian reoccupation efforts

Since September 2024, in conjunction with the Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka offensives, Russian forces began to gradually re-occupy territory in the southwesternmost part of Donetsk Oblast while moving towards Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the aim of re-establishing the lost civil-military administration of the oblast in 2022.

Control of settlements

This section is an excerpt from Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War § Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Name Pop. Raion Held by As of More information
Apostolove 16,356 Kryvyi Rih  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Chaplyne 3,655 Synelnykove  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 See Chaplyne railway station attack
Dnipro 980,948 Dnipro  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 See Dnipro strikes
Hannivka 236 Kryvyi Rih  Ukraine 11 May 2022
Kamianske 229,794 Kamianske  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Kryvyi Rih 612,750 Kryvyi Rih  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 See Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
Marhanets 45,718 Nikopol  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Mezhova 7,022 Synelnykove  Ukraine 1 Sep 2024
Nikopol 107,464 Nikopol  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Novomoskovsk 70,230 Novomoskovsk  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Pavlohrad 103,073 Pavlohrad  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Pershotravensk 27,573 Synelnykove  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Piatykhatky 18,457 Kamianske  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Pidhorodne 19,336 Dnipro  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Pokrov 38,111 Nikopol  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Prosiana 4,547 Synelnykove  Ukraine 7 Sep 2024
Synelnykove 30,021 Synelnykove  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Ternivka 29,226 Pavlohrad  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Verkhivtseve 10,081 Kamianske  Ukraine 5 Jul 2022
Verkhnodniprovsk 16,976 Kamianske  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Vilnohirsk 22,458 Kamianske  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022
Zaporizke 103 Synelnykove  Ukraine 19 Mar 2022
Zelenodolsk 12,874 Kryvyi Rih  Ukraine 27 Apr 2022
Zhovti Vody 42,901 Kamianske  Ukraine 24 Feb 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 3, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 4, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  3. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 7, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  4. "Держспецзв'язку". Telegram. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  5. "Police of Dnipropetrovsk region collect evidence of Russian war crimes". mvs.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  6. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 16, 2024" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. March 16, 2024.
  7. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 14, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  8. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  9. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 11". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  10. "Russian troops shell Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with heavy artillery". The Kyiv Independent. 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  11. "Russia fires about 100 shells in Nikopol district in a day: dozens of houses damaged". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  12. "Russia uses Grad MLRS to fire on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  13. "Por qué la pérdida de Velyka Novosilka podría anunciar una nueva retirada del ejército ucraniano en el óblast de Donetsk" [Why the loss of Velyka Novosilka could herald a new withdrawal of the Ukrainian army in Donetsk Oblast]. El Grand Continent (in European Spanish). 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  14. Barros, George; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Bergeron, Thomas. "Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  15. Hilsum, Lindsey (27 April 2022). "'I was beaten with an axe': Fleeing Russian-occupied Ukraine". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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