Jump to content

Battle of Romny: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
ce case
Merge complete
Tag: New redirect
 
(14 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
#REDIRECT [[Northern Ukraine campaign]] {{R from merge}}
{{Short description|Battle in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Romny
| partof = the [[northeastern Ukraine offensive]] and the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
| image =
| caption =
| date = 24 February 2022 – 4 April 2022 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=2|day1=24|year1=2022|month2=4|day2=4|year2=2022}})
| place = [[Romny]], [[Sumy Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]
| status = Ukrainian victory
* Russia fully withdraws troops from [[Sumy Oblast]] on 4 April<ref>{{Cite web |last=Podolskyi |first=Yevhenii |date=2022-04-04 |title=Russian troops withdraw from Sumy region in eastern Ukraine |url=https://dip.org.ua/en/news-of-the-mfa-of-ukraine/russian-troops-withdraw-from-sumy-region-in-eastern-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=dip.org.ua {{!}} |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404102410/https://dip.org.ua/en/news-of-the-mfa-of-ukraine/russian-troops-withdraw-from-sumy-region-in-eastern-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| combatant1 = {{flag|Russia}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| units1 = {{armed forces|Russia}}
* [[File:Great emblem of the 1st Guards Tank Army.svg|20px]] [[1st Guards Tank Army]]
| units2 = {{armed forces|Ukraine}}
[[File:Territorial_Defence_Forces_branch_SSI.svg|16px]] [[Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)|Territorial Defense Forces]]
| casualties1 = Unspecified killed & wounded<ref name="Тиждень другий. Онлайн"/><br>29 captured<ref name="Тиждень третій. Онлайн"/>
| casualties2 = 1 killed<ref name="У Сумах обстріляли цивільне"/><br>2 wounded
| casualties3 = 3 civilians killed<br>3 civilians wounded
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
}}

The '''battle of Romny''' was a series of [[military engagement]]s in [[Romny]], [[Sumy Oblast]] which began on 24 February 2022, during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], as part of the [[northeastern Ukraine offensive]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/?|title=Ворожа техніка через Сумщину продовжує курс на Київ. Тривають бої|first=Лілія|last=Христенко|date=February 27, 2022|website=Суспільне &#124; Новини|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329210335/https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |title=Війна на Сумщині: що відбувається, які міста оточили російські військові та як допомогти |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305143940/https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/218448-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-cetvertij-onlajn/?|title=Вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. Тиждень четвертий|date=March 24, 2022|website=Суспільне &#124; Новини|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426220709/https://suspilne.media/218448-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-cetvertij-onlajn/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Background==
Romny is a town in rural Sumy Oblast, with about 38,000 residents. The city is strategically important because it is located on highway H07, which connects [[Sumy]], [[Brovary]], [[Nedryhailiv]], and the Ukrainian capital [[Kyiv]], and therefore connecting the [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|Kyiv offensive]] and [[northeastern Ukraine offensive]] together.

==Battle ==

=== 24-28 February ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/210133-voennij-stan-so-vidbuvaetsa-u-sumah-2/?|title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. ОНЛАЙН|date=March 3, 2022|website=Суспільне &#124; Новини|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304133456/https://suspilne.media/210133-voennij-stan-so-vidbuvaetsa-u-sumah-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Between February 26 and 27, more Russian vehicles headed towards Romny from [[Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast|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.<ref name="Ворожа техніка через Сумщину">{{Cite web|title=Ворожа техніка через Сумщину продовжує курс на Київ. Тривають бої|url=https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/|website=Суспільне. Новини|date=2022-02-27|accessdate=2022-03-05|language=uk|first=Лілія|last=Христенко|archive-date=29 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329210335/https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/}}</ref>

On February 28, Russian forces attacked the Romny Correctional Colony. Meanwhile that same day, Russian forces crushed a civilian in the village of Pogozha Krynytsia when he attempted to use his car to block Russian tanks passing through.<ref name="На Сумщині російський танк переїхав">{{Cite web|title=На Сумщині російський танк переїхав цивільне авто, яке заважало руху колони. Водій загинув|url=https://suspilne.media/212524-na-sumsini-rosijskij-tank-pereihav-civilne-avto-ake-zavazalo-ruhu-koloni-vodij-zaginuv/|website=Суспільне. Новини|date=2022-03-01|accessdate=2022-03-05|language=uk|first=Анна|last=Скрипняк|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305200657/https://suspilne.media/212524-na-sumsini-rosijskij-tank-pereihav-civilne-avto-ake-zavazalo-ruhu-koloni-vodij-zaginuv/}}</ref>

=== 1-4 March ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polgeonow.com/2022/03/ukraine-vs-russia-map-control-2022.html|title=Ukraine: Map of Russian Control on March 6, 2022|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308134000/https://www.polgeonow.com/2022/03/ukraine-vs-russia-map-control-2022.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/4/7328060/|title=Росіяни захопили підприємство на Сумщині, посадили снайперів, вимагають переговорів|website=Українська правда|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430074948/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/4/7328060/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ru/rubric-ato/3412147-v-sumskoj-oblasti-kolonny-voennoj-tehniki-rf-posli-na-romny-i-dibrovu.html|title=В Сумской области колонны военной техники РФ пошли на Ромны и Диброву|website=www.ukrinform.ru|access-date=2022-07-26|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051022/https://www.ukrinform.ru/rubric-ato/3412147-v-sumskoj-oblasti-kolonny-voennoj-tehniki-rf-posli-na-romny-i-dibrovu.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://suspilne.media/212785-vijskovi-rf-zahopili-elevator-pograbuvali-magazin-ta-fermi-situacia-v-romenskomu-rajoni/ |title=У Роменському районі військові РФ захопили елеватор Дружба нова |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305205842/https://suspilne.media/212785-vijskovi-rf-zahopili-elevator-pograbuvali-magazin-ta-fermi-situacia-v-romenskomu-rajoni/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 4, after negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, Romny was selected as a humanitarian corridor for civilians fleeing [[Sumy Oblast|Sumy]], [[Kharkiv Oblast|Kharkiv]], and [[Chernihiv Oblast|Chernihiv]] oblasts.<ref name="Без електрики">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-04 |title=Без електрики Лебедин та частково Охтирка. В Сумах триває відновлення електропостачання |url=https://suspilne.media/215221-sumcani-dopomagaut-ukrainskim-bijcam-oblastovuvati-blokposti/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308145946/https://suspilne.media/215221-sumcani-dopomagaut-ukrainskim-bijcam-oblastovuvati-blokposti/ |archive-date=8 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-08}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Збирали брата по шматках…" — на Сумщині російські військові розстріляли чоловіка із БТРа|url=https://suspilne.media/230271-zbirali-brata-po-smatkah-na-sumsini-rosijski-vijskovi-rozstrilali-colovika-iz-btra/|website=Суспільне Новини|date=2022-04-19|accessdate=2022-06-10|language=uk|first=Суспільне|last=Юлія Ніколаєва, Катерина Ворона|archive-date=2022-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610164040/https://suspilne.media/230271-zbirali-brata-po-smatkah-na-sumsini-rosijski-vijskovi-rozstrilali-colovika-iz-btra/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Ukrainian hryvnia|hryvnias]] worth of damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Юлія Ніколаєва, Анна Скрипняк |first=Суспільне |date=2022-04-20 |title="Наробили багато шкоди" – наслідки пограбування росіянами птахоферми у селі Вільшана на Сумщині |url=https://suspilne.media/230556-narobili-bagato-skodi-naslidki-pograbuvanna-rosianami-ptahofermi-u-seli-vilsana-na-sumsini/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610164038/https://suspilne.media/230556-narobili-bagato-skodi-naslidki-pograbuvanna-rosianami-ptahofermi-u-seli-vilsana-na-sumsini/ |archive-date=2022-06-10 |website=Суспільне Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-10}}</ref>

==== March 5 ====
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 [[Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)|TDF]] troops at a gas station, leaving one Ukrainian soldier killed and two wounded.<ref name="У Сумах обстріляли цивільне">{{Cite web |last=Стрельцов |first=Ігор |date=2022-02-27 |title=У Сумах обстріляли цивільне авто з дорослими та дітьми — загинула жінка |url=https://suspilne.media/211748-u-sumah-ta-sumskomu-rajoni-jdut-boi-zatrimali-rosijskih-vijskovih/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305144837/https://suspilne.media/211748-u-sumah-ta-sumskomu-rajoni-jdut-boi-zatrimali-rosijskih-vijskovih/ |archive-date=5 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-05}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Обстріляна АЗС">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-06 |title=Обстріляна АЗС, цивільні машини та підстанція у Ромнах |url=https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305143940/https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |archive-date=5 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-08}}</ref> Later that evening, in the village of Skripali' in Romny raion, Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian column, and killed an unspecified number of soldiers.<ref name="Тиждень другий. Онлайн">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-09 |title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. Тиждень другий. Онлайн |url=https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305143940/https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |archive-date=5 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-09}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2022 |title=Обстріляна АЗС, цивільні машини та підстанція у Ромнах |url=https://suspilne.media/214342-romencaninu-maksimu-bilokonu-posmertno-prisvoene-zvanna-geroa-ukraini/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306110022/https://suspilne.media/214342-romencaninu-maksimu-bilokonu-posmertno-prisvoene-zvanna-geroa-ukraini/ |archive-date=6 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-06}}</ref>

=== 8-19 March ===
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.<ref name="Тиждень третій. Онлайн">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. Тиждень третій. Онлайн |url=https://suspilne.media/215802-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-tretij-onlajn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311193048/https://suspilne.media/215802-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-tretij-onlajn/ |archive-date=11 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-20}}</ref><ref name="Поліціянти та тероборонівці затримали">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=Поліціянти та тероборонівці затримали 29 військових РФ на Сумщині |url=https://suspilne.media/216340-policianti-ta-teroboronivci-zatrimali-29-vijskovih-rf-na-sumsini/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320200445/https://suspilne.media/216340-policianti-ta-teroboronivci-zatrimali-29-vijskovih-rf-na-sumsini/ |archive-date=20 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=На Сумщині затримали 29 військовослужбовців РФ |date=11 March 2022 |url=https://rama.com.ua/na-sumshhini-zatrimali-29-vijskovosluzhbovciv-rf/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313085856/https://rama.com.ua/na-sumshhini-zatrimali-29-vijskovosluzhbovciv-rf/ |archive-date=13 March 2022 |accessdate=20 March 2022}}</ref>

The next day on March 12, green corridors were established in Sumy Oblast, where civilians from Sumy, [[Trostianets]], [[Konotop]], [[Lebedyn]], [[Velyka Pysarivka|Velyka Pisaryvka]], and [[Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast|Krasnopillia]] could flee towards [[Poltava Oblast]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-12 |title=На Сумщині запланували нову хвилю евакуації на 12 березня. Як і звідки можна виїхати до Полтави |url=https://suspilne.media/219736-zakupi-u-sumah-so-mozna-pridbati-na-rinkah-mista-v-umovah-vijni/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320202055/https://suspilne.media/219736-zakupi-u-sumah-so-mozna-pridbati-na-rinkah-mista-v-umovah-vijni/ |archive-date=20 March 2022 |website=Суспільне. Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-03-20}}</ref> Humanitarian corridors restarted again on March 18.<ref name="Тиждень четвертий. Онлайн">{{Cite web|title=Вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. Тиждень четвертий. Онлайн|url=https://suspilne.media/218448-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-cetvertij-onlajn/|website=Суспільне. Новини|date=2022-03-24|accessdate=2022-04-04|language=uk|first=|last=|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426220709/https://suspilne.media/218448-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-cetvertij-onlajn/}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Тиждень четвертий. Онлайн" />

==Russian withdrawal==
Russian forces began to withdraw from Romny raion on April 1, through a corridor from [[Kyiv Oblast|Kyiv]] and Chernihiv oblasts through Romny towards the Russian state border, following the Ukrainian victory in the [[northeastern Ukraine offensive]]. The withdrawal ended on April 4.<ref name="РФ затримують цивільних">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-02 |title=На Сумщині військові РФ затримують цивільних та беруть у полон |url=https://suspilne.media/224424-na-sumsini-vijskovi-rf-zatrimuut-civilnih-ta-berut-u-polon/ |website=Суспільне Новини |language=uk |accessdate=2022-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sumy region: Russians start to leave the region |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/4/7336951/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627061748/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/4/7336951/ |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Ukrayinska Pravda}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
{{coord missing|Ukraine}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Romny}}
[[Category:Battles of the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
[[Category:February 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:March 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:April 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Northeastern Ukraine campaign]]
[[Category:History of Sumy Oblast]]
[[Category:Battles in 2022]]
[[Category:Battles involving Ukraine]]
[[Category:Battles involving Russia]]

Latest revision as of 07:23, 8 April 2024

Redirect to:

  • From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Romny&oldid=1217852310"