Russian forces
Russian forces: state military conducting missile, artillery and ground offensives into Ukraine
Russian forces, as reported in the collected sources, are the Russian Federation’s military units carrying out cross-border operations into Ukraine from February 2022 through at least mid-2026. Reporting documents missile strikes (including on Chuhuiv air base), guided aerial bombs, artillery, drone strikes, Iskander-M ballistic missiles and armoured ground attacks.
They have attacked and seized towns and cities at different times: Kherson (24 February 2022), Volnovakha (11 March 2022), heavy bombardment of Mariupol, and May 2024 advances into Vovchansk, Zybyne and Buhruvatka. Sources say the May 2024 offensive produced Russia’s largest territorial gains in 18 months but had stalled by early June 2024. Reports also describe efforts to surround and cut supply routes to Kostyantynivka, operational adaptations to a drone-saturated battlefield, and repeated civilian casualties across multiple regions.
- Cross-border operations into Ukraine reported from 24 February 2022, using missiles, artillery, drones and armoured attacks
- Struck Chuhuiv air base, struck and shelled Kharkiv and Kyiv, and heavily bombarded Mariupol
- Territorial gains and captures include Kherson (24 Feb 2022), Volnovakha (11 Mar 2022), Vovchansk, Zybyne and Buhruvatka
- Reported tactics include attempts to surround and cut supply routes to Kostyantynivka, and claimed control of its eastern part
- Operational pattern: May 2024 offensive yielded major gains but stalled by early June 2024, while forces adapt to a saturated drone battlefield and protect logistics
- Attacks have caused civilian casualties across Kharkiv, Nikopol, Poltava and Kyiv regions in multiple reported incidents
Synthesised from 40 sourced claims across our published briefings.
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