A military counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.
First responders work after the Mykolaiv government building airstrike, 29 March 2022.
Ukrainian forces in Vysokopillia, Kherson Oblast, 27 September 2022
Russian landmines placed during Ukraine's advance, reading "from a pure heart" and "with love from Russia"
On 6 September 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive against the Russian military during the Russo-Ukrainian war. As Ukraine announced the start of the Kherson counteroff
2022 Kherson counteroffensive
…and Mykolaiv oblasts. Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, along with the concurrent eastern counteroffensive, after the initial invasion and the battle of Donbas. After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale…
President Zelenskyy with General Oleksandr Syrskyi in the Kharkiv Oblast, 14 September 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near the front line in the Kharkiv Oblast
Ukrainian military with destroyed weapons of Donetsk separatists, 23 September 2022
Deceased Russian soldiers during the retreat from Lyman, 1 October 2022