Siege of Chernihiv

Overview

The Siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 4 April 2022, Ukrainian authorities stated that the Russian military had left Chernihiv Oblast.

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Significance

The Siege of Chernihiv was part of the northern Ukraine offensive that opened on 24 February 2022 with the full-scale Russian invasion. Russian forces, numbering approximately 30,000, engaged a Ukrainian garrison of around 2,000 defenders in the city. The siege lasted until early April 2022, when Ukrainian authorities confirmed that Russian forces had withdrawn from Chernihiv Oblast on 4 April 2022. The Russian failure to secure Chernihiv was part of the broader collapse of the northern offensive, which also saw the withdrawal from Kyiv's environs, marking a significant strategic setback for Russian forces and effectively ending their attempt to advance through northern Ukraine.

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