| Battle of Konotop (2022) | |||||||
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| Part of the northern Ukraine offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
 A Russian 9K114 Shturm destroyed in the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russia |  Ukraine | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
Unknown
| Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown Per Ukraine: 2 wounded[2] | ||||||
| Per Ukraine: 3 civilians wounded[2] | |||||||
The battle of Konotop was a military engagement that took place around the city of Konotop, Ukraine between the military forces of Russia and Ukraine as part of the northern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Battle
On 24 February, a mixed Russian column of up to 300 vehicles approached Konotop, before engaging Ukrainian mechanized units.[1]
On 25 February, burned Russian equipment was seen in Konotop and its outskirts,[3][4] while the city was besieged by the Russian army.[5] The Ukrainian Army stated that Russian forces besieging the city were poorly supplied.[4] However, Ukrainian forces lost control of the city later that day.[6][7]
Aftermath
On 2 March, Artem Seminikhin, the mayor of Konotop, stated that Russian forces in the city warned him that they would shell the city if the residents resisted them. Russian vehicles, deployed outside the City Council, were surrounded by locals.[8] Seminikhin asked the residents of the city whether they wanted to fight or surrender, whereupon the residents "overwhelmingly" refused to surrender.[9][10]
Later in the day, city authorities began negotiations with Russian forces, with talks lasting 12 minutes. An agreement was reached under which Russian forces accepted not to change the city's government, deploy troops in the city, obstruct transportation, or remove the Ukrainian flag. In return, the city officials agreed that the residents would not attack Russian forces.[11]
See also
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