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{{Short description|Battle in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine}}
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== Timeline ==
=== 26–27 February ===
On the evening of 26 February, Ukrainian forces held the Russian forces on the outskirts of the city. The
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On the afternoon of 3 March, the
On the nights of the 1 and 2 of March, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed some 100 Russian military vehicles, mainly tanks and armored personnel carriers (APCs), at Bishkyn village near Lebedyn. Also on 1 March, the Ukrainians claimed to have destroyed 80 units of Russian equipment near the village of Pustovytivka, half of which were Grad MLRs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-03 |title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. ОНЛАЙН |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/210133-voennij-stan-so-vidbuvaetsa-u-sumah-2/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>▼
▲On the afternoon of 3 March, the {{ill|93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade|uk|93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр»}} neutralized the Russian troops at Moskovskyi Bobryk in Lebedyn district.<ref name="suspilne">{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-10 |title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: події на Сумщині. Тиждень другий. Онлайн |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/207001-vijskove-vtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-na-sumsini-tizden-drugij-onlajn/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref> Several T-72B3 and T-80U tanks and APCs were disabled. While in the village, the Russians looted the local shops and private households and burnt the car of the head of the village.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-03 |title=Біля Московського Бобрику на Сумщині артилерія знищила танкову колону РФ |url=https://suspilne.media/213327-bila-moskovskogo-bobriku-na-sumsini-artileria-znisila-tankovu-kolonu-rf/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |newspaper=Суспільне | Новини |language=uk}}</ref>
=== 4–7 March ===
Lebedyn was completely cut off from electricity for the 4 and 5 of March. On 5 March at 7 a.m., civilians heard an air raid alarm in Lebedyn as the Russians began shelling the city.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-08 |title=Сумчани допомагають українським бійцям облаштовувати блокпости |url=https://suspilne.media/215221-sumcani-dopomagaut-ukrainskim-bijcam-oblastovuvati-blokposti/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |language=uk}}</ref> The explosions blew out windows in multistoried buildings. The artillery shelling went on all day long.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://apostrophe.ua/news/society/2022-02-28/boi-pod-sumami-artilleriya-i-bayraktaryi-unichtojili-100-tankov-i-20-gradov-okkupantov/260916 |title=Бои под Сумами: артиллерия и "Байрактары" уничтожили 100 танков и 20 "Градов" оккупантов |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228222555/https://apostrophe.ua/news/society/2022-02-28/boi-pod-sumami-artilleriya-i-bayraktaryi-unichtojili-100-tankov-i-20-gradov-okkupantov/260916 |url-status=live }}</ref> An electric substation, the Lebedyn bakery, and a gas station were destroyed by Russian shelling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Casualties in battle near Sumy |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/7/7329187/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Ukrayinska Pravda |language=en}}</ref>
By the evening of 5 March, Russians had been reported to have captured civilians driving by cars through the countryside. [[Dmytro Zhyvytskyi]], the Head of the Military Administration, said that people could not leave Lebedyn, Sumy, Okhtyrka and Trostianets at the moment because "the Russian troops rob and occasionally shoot at the cars of peaceful Ukrainians."{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
== Shelling and airstrikes ==
On the evening of 5 March, a column of Russian tanks arrived at Lebedyn having seized the village of Stanove near Trostianets along the way. They placed tanks in every yard along the central and side streets. According to the Head of the Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Russians took away people's cellphones. They broke into houses asking for food and a bath. Thus they were sheltering themselves with a human shield almost all day long.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-06 |title=Російські війська окупували Тростянець на Сумщині: що відбувається в місті |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/214475-rosijski-vijska-okupuvali-trostanec-na-sumsini-so-vidbuvaetsa-v-misti/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>▼
According to the Military Administration, Russian artillery shelling and the airstrikes of 6 March left many inhabitants of Lebedyn without electricity. The prosecution launched a pre-trial investigation into the destruction of the Lebedyn bakery by the strikes of Russian military planes.<ref name=":0"/>
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[[File:Destroyed building in Lebedyn, 2022-03-07.jpg|thumb|Bombed out building in Lebedyn, 7 March]]
▲On the
On the night of 11 March, the Russian troops shelled houses in
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▲On the night of 11 March, the Russian troops shelled houses in Kerdylivschyna killing two locals – Vasyl Masliuk and Valeriy Sukhanov.<ref name="auto"/>
"Green corridors" for evacuation functioned in Sumy Oblast on 12 March. People could go from Sumy, Trostianets, Konotop, Lebedyn, Velyka Pysarivka, and Krasnopillia through Romny to Poltava. According to the Head of the Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, they finally managed to reach an agreement about Lebedyn, which had no electricity or communication at that point. At 9:00, a column of private transport and buses gathered at Lebedyn city council. The route was from Lebedyn via Shtepivka, Nedryhailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny and Poltava. Overall, 28 vehicles with 83 civilians and four buses with 52 civilians left Lebedyn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-20 |title=Закупи у Сумах: що можна придбати на ринках міста |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/219736-zakupi-u-sumah-so-mozna-pridbati-na-rinkah-mista-v-umovah-vijni/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-12 |title=Понад 10 тисяч людей поїхали з Сумщини "зеленим коридором" 12 березня |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/216917-ponad-10-tisac-ludej-poihali-z-sumsini-zelenim-koridorom-12-berezna/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
Humanitarian corridors worked in Sumy region on March 18. It was possible to leave the Velyka Pysarivka, Trostianets, Krasnopillia, Sumy, Lebedyn and Konotop communities.<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> Lebedyn could leave on personal transport and buses from 9 am from the square near the city council. From the city the column moved through Shtepivka, [[Nedryhailiv]], Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriiashivka and further to [[Poltava Oblast]] through Lokhvytsia to [[Lubny]].<ref name="18 березня">{{Cite web|title=На Сумщині 18 березня працюватимуть гуманітарні коридори для евакуації людей|url=https://suspilne.media/225143-ce-terapevticna-stuka-sumskij-pismennik-vladislav-ivcenko-pro-svoi-vijskovi-opovidanna/|website=Суспільне. Новини|date=2022-03-18|accessdate=2022-04-04|language=uk|first=|last=}}</ref> The column was traditionally accompanied by representatives of the International Organization of the Red Cross. According to the regional military administration, as of 5:00 pm, 4 buses carrying 50 citizens had left Lebedyn.<ref name="4 тисячі людей евакуювали із Сум">{{Cite web|title=Майже 4 тисячі людей евакуювали із Сум 18 березня "гуманітарним коридором"|url=https://suspilne.media/225143-ce-terapevticna-stuka-sumskij-pismennik-vladislav-ivcenko-pro-svoi-vijskovi-opovidanna/|website=Суспільне. Новини|date=2022-03-18|accessdate=2022-04-04|language=uk|first=|last=}}</ref>
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[[Category:Battles of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022|Lebedyn]]
[[Category:Battles of the Northern Ukraine campaign|Lebedyn]]
[[Category:Sumy Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
[[Category:February 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:March 2022 events in Ukraine]]
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