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{{Short description|Battle in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Lebedyn
| partof = the [[battle of Sumy]] in the [[northern Ukraine offensive]] of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
| image = File:2022 Sumy Offensive.png
| image_size = 300
| caption = Map of March 2022 battles in Sumy region; Ukrainian positions in Lebedyn are marked blue in the lower middle of the map.
| date = 26 February – 26 March 2022 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=2|day1=26|year1=2022|month2=3|day2=26|year2=2022}})
| place = [[Lebedyn]], [[Sumy Oblast]], Ukraine
| result = Ukrainian victory
| combatant1 = {{flag|Russia}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| units1 =
| units2 =
| commander1 =
| commander2 =
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
| casualties3 =
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
}}
 
The '''battle of Lebedyn''' was aA series of clashes that began on 26 February 2022 ataround the city of [[Lebedyn]], [[Sumy Raion]], [[Sumy Oblast]], as a part ofduring the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].
 
== Timeline ==
 
=== 26–27 February ===
On the evening of 26 February, Ukrainian forces held the Russian forces on the outskirts of the city. The RussiansUkrainians reportedly suffered significantsome lossescasualties. At 22:45, a battle began in Kamiane{{ill|Kamyane, Sumy Oblast|lt=Kamyane|uk|Кам'яне (Сумський район)}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Христенко |first=Лілія |date=2022-02-27 |title=Ворожа техніка через Сумщину продовжує курс на Київ. Тривають бої |url=https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |newspaper=Суспільне &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref> Five soldiers were brought to the hospitals of Lebedyn on the morning of 27 February. Almost allMost of them were wounded innear and aroundLebedyn's Batiutenko Street. According to the Regional Centre of Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine, no wounded civilians arrived.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Скрипняк |first=Анна |date=2022-02-27 |title=До Лебединської лікарні на Сумщині госпіталізували п'ятьох військових |url=https://suspilne.media/211711-vranci-27-lutogo-do-lebedinskoi-likarni-na-sumsini-gospitalizuvali-patoh-vijskovih/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |newspaper=Суспільне &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref> On the night of 27 February, 37-year-olda OlexandrUkrainian Smilian,soldier born in Kapustyntsi,reportedly died in thecombat battle ofnear Lebedyn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Марковська |first=Юлія |date=2022-02-28 |title=У бою під Лебедином загинув військовий з Роменщини |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/212103-u-bou-pid-lebedinom-zaginuv-vijskovij-z-romensini/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
 
=== 282–3 FebruaryMarch ===
On the afternoon of 3 March, the {{ill|[[93rd IndependentMechanized KholodnyiBrigade Yar(Ukraine)|93rd Mechanized Brigade|uk|93-тя]] окремаannounced механізованаthat бригадаUkrainian «Холоднийartillery Яр»}}had neutralizeddestroyed thea Russian troopscolumn atnear Moskovskyithe Bobrykvillage inof Lebedyn{{ill|Moskovskyi districtBobryk|uk|Московський Бобрик}}.<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> SeveralDuring T-72B3 and T-80U tanks and APCs were disabled.their Whilestay in the village, the Russians looted the local shops and private households and burnt the car of the head of the village, according to residents.<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 &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref> Also on 3 March, Russian troops shelled Lebedyn amid a large bombardment across Sumy Oblast.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Територія пекла". Окупанти почали масове бомбардування Сумської області |url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/territoriya-ada-okkupanty-nachali-massovoe-1646333162.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru}}</ref>▼
In the afternoon, a column of Russian military vehicles went to Trostianets coming from the direction of Lebedyn. About 18:00, Ukrainian troops reportedly destroyed a Russian military base at {{ILL|Kulychka|uk}} near Lebedyn with a [[Bayraktar TB2]] UAV. They reportedly destroyed 96-100 tanks, 20 "Grad" [[multiple rocket launcher]] systems and eight tanker trucks. There were no civilians in the area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-05 |title=В Охтирці продовжують розбирати завали обстріляної ТЕЦ |url=https://suspilne.media/214226-v-ohtirci-na-sumsini-prodovzuut-rozbirati-zavali-obstrilanoi-tec/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |newspaper=Суспільне &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaxid.net |title=ЗСУ знищили на Сумщині базу росіян із 96 танків і 20 "Градів" |url=https://zaxid.net/ukrayinski_viyskovi_znishhili_na_sumshhini_bazu_voroga_iz_96_tankiv_i_20_gradiv_n1537150 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}}</ref><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> In {{ILL|Shtepivka|uk|Штепівка}}, a local man died attempting to get into an abandoned military vehicle that had been mined.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-08 |title=21 людина загинула від авіаудару в Сумах - обласна прокуратура |url=https://suspilne.media/215094-21-ludina-zaginula-vid-aviaudaru-v-sumah-oblasna-prokuratura/? |access-date=2022-03-29 |newspaper=Суспільне &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref>
 
=== 1–3 March ===
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 &#124; Новини |language=uk}}</ref>
 
About 21:00 on 3 March, the Russian troops resumed shelling Sumy and other locations in Sumy Oblast, in particular Nedryhailiv, Boromlia, Bezdryk and Lebedyn.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web |title="Територія пекла". Окупанти почали масове бомбардування Сумської області |url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/territoriya-ada-okkupanty-nachali-massovoe-1646333162.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru}}</ref><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>
 
=== 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]]
 
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=== 8–9 March ===
On the night of 8 to 9 March, the Russian air forces attacked Lebedyn. Two houses in Shevchenka Street were ruined. Five people, two children among them, were retrieved from the debris. The officers of the 5th State Fire and Rescue Brigade, who were in charge that night, worked at the site from 01:45 on 9 March.<ref name="auto"/>
 
On the night of 11 March, the Russian troops shelled houses in Kerdylivschyna{{ill|Kerdylivshchyna|uk|Кердилівщина}} killing two locals – Vasyl Masliuk and Valeriy Sukhanov.<ref name="auto"/>▼
=== 10–11 March ===
By the 10 of March, the village of Vorozhba in Lebedyn district had been occupied by Russian forces. According to the Head of the Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Russian soldiers drove people to the streets, robbed them, looted and set fire to local houses. The Russians also pulled people out of cellars where many were hiding. "They are shielding themselves with peaceful locals against the Bayraktars," Zhyvytskyi said.<ref name=":0"/>
 
▲On the nightsAs of the 1 and 2 of13 March, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed some 100 Russian military vehicles22,500 mainlycivilians tanksin andSumy armoredOblast personnelhad carriersno (APCs), at Bishkyn village near Lebedynelectricity. AlsoAccording on 1 March,to the UkrainiansMilitary claimedAdministration, toshelling havedamaged destroyedthe 80power unitslines ofin RussianOkhtyrka, equipment near the village of PustovytivkaTrostianets, halfLebedyn of which were Gradand MLRsSumy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільне |date=2022-03-0316 |title=Військове вторгнення Росії в Україну: що відбувається на Сумщині. ОНЛАЙНТиждень третій. Онлайн |language=uk-UA |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/210133215802-voennijvijskove-stanvtorgnenna-rosii-v-ukrainu-so-vidbuvaetsa-una-sumsini-tizden-sumahtretij-2onlajn/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
▲On the night of 11 March, the Russian troops shelled houses in Kerdylivschyna killing two locals – Vasyl Masliuk and Valeriy Sukhanov.<ref name="auto"/>
 
=== 12–13Humanitarian Marchcorridors ===
"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>
 
As of 13On March, 2215,500 civiliansthe humanitarian corridors worked in Sumy Oblastregion hadon nofive electricity.routes According- tofrom theSumy, MilitaryTrostyanets, AdministrationLebedin, shellingKonotop damagedand theShostka. powerThe linesfinal indestination Okhtyrka,of Trostianets,all Lebedynroutes andwas SumyLubny in Poltava region.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Суспільнеweb |date=2022-03-1625 |title=ВійськовеЕвакуація вторгненняіз РосіїСум 15 березня: щояк усе відбувається на Сумщині|url=https://suspilne. Тиждень третій. Онлайнmedia/217831-hocemo-zahistiti-svoih-ditej-ak-vidbuvaetsa-evakuacia-iz-sum-15-berezna/ |languageaccess-date=uk2022-09-UA18 |workwebsite=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325212833/https://suspilne.media/215802217831-vijskovehocemo-vtorgnennazahistiti-rosiisvoih-vditej-ukrainu-soak-vidbuvaetsa-naevakuacia-sumsiniiz-tizdensum-tretij15-onlajnberezna/ |accessarchive-date=25 March 2022 |url-03-29status=dead}}</ref>  
 
=== 15 March ===
On March 15, the Humanitarian Corridors worked in Sumy region on five routes - from Sumy, Trostyanets, Lebedin, Konotop and Shostka. The final destination of all routes - Lubny in Poltava region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-25 |title=Евакуація із Сум 15 березня: як усе відбувається |url=https://suspilne.media/217831-hocemo-zahistiti-svoih-ditej-ak-vidbuvaetsa-evakuacia-iz-sum-15-berezna/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325212833/https://suspilne.media/217831-hocemo-zahistiti-svoih-ditej-ak-vidbuvaetsa-evakuacia-iz-sum-15-berezna/ |archive-date=25 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== 17 March ===
From March 17 to March 25, the village of Mali Vystope was occupied. They were destroyed from the Russian military both apartment buildings and private. Local college has been caused by considerable damage. Russian invaders have been cited for eight days. Living the village on March 25, they fired at the tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Вся вулиця без заборів, без вікон", — жителі села на Сумщині про наслідки від російської окупації|url=https://suspilne.media/228892-vsa-vulica-bez-zaboriv-bez-vikon-ziteli-sela-na-sumsini-pro-naslidki-vid-rosijskoi-okupacii/|website=Суспільне Новини|date=2022-04-15|accessdate=2022-06-10|language=uk|first=Суспільне|last=Юлія Ніколаєва, Катерина Ворона}}</ref>
 
=== 18 March ===
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>
 
=== 19–26 March ===
The village of {{ill|Steblianky|uk|Стеблянки}}, in the Sumy district, was occupied from March 19 to March 26 was occupied by the Russian military - there were 26 Russian military vehicles. Russian troops forced their way into unoccupied houses and looted them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Спали сидячи й топили сніг. Жителі села Стеблянки на Сумщині розповіли, як пережили окупацію|url=https://suspilne.media/228536-spali-sidaci-j-topili-snig-ziteli-sela-steblanki-na-sumsini-rozpovili-ak-perezili-okupaciu/|website=Суспільне Новини|date=2022-04-14|accessdate=2022-06-07|language=uk|first=Суспільне|last=Юлія Ніколаєва, Анна Скрипняк}}</ref>
 
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[[Category:Sumy Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
[[Category:February 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:March 2022 events in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Battles in 2022]]
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