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The 2022 northeastern Ukraine–Russia border skirmishes are a series of border skirmishes along the Russia-Ukraine border in parts of the Russia–Ukraine border such as the Shostka Raion in Sumy Oblast during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. It started on 8 May, 2022 when Russian soldiers shelled the Shostka district with mortars and multiple rocket launchers across the region.[3]
Background
By 4 April, Russian forces had left and withdrew from the Sumy Oblast as part of the wider failure of the Russian offensive towards Kyiv, but shelling still continued across the border.
Incidents
The governor of the Kursk Oblast announced that a border post in the Sudzhansky District had been bombed, reportedly by Ukrainian forces, on 6 April. On 9 April, it was announced that another border post had been shelled, this time in Yelizavetovka .[4]
According to Ukrainian officials, Russian forces shelled on the Russia-Ukraine border, severely damaging 2 villages.[5] More than 30 mortars were fired from the Russian settlement of Gorodishche .
Russian forces started shelling across the Shostka district with rocket launchers on 8 May. Russian forces also destroyed a Jewish cemetery.[6]
On 12 May, a civilian was killed due to the shelling.[2]
On 13 May, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka district using unguided air missiles.[7]
As shelling continued, Russian forces defeated a few elements of the Ukrainian Border Guard and entered Shostka district on 16 May.[1] Fighting continued until 17 May, when they were finally kicked out.[8]
On 21 May, 6 Russian air strikes and artillery hit the border settlement of Kucherivka.[9]
Russian war planes hit two villages in Shostka on 24 May.[10]
On 28 May, Russian warplanes targeted the Ukrainian border and started firing the border with mortars from the Russian village of Troebortnoe.[11]
Russian forces used flechettes on border villages in the Shostka district on 30 May. The flechettes were used to previously kill civilians in Bucha during the Battle of Bucha earlier in the war. Russian forces shelled a village all night.[12] According to Kyiv Independent, Russian forces shelled at the border more than 20 times from the Russian village of Zyornovo.[13]
On 4 June, Russian aircraft destroyed a locality on the border from 6 missiles being deployed in Mykolayivka.[14] Three hours later explosions blew up across Velyka Pysarivka Raion in Sumy Oblast. Shelling was also reported in Novhorod-Siversky Raion in Chernihiv Oblast.
On 8 June, Russian forces destroyed a building of the Ukrainian Border Control from the Russian border checkpoint of Troebortnoe.[15]
Russian forces fired 7 times on 10 June. The mortars and artillery were fired from Zyornovo and Strachevo in Bryansk Oblast. Around four villages were destroyed in Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts.[16]
Russian forces on 19 June, fired mortars on the city of Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast. A huge fire was caused and residents had to evacuate the city.[17]
Russian forces fired missiles from Belarus into the Desna of Chernihiv Oblast on 25 June. Around 20 were shot [18]
On June 27, Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi stated that Russians attacked the hromadas of Krasnopillia and Bilopillia, leaving one person injured.[19]
Russian forces fired with artillery and mortars on Sumy Oblast 3 times on 3 July.[20] Russian forces fired at Shalyhyne in Shostka Raion with 12 strikes recorded. Russian troops then fired on Esman. Later that day, 14 mortar projectiles were launched again on Shalyhyne.[21]
References
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- ^ a b "May 12, 2022: Russia-Ukraine news". CNN. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Russia shells 2 of Ukraines border regions with mortars and multiple rocket launchers". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "У Курській області заявили про черговий обстріл з боку України". Archived from the original on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ "Sumy region comes under fire from Russian territory". Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ Daventry, Michael. "Russian rockets strike Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, culture minister says". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Russian troops shell border settlement in Chernihiv region". www.ukrinform.net. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Russia is shelling the border area in two oblasts of Ukraine, hitting its own territory and threatening the area with aircraft". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Borders of Sumy region shelled from Russian territory". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Russians fire mortars on border areas of Sumy region". www.ukrinform.net. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Sumy Oblast missile strike: Woman wounded, church and kindergarten damaged". Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ "Russians fired on Sumy region with artillery shells filled with flechettes". Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Russia Shelled Sumy Oblast on May 30. In Just One Hour, the Russian Military ... - Latest Tweet by the Kyiv Independent | 🌎 LatestLY". Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Third attack on Sumy region today: Russian aircraft launches six missiles". Archived from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Enemy destroys building of State Border Guard Service in Sumy Region". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Russians opened fire on Sumy Region, Chernihiv Region seven times today so far". Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
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