Velyka Novosilka offensive

Velyka Novosilka offensive
Part of the eastern and southern fronts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Destroyed building in Volnovakha Raion, July 2023
Date 11 November 2024 – 28 January 2025 (2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Donetsk Oblast and Malynivka rural hromada, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine[a] Result Russian victory[1][2] Territorial changes Russia captures Velyka Novosilka and 9 villages[b] in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Andrii Hnatov[3] Ihor Tymoshchuk [uk][4]
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces Russian Ground Forces Eastern Military District 5th Combined Army Army 57th Motor Rifle Brigade[5] 60th Motor Rifle Brigade[6] 127th Motor Rifle Division[7] 29th Combined Army Army[8] 36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[9] 35th Combined Arms Army[10] 36th Combined Arms Army 5th Guards Tank Brigade[11] 37th Motor Rifle Brigade[12] Southern Military District 49th Combined Arms Army 34th Motor Rifle Brigade[13] Russian Navy Pacific Fleet 40th Naval Infantry Brigade[11] Baltic Fleet 336th Naval Infantry Brigade[14] Russian Aerospace Forces 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army[15] GRU Spetsnaz GRU[6] 14th Spetsnaz Brigade[16]	Ukrainian Armed Forces Ukrainian Ground Forces Presidential Brigade[12] 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion [17][18] 20th Special Purpose Battalion [18] Operational Command North 31st Mechanized Brigade[19] 110th Mechanized Brigade[20] Operational Command East 23rd Mechanized Brigade[19] 425th Separate Assault Battalion [21] Operational Command West 141st Separate Infantry Brigade[22] Territorial Defense Forces 110th Territorial Defense Brigade[23] 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade 48th Separate Assault Battalion[12] 241st Territorial Defense Brigade[19] Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine[24] 17th Separate Poltavska Brigade[12]
Strength
Per Ukraine ~ 40,000 soldiers[25]	Per Russia ~ 1,500 soldiers (within the town of Velyka Novosilka by January 23, 2025)[26][27]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Ukraine claim: Heavy 50 killed or wounded (12-18 Nov) 50 wounded (12-18 Nov) 200 killed per day (late December 2024) 12 tanks destroyed 20 AFV destroyed 2 captured	1 captured 16 killed[c] Ukraine claim: 50 soldiers killed or missing and many wounded (110th Mechanized Brigade only) Russia claim: 380 losses 1 captured 3 MaxxPro AFV 1 Humvee 1 2S22 Bohdana 6 2S3 Akatsiya 1 2S1 Gvozdika
2 civilians killed. At least 95% of the population, or approximately 4,900 residents, have been displaced.

A military engagement between the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control over the Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka and the nearby area began in November 2024 and ended with the Russian capture of the town in January 2025.^[1][2]

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