Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast

Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast

Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian-controlled deoccupied territory in blue, and Ukrainian territory in yellow.
Date	26 February 2022–2 April 2022 (1 month and 1 week)
Location	Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

The Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast was a military occupation that began on 26 February 2022, 2 days after Russia invaded Ukraine. The capital, Zhytomyr was never captured and was bombed in the 2022 Zhytomyr attacks. Small towns and settlements were however captured, in the north-west and north-central Korosten Raion, near the border with Kyiv Oblast.

Occupation

Russian forces have arrived from the Homiel Oblast, Belarus into Zhytomyr Oblast, at first capturing several settlements such as Pershotravneve, Vystupovychi [uk] and Radcha [uk]. More troops later arrived in north-central Zhytomyr Oblast, and captured Chervonosilka [uk],Selezivka [uk] and Syrnytsia [uk]. At its greatest extent, the occupation was 1421.16km² (548.71mi²).

On 5 March, Russian forces took control of Kocheriv [uk] and Kvitneve [uk].

On 31 March, Ukrainian forces retook Selezivka and Syrnystia, Kocheriv and Kvitene. leaving only Chervonosilka, Pershotravneve, Radcha and several other small villages under the hands of Russian forces.

By 2 April, Ukrainian officials claimed to have cleared the region out from Russia. Zhytomyr Oblast governor Vitaliy Buchenko has claimed that Russian troops left military equipment and mines in towns and homes.

On 8 April, Russia withdrew from the entirety of its occupied territories in northern Ukraine.

Control of cities

This table is an excerpt from Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War § Zhytomyr Oblast.[edit]

Name	Pop.	Raion	Held by	As of	More information
Berdychiv	73,999	Berdychiv	Ukraine	24 Feb 2022
Novohrad-Volynskyi	55,463	Novohrad-Volynskyi	Ukraine	24 Feb 2022
Pershotravneve	2,260	Korosten	Ukraine	3 Apr 2022	Captured by Russia 26 February 2022 Recaptured by Ukraine 3 April 2022
Zhytomyr	263,507	Zhytomyr	Ukraine	24 Feb 2022	See 2022 Zhytomyr attacks, October missile strikes

See also

• Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
  • Russian occupation of Crimea
  • Russian occupation of Chernihiv Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Donetsk Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Kyiv Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Luhansk Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast
  • Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
  • Snake Island during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
• Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts