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| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
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| Date | 24 February 2022–4 April 2022 (1 month, 1 week and 4 days) |
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| Location | Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine |
The Russian occupation of Zhytomyr Oblast was a military occupation that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. 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.[not verified in body]
In Zhytomyr Oblast's Narodychi settlement hromada [uk], which borders Kyiv Oblast and the Gomel RegionofBelarus, the villages of Radcha, Stara Radcha [uk], Nova Radcha [uk], Davydky, and Hrezlya [uk] came under Russian control on 24 February. Russian forces in tanks with the letter V established positions in around Hrezlya, which lies at the intersection of highways leading to Narodychi and Ovruch. Of the five villages, the majority of Russian troops were stationed in Hrezlya, which was liberated along with the others on 3 April.[1][2]
According to the head of the Ovruch territorial community, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops did not attempt to cross the state border of Ukraine at the Vystupovychi border crossing.[3]
Russian forces advanced from Gomel Oblast, Belarus into Zhytomyr Oblast, at first capturing several settlements such as Pershotravneve[citation needed] and Vystupovychi[citation needed]. More troops later arrived in north-central Zhytomyr Oblast, and captured Chervonosilka[citation needed], Verkhnia Rudnia[citation needed], Selezivka[citation needed] and Syrnytsia[citation needed].[4] Russian troops also spilled over from Kyiv Oblast and took control of Kocheriv[citation needed], Kvitneve[citation needed] and Staseva[citation needed]. [5][6][7][8]
By 4 April, Ukrainian officials claimed to have cleared the region of Russian forces. Zhytomyr Oblast governor Vitaliy Buchenko claimed that Russian troops left military equipment and mines in towns and homes.[9]
On 8 April, Russia withdrew from the entirety of its occupied territories in northern Ukraine.
| Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berdychiv | 73,999 | Berdychiv |  Ukraine
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24 Feb 2022 | |
| Narodychi | 2,907 | Korosten | Ukraine
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4 Apr 2022 | |
| Pershotravneve | 2,260 | Korosten | Ukraine
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3 Apr 2022 | |
| Radcha | 265 | Korosten | Ukraine
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3 Apr 2022 | Captured by  Russia 24 February 2022[10] Recaptured by Ukraine 3 April 2022[11]
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| Zhytomyr | 263,507 | Zhytomyr | Ukraine
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24 Feb 2022 | See 2022 Zhytomyr attacks, Infrastructure attacks |
| Zviahel | 55,463 | Zviahel | Ukraine
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24 Feb 2022 |
