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{{#invoke:Infobox military conflict|main
| conflict          = Russian invasion of Ukraine
| partof            = the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] ([[Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War|outline]])
| image             = 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg
| caption           = {{Nowrap|Map of Ukraine as of 21 July 2024 ([[Template:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map|details]])}}:
{{Center block|{{Leftlegend|#FDE182|Continuously controlled by Ukraine}}{{Leftlegend|#EBC0B3|[[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine|Currently occupied by Russia]]}}{{Leftlegend|#ABD4DD|[[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine#Formerly occupied territories|Formerly occupied by Russia]]}}}}
| image_size        = 300px
| alt               =
| date              = 24 February 2022 – present<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|day1=24|month1=2|year1=2022|day2=|month2=|year2=|duration=no}})
| place             = Ukraine, [[Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia]], Black Sea
| coordinates       = <!--Use the {{coord}} template-->
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| result            =
| status            = [[List of ongoing armed conflicts|Ongoing]] ([[List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|list of engagements]] '''·''' [[Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War|territorial control]] '''·''' [[Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine|timeline of events]])
| combatants_header =
| combatant1        = {{ubl|{{#invoke:flag||Russia}}}}
* {{#invoke:flag||Donetsk People's Republic|name=Donetsk PR}}{{efn|name=DonetskLuhanskRecognition|The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic were Russian-controlled puppet states, having declared their independence from Ukraine in May 2014. In 2022 they received [[International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic|international recognition]] from each other, Russia, Syria and North Korea, and some other partially recognised states. On 30 September 2022, after [[2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine|a referendum]], Russia declared [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|it had formally annexed both entities]].}}
* {{#invoke:flag||Luhansk People's Republic|name=Luhansk PR}}{{efn|name=DonetskLuhanskRecognition}}
'''Supported by:'''<br />{{#invoke:flag||Belarus}}{{efn|Russian forces were permitted to stage part of the invasion from Belarusian territory.<ref name="CNN invasion routes">{{cite news |last1=Lister |first1=Tim |last2=Kesa |first2=Julia |title=Ukraine says it was attacked through Russian, Belarus and Crimea borders |url=https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_82bf44af2f01ad57f81c0760c6cb697c |access-date=24 February 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=24 February 2022 |location=Kyiv |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224071121/https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_82bf44af2f01ad57f81c0760c6cb697c |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Palu |title=Troops and military vehicles have entered Ukraine from Belarus |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_d115a65e9b6348752422ad427fa83b95 |access-date=24 February 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223185404/https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Belarusian territory has also been used to launch missiles into Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Missiles launched into Ukraine from Belarus |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60542877?pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:4b1fae66-d68a-4ba0-9cb3-bf962c5a10d2 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302125730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60542877?pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3A4b1fae66-d68a-4ba0-9cb3-bf962c5a10d2 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{Xref|See also: [[Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]}}}}
| combatant2        = {{UKR}}{{efn|See [[#Foreign involvement|§ Foreign involvement]] for more details.}}
| commander1        = {{plainlist|<!--Please discuss on talk page before altering-->
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]]
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Dvornikov]] 
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Russia}} [[Gennady Zhidko]]
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Russia}} [[Sergey Surovikin]] 
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Russia}} [[Valery Gerasimov]]
}}<!--plainlist-->
| commander2        = {{plainlist|<!--Please discuss on talk page before altering-->
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Ukraine}} [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Syrskyi]]
*{{#invoke:flag|deco|Ukraine}} [[Valerii Zaluzhnyi]]
}}<!--plainlist-->
| units1            = [[Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Russian/affiliated forces in 2023|Order of battle]]
| units2            = [[Order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Ukrainian forces|Order of battle]]
| strength1         = '''Pre-invasion at border''':<br/>169,000–190,000{{efn|Including military, paramilitary, and 34,000 separatist militias.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=75 тысяч погибших российских солдат 120 смертей в день – вот цена, которую платит Россия за нападение на соседнюю страну. Новое большое исследование «Медузы» и «Медиазоны» о потерях |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2024/02/24/75-tysyach-pogibshih-rossiyskih-soldat |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Meduza |language=ru |quote=... численность войск на фронте (если при вторжении ее оценивали в 190 тысяч вместе с «народными милициями ДНР и ЛНР», ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bengali |first=Shashank |date=18 February 2022 |title=The U.S. says Russia's troop buildup could be as high as 190,000 in and near Ukraine. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/18/world/ukraine-russia-news |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-access=limited |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218063637/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/18/world/ukraine-russia-news |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Military Balance2021">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hackett |editor1-first=James |title=The Military Balance 2021 |date=February 2021 |url={{GBurl|Re4fEAAAQBAJ|}} |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |location=Abingdon, Oxfordshire |edition=1st |isbn=978-1-03-201227-8 |ol=OL32226712M |oclc=1292198893 |page=68 }}</ref><br/>'''Pre-invasion total''':<br/>900,000 military<ref name="The Military Balance2022_p901">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2022 |date=February 2022 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOFeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA901 |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |isbn=9781000620030 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><br/>554,000 paramilitary<ref name="The Military Balance2022_p901"/><br/>'''In February 2023''':<br/>300,000+ active personnel in Ukraine<ref name="ISW May 30">{{cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 30, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-30-2023 |website=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

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| strength2         = '''Pre-invasion total''':<br />196,600 military<ref name="The Military Balance2022_p945">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2022 |date=February 2022 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOFeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA945 |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |isbn=9781000620030 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><br />102,000 paramilitary<ref name="The Military Balance2022_p945" /><br />'''July 2022 total''':<br />up to 700,000<ref>"[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/#military-and-security Ukraine]", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-01-18, retrieved 2023-01-19</ref><br \>'''September 2023 total''':<br /> over 800,000<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=Swimming rivers and faking illness to escape Ukraine’s draft |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67120904 |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref>
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| casualties3       = Reports vary widely, see [[#Casualties|§ Casualties]] for details.
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