The 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive is an ongoing offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian-occupied territory of Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast, which was launched on 6 September 2022.[17] Following the launch of the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive in Kherson in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in the northeast of the country.[2]