Talk:Southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Syria

Per the result of an RFC, Syria should be removed from the infobox of this article, and probably also the order of battle section. If I have time, I'll do it myself, but in the meantime, I'm leaving the message here. HappyWith (talk) 15:03, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @HappyWithWhatYouHaveToBeHappyWith, I've removed the Syrian Army from the order of battle per the RfC. The article retains a dubious 10 June 2022 claim that Syrian fighters were killed in Chkalove, noting that if true, this would mark the first report of Syrian fighters in Ukraine. I'll defer to you on whether or not that should be removed. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 05:46, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Good call. Not sure about the 10 June claim myself, it's been a while since I've looked at this article and that part specifically. HappyWith (talk) 19:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Infobox Map choice?

I feel the map used for this region in the infobox may be somewhat misleading, as rather than showing the current state of the conflict, it shows Russia's maximum territorial extent from over 1 1/2 years ago. It would probably be a better idea to have a map showing what the current situation is, as with the main "Russian invasion of Ukraine" page.

I wouldn't recommend outright removing the maximum Russian extent map; it might work better if put further down the page, where it'd chronologically line up with the Timeline section. 98.252.78.138 (talk) 23:31, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. The other map does show the maximum extent, just in blue as liberated: File:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg.  —Michael Z. 07:20, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Looking back through the edit history, it seems that the map before the current one was one of the entirety of Ukraine, so the current map was probably just chosen because it covered this region in particular. There's seemingly no significance to it outside that, so I don't think switching it out would be an issue. 98.252.78.138 (talk) 08:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

As discussed here, I have replaced the map in question with one that shows the current front line in Southern Ukraine and is automatically updated. This map also incorporates the maximum extent of the Russian advance in blue, as noted by Michael Z. I am currently in discussions with the primary editor of this map on Wikimedia Commons to make the blue area more precise, specifically in the Mykolaiv Oblast.

I tend towards not reintroducing the earlier map, because there is no way of verifying it. Every edit to the current map has to be supported by a reliable source, so it's more appropriate for use on Wikipedia.

SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 21:48, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Background?

A lot of the stuff in Background is duplicated in the Timeline section, mainly the Mariupol coverage. I'm not sure what exactly the scope of that section is supposed to be? HappyWith (talk) 20:11, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@HappyWithWhatYouHaveToBeHappyWith The current structure of the article suggests that the Background section should be limited to pre-February 24 events. In its current state, implementing this would reduce the section by several orders of magnitude, but it's probably for the best. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 06:43, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Disputed map

The map in the infobox is not verifiable.

WP:NOR tells us:

Original images created by a Wikipedian are not considered original research, so long as they do not illustrate or introduce unpublished ideas or arguments

No credits or captions are found on the article page or the file page on Commons, so there is a possibility it may be original research.

Some of its very specific claims regarding particular settlements are not reflected in the body of this article, which really begs the question where the information regarding "maximum extent of Russian advance" comes from.

SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 07:35, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Resolved above SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 21:50, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Crimea

Seeing as Crimea has very much been an integral part of Russia's war effort in Ukraine, not only providing a large source of manpower but also being an important logistical hub, and until recently naval hub, not to mention the fact that it can definitely be considered part of the front seeing as Ukraine does not recognise the russian seizure and annexation of the peninsula in 2014, and has been conducting raids on the peninsula and the Ukrainian government wants to take it back, would it make sense to add the (russian claimed) republic of Crimea to the southern front? Thank you CrazyFruitBat911 (talk) 22:36, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

It would not make sense as this page is distinctly for the Russian southern campaign during the invasion starting in 2022, while Russia has had full control over Crimea since 2014; land conflicts in Crimea itself post-2014 have been nonexistent, so to say that it is a "location" of the southern Ukraine campaign would be heavily misleading. That Ukraine (or most other nations) does not recognize the Russian annexation of the peninsula, and thus wants to retake it, does not matter as long as Russia has full control over it. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 22:46, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

I see. That makes sense. CrazyFruitBat911 (talk) 07:37, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

if that's the case then it wouldn't make sense for the page 'Crimea attacks (2022–present)' to be listed in the infobox as part of the southern front of the russian invasion of Ukraine, correct? CrazyFruitBat911 (talk) 07:40, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Right, and as that article says Crimea is "from where the Russian Army had launched its offensive on Southern Ukraine"; the key point here is that the Russian offensive is not targeted against Crimea (though if Ukraine were to somehow retake part of Crimea the offensive would be presumably against that territory as well), which was rather a staging ground for the offensive. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 08:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

i see, that's makes sense, thank you CrazyFruitBat911 (talk) 12:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)