On 24 February 2022, the Russian military invaded Ukraine, crossing the Russia-Ukraine and Belarus–Ukraine borders at several points in Chernihiv Oblast.

[1] According to Ukrainian officials, Russian forces left Horodnia on 1 April, and the situation in the town was "under control" by the next day.

[4] On 30 March, Russia began withdrawing troops from northern Ukraine, including Chernihiv Oblast.

[citation needed] By 31 March, the Chernihiv Oblast governor Vyacheslav Chaus said that Russian forces had begun withdrawing from the region.

[6] On 15 November 2024, a likely Russian reconnaissance and sabotage unit conducted a cross-border incursion into the Chernihiv Oblast.