The Osovets offensive (Russian: Осовецкая наступательная операция) was part of the third and final phase of Operation Bagration, the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944. The offensive began August 6 and was officially declared over as of August 14, although some of its objectives were not achieved until as late as January 1945. Osovets is the Russianised version of the Polish name Osowiec / Ossowiec / Ossowitz.