Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
The war in Donbas, [c] also known as the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when a commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. [20] [21] [6] [22] The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them.
A map of the region during the frozen conflict phase of the Donbas war, from the conclusion of the Battle of Debaltseve in 2015 until the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donbas, as part of the aftermath of the Revolution of ...
Battle of Donbas (2022) Battle of Donbas. Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Military situation as of 3 August 2022: pink highlights areas held by Russia and its proxies, yellow highlights areas held by the Ukrainian government. Date.
Before 2022, Russia occupied 42,000 km 2 (16,000 sq mi) of Ukrainian territory (Crimea, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk), and occupied an additional 119,000 km 2 (46,000 sq mi) after its full-scale invasion by March 2022, a total of 161,000 km 2 (62,000 sq mi) or almost 27% of Ukraine's territory. [9] By 11 November 2022, the Institute for the ...
January–March. 1 January: The Ukrainian press centre of the Ukrainian Joint Forces reported nine pro-Russian violations of the ceasefire agreement on this date. In the eastern area of operations, the stronghold of Avdiivka received fire from small arms, automatic grenade launchers and 82 mm mortars.
23 February: Ukraine started drafting reservists aged 18–60 after the president's order. [37] 24 February: Russia invades Ukraine with bombings and troops crossing borders. [38] [39] [40] By noon several targets in different locations had been bombed, civilians and military personnel/hardware from both sides were killed and injured. [41]
Result. Escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Russian forces openly cross the Ukrainian border into territory occupied by Russian-controlled separatists on 21 February 2022. [28] Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Parties involved in the crisis.
The Second Battle of Donetsk Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during the War in Donbas. [ 23 ] An earlier battle in May 2014 had left Donetsk International Airport in Ukrainian control. Despite a ceasefire agreement, the Minsk Protocol, in ...