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English: Map of the War in Donbass, a conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It shows areas of fighting, and which sides have de facto control of particular regions. It shows areas of fighting, and which sides have de facto control of particular regions.
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.
On 8 April, Russia placed its forces in southern and eastern Ukraine under the command of General Aleksandr Dvornikov, and some units withdrawn from the north were redeployed to the Donbas. [245] On 19 April, Russia launched a renewed attack across a 500 kilometres (300 mi) long front extending from Kharkiv to Donetsk and Luhansk. [246]
A large-scale Russian assault on a town in the Donbas region has “floundered” after coming up against “strong” Ukrainian defences, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said.. The MoD said ...
Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv’s troops in Kursk, located on the other side of the attack.
Military control around Donbas as of 11 September 2024: pink highlights areas held by the DNR, LNR, and Russia, yellow highlights areas held by the Ukrainian government. A Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk railway station in the city of Kramatorsk took place on 8 April, reportedly killing at least 61 people [ 222 ] and injuring as many as 87 ...
A survey of public opinion in DPR and LPR-controlled Donbas conducted by the Centre for East European and International Studies in March 2019 found that 55% of those polled favoured reintegration with Ukraine. 24% of those in favour of reintegration supported a return to the pre-war administrative system for Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, while ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Tuesday its forces had advanced by 1,000 square kilometres (390 square miles) in eastern Ukraine in August and September despite a Ukrainian incursion into western ...