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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.
Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, [1] and up to 1,000,000 estimated casualties during the Russian invasion of Ukraine till mid-September 2024.
The vast majority of civilian deaths were in the first year, [4] and the death rate in the Donbas War was actually falling before the 2022 Russian invasion: [5] in 2019 there were 27 conflict-related civilian deaths, in 2020 there were 26 deaths, and in 2021 there were 25 deaths, over half of them from mines and unexploded ordnance. [4]
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 ...
Casualties of the war in Donbas, 2015. Cases of killed and wounded Russian soldiers were discussed in local Russian media. [155] Recruiting for Donbas was performed openly via veteran and paramilitary organisations. Vladimir Yefimov, leader of one such organisation, explained how the process worked in the Ural area. The organisation recruited ...
But with casualties mounting and western sanctions hitting his economy, the so-called "liberation" of Donbas might prove appealing — particularly if it arrives in time for Russia’s annual ...
This is a timeline of the war in Donbas, from 1 January 2017. The timeline follows an ongoing conflict between Ukraine and anti-government pro-Russian separatists supported by Russian troops [ 1 ] in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
[50] [51] One of the injured, a lieutenant, died of wounds in a military hospital at Kharkiv on 24 July. [52] In the eastern zone of operations, Prichepilivka was struck by the combined fire of 120 mm mortars and 152 mm self-propelled artillery, while urban areas of Taramchuk were hit by 122 mm artillery barrages; 120 mm mortar volleys landed ...