War in Donbas
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Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Chronology
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Was the secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from Ukraine at the beginning of the War in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
May 2014: Insurgents seized the prosecutor's office in Sievierodonetsk.
May 2014: The town of Antratsyt was occupied by forces affiliated to the Luhansk People's Republic.
April 2014: Luhansk Militants seized control over the city administration building in Alchevsk.
April 2014: Pro-Russian protesters seized the regional government buildings in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and declare Donetsk an indipendent republic.
April 2014: A group of pro-Russian activists stormed the Government offices in Luhansk.
April 2014: In Artemivsk, separatists captured the city administration building and raised the DPR flag over it.
April 2014: Police repelled an attack by pro-Russian militants upon an office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Krasnyi Lyman on 12 April, but the building was later captured by the separatists after a skirmish.
April 2014: The local administration building in Siversk was captured by Donetsk separatists..
April 2014: A city administration building in Pervomaisk was overrun by Luhansk People's Republic.
May 2014: Supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic captured government buildings in Starobilsk.
May 2014: The Donetsk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
May 2014: The Luhansk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
April 2014: Fifty two armed militants led by Igor Girkin (retired colonel of Russia's military intelligence GRU) attacked the executive committee building, the police department, and the Security Service of Ukraine offices in Sloviansk. In Kramatorsk, in the course of a Pro-Russian rally, protestors overpowered a police line and took over the building of the local executive committee, where they hoisted the flag of the new-proclaimed republic of Donetsk.
April 2014: The local administration building in Zhdanivka is taken by Donetsk separatists.
May 2014: The police headquarters in Slovianoserbsk was seized by members of the Luhansk Army of the South-East.
May 2014: In Krasnyi Luch, the city administration conceded to demands by separatist activists to support the referendums on the status of Donetsk and Luhansk being held on 11 May, and followed by raising the Russian flag over the city administration building.
April 2014: Separatists in Yenakiieve left the city administration building.
April 2014: By 14 April, pro-Russian militants led by former Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives Igor Girkin and Igor Bezler had taken control of government buildings in many cities within the Donetsk oblast, including Sloviansk, Mariupol, Horlivka, Kramatorsk, Yenakiieve, Makiivka, Druzhkivka, and Zhdanivka.
April 2014: Some 30 Donetsk militants seized the police headquarters in Konstantinovka.
April 2014: The city administration buildings in Yenakiieve and Druzhkivka were captured by Donetsk separatists.
April 2014: Demonstrators hoisted the flag of the DPR over the city administration buildings in Krasnoarmiisk and Novoazovsk on 16 April.
April 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donbass People's Militia occupied a regional administration building in Khartsyzk on 13 April.
April 2014: Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a "Luhansk People's Republic".
May 2014: Insurgents occupied the city administration building in Stakhanov.
Was a military counterattack by Ukrainian government forces against the recently created breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics. .
July 2014: Ukrainian troops entered the town of Shakhtarsk.
July 2014: The suburb of Mayorsk, just outside Horlivka, and the city of Sievierodonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, were recaptured by the Armed Forces.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured Lysychansk.
June 2014: Government gains during the Battle of Mariupol (May-June 2014).
June 2014: The Ukrainian military said that they had gained control of Yampil and Siversk.
July 2014: Siege of Sloviansk.
June 2014: Government forces destroyed a separatist stronghold in Semenivka, and regained control of Krasnyi Lyman on 3 June.
July 2014: Government forces broke through the insurgent blockade around Donetsk airport on 23 July, and then advanced into the northwestern corner of Donetsk city. Subsequently, the insurgents withdrew from many areas on the outskirts of the city, including Karlivka, Netailove, Pervomaiske.
July 2014: The strategic heights of Savur-Mohyla were under Ukrainian control.
August 2014: The cities of Pervomaisk, Kalynove, Komyshuvakha, in western Luhansk Oblast near Popasna, were captured by government forces.
July 2014: Battle of Kramatorsk.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk.
July 2014: Ukraine government forces evicted insurgents from Avdiivka.
July 2014: Debaltseve conquered by Ukraine.
August 2014: The Ukrainians captured the vital town of Krasnyi Luch.
August 2014: The Armed Forces recaptured the vital town of Yasynuvata.
Was a battle for the control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne, part of the War in Donbas.
February 2015: Ukrainian forces captured Shyrokyne, Pavlopil, Kominternovo and Oktyabyr.
February 2015: DPR forces recaptured the villages of Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk.
July 2014: Insurgent losses to Ukraine government forces by 28 July 2014.
July 2014: On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city of Shyrokyne.
April 2015: It was confirmed the separatists had captured the village of Vodyane.
April 2015: Separatists were in control of much of Shyrokyne.
August 2014: Insurgent losses in Luhansk by 31 August 2014.
April 2015: Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk are once again under Ukrainian control.
December 2015: The village of Kominternove, about 24 km east of Mariupol, was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces.
July 2015: On 1 July, separatist forces proclaimed Shyrokyne to be a demilitarized zone and withdrew from the village.
An offensive against Ukrainian forces by the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, backed by Russian troops, during the War in Donbas.
August 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), backed by Russian troops, opened a new front in the War in Donbass on 25 August 2014, when they attacked the Ukrainian government-controlled city of Novoazovsk in southern Donetsk. Government forces were forced to retreat from Novoazovsk.
August 2014: The National Guard of Ukraine temporarily retook the city of Komsomolske.
August 2014: Ukrainian forces retreated from the city, and Komsomolske was once again taken by the DPR forces.
Was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, starting in mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbas region.
February 2015: DPR and LPR forces capture Debaltseve, Vuhlehirsk, Lohvynove and four other villages.
A battle between Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian forces during the war in Donbas.
June 2015: Marinka recaptured by the Ukrainians.
June 2015: The town of Marinka was seized by the DPR forces.
