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Was an unrecognized separatist Republic in eastern Ukraine backed by Russia. The Republic was inglobated into Russia in 2022.
Establishment
April 2014: Pro-Russian protesters seized the regional government buildings in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and declare Donetsk an indipendent republic.
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: 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: In Artemivsk, separatists captured the city administration building and raised the DPR flag over it.
April 2014: Insurgents affiliated with the Donbass People's Militia occupied a regional administration building in Khartsyzk on 13 April.
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: The local administration building in Zhdanivka is taken by Donetsk separatists.
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: The local administration building in Siversk was captured by Donetsk separatists..
April 2014: Separatists in Yenakiieve left the city administration building.
April 2014: Some 30 Donetsk militants seized the police headquarters in Konstantinovka.
May 2014: The Donetsk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
June 2014: Government forces destroyed a separatist stronghold in Semenivka, and regained control of Krasnyi Lyman on 3 June.
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: Government forces recaptured the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk.
July 2014: Battle of Kramatorsk.
July 2014: Siege of Sloviansk.
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: Ukrainian troops entered the town of Shakhtarsk.
July 2014: Debaltseve conquered by Ukraine.
July 2014: The strategic heights of Savur-Mohyla were under Ukrainian control.
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.
July 2014: Ukraine government forces evicted insurgents from Avdiivka.
August 2014: The Armed Forces recaptured the vital town of Yasynuvata.
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.
Chronology
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Are a series of conflicts that are considered to be a consequence of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
1.1.Russo-Ukrainian War
Is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, part of the conflicts related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main reasons for the conflict are the control of the Ukrainian territories of Donbas and Crimea (both territories have a substantial Russian-speaking populations, in particular Crimea has a majority Russian-speaking population) and Russian influence in former USSR countries. The war started in 2014 with the Russian annexion of Crimea and the Russian-sponsored secession of the the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine. After a phase of low-level warfare (2016-2021), Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
1.1.1.War in Donbas
Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
1.1.1.1.Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk
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.
1.1.1.2.Ukraine Counterrattack
Was a military counterattack by Ukrainian government forces against the recently created breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics. .
1.1.1.3.Shyrokyne standoff
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.
April 2015: Separatists were in control of much of Shyrokyne.
April 2015: Pavlopil and Pyshchevyk are once again under Ukrainian control.
July 2015: On 1 July, separatist forces proclaimed Shyrokyne to be a demilitarized zone and withdrew from the village.
December 2015: The village of Kominternove, about 24 km east of Mariupol, was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces.
1.1.1.4.Russian-backed rebel counterattack
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.
1.1.1.5.Battle of Debaltseve
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.
1.1.1.6.Battle of Marinka
A battle between Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian forces during the war in Donbas.
June 2015: The town of Marinka was seized by the DPR forces.
June 2015: Marinka recaptured by the Ukrainians.
1.1.2.Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Is the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started by Russia on 24 February 2022, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
March 2022: By 20 March, Russia had completely encircled Mariupol.
1.1.2.1.Southern Ukraine Front
The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in southern Ukraine.
March 2022: The Associated Press independently confirmed that Volnovakha had been captured by pro-Russian separatists.
March 2022: DPR conquests in Ukraine as of March 13th, 2022.
May 2022: Siege of Mariupol.
August 2022: Russian troops captured the towns of Zaitseve and Dacha in Donetsk.
1.1.2.2.Eastern Ukraine Front
The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast.
February 2022: On the morning of 25 February, Russian forces advanced from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) towards Mariupol.
February 2022: DPR advance up to Volnovakha.
February 2022: Russian forces advanced towards Mariupol.
March 2022: The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian forces had captured the settlements of Nikolske, Blahodatne, Volodymyrivka and Pavlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
April 2022: After Russia abandoned its offensive to capture Kyiv, it shifted its attention to eastern and southern Ukraine.
May 2022: On 23 May, Russian forces took control of Lyman.
May 2022: Russia captured Svitlodarsk.
1.1.2.3.Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
September 2022: On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Donetsk People's Republic
