2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine | |||
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Part of the Ukrainian crisis | |||
Map of protests by region, indicating the severity of the unrest at its peak
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Date | 20 February–19 March 2014 (Crimean crisis) 23 February–October 2014 (protests) 6 April 2014–present (War in Donbass) |
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Location | Eastern Ukraine Southern Ukraine Crimea |
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Parties to the civil conflict | |||
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6,254 killed overall in the Donbass war only (including 304 foreign civilians) 1,177,748 Ukrainians internally displaced and 763,632 fled abroad (mostly to Russia) |
Pro-Russian activists
Killed: 2,112–2,854 servicemen, 8 activists
Wounded: 6,331 servicemen
Missing: 340 servicemen
Killed: 1,400–2,040, 46 activists
6,254 killed overall in the Donbass war only (including 304 foreign civilians)
1,177,748 Ukrainians internally displaced and 763,632 fled abroad (mostly to Russia)
From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan movement and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. During the first stage of the unrest, Crimea was invaded and annexed by the Russian Federation after a Russian military intervention, and an internationally criticized (based on UN resolution 68/262) Crimean "referendum". Protests in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (oblasts) escalated into an armed pro-Russian separatist insurgency. From late 2014, cities outside of the Donbass combat zone, such as Kharkiv, Odessa, Kiev and Mariupol, were struck by bombings that targeted pro-Ukrainian unity organizations.