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Battle of Ilovaisk

Battle of Ilovaisk
Part of the War in Donbass
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Withdrawal of Ukrainian forces on 29th August 2014
Date 7 August – 2 September 2014
(3 weeks and 5 days)
Location Ilovaisk
Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Result Decisive DPR/Russian victory; One factor that lead to the signing of the
Belligerents
 Ukraine Donetsk People's Republic
 Russia (denied by Russia)
Commanders and leaders
Ukraine Col. Gen. Valeriy Heletey
Ukraine Lt. Gen. Ruslan Khomchak
(Sectoral commander)
Ukraine Semen Semenchenko (WIA)
Ukraine Yuriy Bereza (WIA)
(Dnipro Battalion commander)
Ukraine Ruslan Storcheus †
(Kherson Battalion commander) 		Russia General Valery Gerasimov
(claimed by the SBU)
Aleksandr Zakharchenko
Alexander Khodakovsky
Mikhail Tolstykh ("Givi")
Russia Arseny Pavlov ("Motorola")
Units involved

Emblem of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg Ground Forces

Emblem of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg National Guard

National Police of Ukraine emblem.svg Patrol Police

Emblem of the Russian Ground Forces.svg Russian Ground Forces (denied by Russia)

RAT great emblem.png Russian Airborne Troops

Donbass People's Militia:
Strength
Encircled forces:
1,200–1,400
Deblock forces:
~400		 4,000–4,100
Casualties and losses
366–459 killed, 158 missing, 429–478 wounded, 128–545 captured (acc. Armed Forces of Ukraine)
1,000+ killed (acc. Verkhovna Rada & People's Front) 		150–300 killed, 20 captured(acc. government & Russian opposition)
200 killed (acc. Al Jazeera)
100 civilians killed

Emblem of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg Ground Forces

Emblem of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg National Guard

National Police of Ukraine emblem.svg Patrol Police

Emblem of the Russian Ground Forces.svg Russian Ground Forces (denied by Russia)


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