Donbass War

War in Donbass

Part of the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Russian military intervention in Ukraine

Map of the war in Donbass.svg

Military situation on 2 February 2017: Pink highlights areas held by the DPR/LPR, yellow highlights areas held by the Ukrainian government.

Date

6 April 2014 – present
(2 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)

Location

Donbass, includes:
Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine

Status

Pro-Russian insurgents take control of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
- Russian intervention in Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down; 298 killed
ceasefire signed on 5 September 2014
Donbass Commission established placing DNR/LNR under de facto Russian administration
Minsk II ceasefire came into effect on 15 February 2015; DPR and LPR capture the city of Debaltseve shortly after
Renewed attempt to implement Minsk II came into effect on 1 September 2015
Eleven ceasefire attempts failed

Belligerents

Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic

Commanders and leaders

Alexander Zakharchenko
Pavel Gubarev
Alexander Borodai
Vladimir Kononov
Igor Kakidzyanov (POW)
Igor Strelkov
Igor Plotnitskiy
Sergey Kozlov
Valery Bolotov †

Petro Poroshenko

Volodymyr Groysman

Oleksandr Turchynov

Stepan Poltorak

Viktor Muzhenko

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko

Mykhailo Kutsyn (WIA)

Units involved

Pro-Russian separatists:

Foreign volunteers:

Russian Armed Forces
Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation

Chechnya (Kadyrovtsy)

Defence Ministry:

Armed Forces
- Territorial defence battalions

Security Service
State Border Guard
Internal Affairs Ministry:

National Guard

Foreign volunteers:

Georgian (100+)
Belarusian (100+)
Russian (100+)
Albanian
Croatian
Chechen
Others

Strength

40,000–45,000 fighters
(3,000–4,000 Russian volunteers)
9,000–12,000 regular Russian soldiers (Ukraine & US estimate)

64,000 troops

Casualties and losses

4,020 killed(estimate)

3,553 killed, 153 missing and 11,104 wounded

2,367 civilians killed
9,940 killed and 23,455 wounded overall

1,414,798 Ukrainians internally displaced; 925,500 fled abroad

^* Figure includes 2,081 Russians (per Cargo 200 NGO), of which at least 400–500 are Russian servicemen (per United States Department of State, March 2015)

Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic

Alexander Zakharchenko
Pavel Gubarev
Alexander Borodai
Vladimir Kononov
Igor Kakidzyanov (POW)
Igor Strelkov
Igor Plotnitskiy
Sergey Kozlov
Valery Bolotov †

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