Offensive on Mariupol (September 2014) | |||||||
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Part of the War in Donbass | |||||||
Ukrainian troops on patrol in Mariupol, 5 September 2014 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ukraine | Donetsk People's Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pres. Petro Poroshenko Andriy Biletsky |
Alexander Zakharchenko | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Donbass People's Militia | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 tanks, 12+ APCs,10+ trucks, 500 troops | 30+ tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 tanks and 1 truck destroyed and 1 tank abandoned | 1 tank and 1 truck destroyed and 1 truck and 1 tank abandoned | ||||||
8 civilians killed |
In late August and early September 2014, rebels supporting the Donetsk People's Republic advanced on the government-controlled city of Mariupol in southern Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. This followed a wide offensive by DPR/Novorossiya forces, which led to their capture of Novoazovsk to the east. Fighting reached the outskirts of Mariupol on 6 September.