Second Battle of Donetsk Airport

Second Battle of Donetsk Airport

Part of the War in Donbass

Battle of Donetsk Airport.svg

A map of the Donetsk Airport area

Date

28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015
(3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)

Location

Donetsk International Airport area
Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Result

DPR victory

Ukrainian forces withdraw to Pisky

Belligerents

Donetsk People's Republic

Commanders and leaders

Col. Gen. Viktor Muzhenko
(Chief of the General Staff)
Col. Yevgeny Moysyuk
(Brigade commander)
Lt. Col. Oleg Kuzminykh (POW)
(Airport commander)
Maj. Valery Rud
(Mining commander)
Maj. Ruslan Prusov
(Battalion commander)
Dmytro Yarosh (WIA)
(Right Sector leader)

Lt. Col. Mikhail Tolstykh (nom de guerre Givi)
Lt. Col. Arsen Pavlov (nom de guerre Motorola)
Maj. Alexander Khodakovsky

Units involved

Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Internal Affairs Ministry:

Right Sector:

Ukrainian Volunteer Corps

Novorossiya Armed Forces:

Russian Armed Forces (claimed by Ukraine)

Russian Special Forces (claimed by Ukraine)
Russian Naval Infantry (claimed by Ukraine)

Casualties and losses

185 killed, hundreds wounded and 24 captured(acc. Ukraine)

200 killed, 500 wounded, 27 tanks and 20 armoured vehicles destroyed (acc. separatists)

800 killed and 1,500–2,000 wounded

Unknown number of vehicles

DPR victory

Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Internal Affairs Ministry:

Right Sector:

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