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In October 2014, during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, a Dassault Falcon 50 (registration UR-CCC) owned by CABI Airlines was parked in a hangar at Donetsk Airport, a photo taken in early October 2014 shows the airplane intact inside the hangar. Video footage published on October 17 showed the airplane destroyed. The precise date is unknown.
The question as to whether control over Donetsk Airport was a strategic necessity for Ukrainian forces was called into question. As early as September 2014, Ukrainian parliament member Dmytro Tymchuk suggested that the airport should be destroyed, and that Ukrainian forces should retreat to a more easily defended position. Tymchuk stated the ...
The defense of Donetsk airport lasted 242 days - only a week less than the siege of Sevastopol (2 November 1941 – 3 July 1942), and much longer than the defense of Brest Fortress (22 June – 20 July 1941) during the German-Soviet war. The airport was of special importance for the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After the enemy ...
Civilians fled Marinka on August 17 following reports of increasing battle activity and amid mandatory evacuation orders for the Donetsk region by Ukrainian officials.This footage shared by the ...
Map of the oblasts of Ukraine.Russia had control of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk (the striped areas) prior to the 2022 invasion. This page provides information on the most recently known control of localities in Ukraine during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014 and escalated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Donetsk (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ j ɛ t s k / don-YETSK, [1] US: / d ə n-/ dən-; [2] [3] Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ⓘ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of ...
Major General Oleh Mykhalovych Mikats (Ukrainian: Олег Михайлович Мікац; born on 23 October 1975), is a Ukrainian army officer who is the commander of the Operational Command "East" since 9 August 2021.
On the morning of May 26, separatists captured Donetsk Airport. [58] In response, the National Guard issued an ultimatum, calling for militants to leave the airport, which was rejected, causing the Ukrainian army to launch an assault on the airport. Paratroopers and helicopters assisted by airstrikes, managed to recapture the airport by evening.