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The main terminal before the war in Donbas Donbassaero Airbus A320-200 at Donetsk International Airport A Donetsk Airport old employee pin. Following a large infrastructure-building program in the Donetsk area for Euro 2012, in 2011 the Ukrainian construction company "Altcom" constructed a new airport terminal, developed by experts from Croatia.
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 ...
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.
Watch a live view of Donetsk in Russia-controlled Ukraine on the first anniversary of the conflict. On 21 February 2022, Russia recognised the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk as ...
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 ...
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 ...
The town of Bohorodychne, Donetsk Oblast, was recaptured on September 12, officials said, as a successful counteroffensive in the east saw Ukrainian forces take control of towns and villages ...
[191] [192] [193] The same day, a video was published by members of a Russian Spetsnaz brigade near Krasnohorivka (5 km north of the city). In the video, they claimed to be down to 30% of their nominal strength, "i.e. has only around 600+ out of 2000+ troops left", after assaulting a Ukrainian position.