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The film is set during and based upon the events of the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport of the Donbas war. [1] Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers had held the airport for four months since an earlier battle, [2] while surrounded by pro-Russian forces associated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). [3] [a]
During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, the city of Mariupol, in Donetsk Oblast, saw skirmishes break out between Ukrainian government forces, local police, and separatist militants affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic. Government forces withdrew from Mariupol on 9 May 2014 after ...
Russian sources have accused Finland and Estonia of stirring up separatist sentiment in the Finno-Ugric republics and regions of Russia. [22] Head of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev often accused Finland of support separatism in Karelia, [23] going so far as claiming that Finland is creating a battalion of separatists to invade the Republic.
Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), [nb 1] were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They were under the overall control of the Russian Federation. [5] They were also referred to as Russian proxy ...
Pro-Russian protest at Lenin Square, Donetsk, 6 April 2014, with flags of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Eurasianist Movement. From late February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian, separatist and counter-revolutionary groups took place in several cities in eastern and southern Ukraine. [36]
The movie, opening Thursday, is the culmination of five years of perfecting and four years of pitching the story of how he robbed his classmates on a train in Russia with help from the Russian mob.
Clashes between government forces and pro-Russian groups escalated in early May when the city administration building was briefly retaken by the Ukrainian National Guard. The pro-Russian forces quickly took the building back. [153] Militants then launched an attack on a local police station, leading the Ukrainian government to send in military ...
Demonstrations by pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists in Kharkiv continued throughout the month of March. These included pro-Russian gatherings of up to 5,000 people. [225] Despite this, the city remained relatively calm until 15 March, when two people were killed in a shootout between Ukrainian nationalists and pro-Russian activists.