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Conflict Europe

War in Donbas

2014 CE – 2022 CE · 8 years

Fighting in eastern Ukraine began after Russia's seizure of Crimea and hardened into a long attritional war around Donetsk and Luhansk before the 2022 full-scale invasion.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ukraine
  • Russian-backed separatists and Russia

Key moments

Defining events in the War in Donbas.

  1. 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk
  2. 2014-2015 Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
  3. 2015 Battle of Debaltseve

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Events the timeline places between 2014 CE and 2022 CE.

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