Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev is a Ukrainian-born Russian public figure, primarily known for his activities in Donbas in 2014.
Gubarev in 2014
The war in Donbas, or Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began 12 April 2014, when a fifty-man commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them. It continued until it was subsumed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Image: A Russia backed rebel armored fighting vehicles convoy near Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2015
Image: A Russia backed rebel looking though firing port at his position near Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, May 26, 2015
Image: Ruins of Donetsk International airport (16)
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