The Second Battle of Donetsk Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic during the war in Donbas. An earlier ba
Damaged control tower at Donetsk airport in late December 2014. It has since been totally destroyed.
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Somalia Battalion fighters in the new terminal building on 16 January
![A 2020 stamp of Ukraine dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the battle. It reads: They withstood [the attacks]! Concrete didn't!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport_2020_stamp_of_Ukraine.jpg/500px-Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport_2020_stamp_of_Ukraine.jpg)
A 2020 stamp of Ukraine dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the battle. It reads: They withstood [the attacks]! Concrete didn't!
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The war in Donbas, also called the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian-backed paramilitaries began an
Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
…Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during the war in Donbas. An earlier battle in May 2014 had left Donetsk International Airport in Ukrainian control. Despite a ceasefire agreement, the Minsk Protocol, in place…
A Russia backed rebel armored fighting vehicles convoy near Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2015
A Russia backed rebel looking though firing port at his position near Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, May 26, 2015
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