Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion

Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion
Part of the war in Donbas

Ukrainian troops at Savur-Mohyla, June 2014
Date16 July – 26 August 2014
(1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Result

DPR victory

Belligerents
 Ukraine

 Donetsk People's Republic


 Russia (Denied by Russia)
Commanders and leaders
Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko
Ukraine Timur Yuldashev 
Donetsk People's Republic Igor Girkin
Donetsk People's Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko
Units involved

Ukrainian Armed Forces

Internal Affairs Ministry:

Right Sector

Donbass People's Militia:

Russian Armed Forces (from 24 August)[2][3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
One civilian plane shot down, 298 civilians killed

The Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion began on 16 July 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to cut off the Russian backed separatists’ supply lines from Russia. Fighting broke out around the towns of Marynivka, Dmytrivka, Stepanivka, Shakhtarsk, as well as the strategic hill of Savur-Mohyla. It later spread to the cities of Snizhne and Torez. While the battle was in progress, a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down near Hrabove on 17 July. Amidst a wide counter-offensive by the Russian proxy forces and their Russian backers across Donbas, government troops were forced out of Shakhtarsk Raion on 26 August.

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  2. ^ "Аналіз бойових дій в районі Іловайська після вторгнення російських військ 24-29 серпня 2014 року".
  3. ^ "Bellingcat Report - Origin of Artillery Attacks on Ukrainian Military Positions in Eastern Ukraine Between 14 July 2014 and 8 August 2014". 17 February 2015.