Capture of Donetsk (2014)

Capture of Donetsk
Part of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists occupying the Donetsk RSA building on 7 April 2014
Date1 March – 1 May 2014
(2 months)
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Russia Pro-Russian protesters

The capture of Donetsk took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and was perpetrated by pro-Russian separatists in April 2014 during widespread unrest following the pro-European revolution of Dignity in the capital city of Kyiv in February. As a result, Donetsk came under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic and became its capital.

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