Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)
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| Battles of Sieverodonetsk | |||||||||
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| Part of War in Donbas | |||||||||
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 Ukraine |
 Luhansk People's Republic | ||||||||
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 Army of the Southeast | |||||||||
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17 killed 48 wounded 2 armored vehicles destroyed |
42+ killed 100+ wounded | ||||||||
The battles of Sievierodonetsk were a series of battles between Ukrainian troops and Luhansk People's Republic formations during the war in Donbas in and around the Eastern Ukrainian cluster of cities of Rubizhne, Lysychansk, and Sieverodonetsk for control.
Timeline
[edit]On 22 May 2014, a convoy from the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the city of Rubizhne. After that, it turned towards Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk. Along the way, the convoy was fired upon with grenade launchers and small arms by LPR separatists from Pavel Dryomov's detachment. During the battle, Ukrainian Armed Forces lost two infantry fighting vehicles and a cargo Ural with an anti-aircraft gun in the back.[citation needed]
At the end of May 2014, there was heavy fighting between LPR separatists and units of the National Guard of Ukraine. The media reported on the use by the Ukrainian army of mortars, howitzers, Tulpan self-propelled mortars and Grad multiple launch rocket systems.
On 22 July 2014, the LPR separatists retreated from Sievierodonetsk. Units of the National Guard of Ukraine entered the city.[citation needed]
On 23 July 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard of Ukraine continued to engage in street fighting with the separatists. According to the fighters of the National Guard, they found one howitzer, more than 50 kilograms of plastids, 15 high-explosive shells and other ammunition in the city.[3] The fighting continued until 24 July, when in the city of Lysychansk, a Colonel of the NSU[clarification needed] Alexander Vitalyevich Radievsky, who was posthumously awarded the rank of Major General, was killed by separatists.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Життя сміливця обірвалося на полі бою… // Національна гвардія України, 23 липня 2014". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ Прес-служба НГУ (23 July 2019). "ПАМ'ЯТАЄМО: у бою за звільнення Лисичанська героїчно загинули воїни криворізької бригади НГУ на чолі з полковником Олександром Радієвським". National Guard of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Бои у луганского города Лисичанск продолжаются, сообщает Нацгвардия (tr. "Fighting near the Luhansk city of Lisichansk continues, according to the National Guard") ria.ru
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