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Second Battle of Donetsk Airport

Index Second Battle of Donetsk Airport

Fighting between separatist forces affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and Ukrainian military and volunteer forces broke out at Donetsk International Airport on 28 September 2014, sparking the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, a part of the ongoing war in the Donbass region of Ukraine. [1]

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Alexander Khodakovsky

Alexander Sergeevich Khodakovsky (p, Олександр Сергійович Ходаковський Olexander Serhiyovich Khodakovsky) is the commander of the pro-Russian Vostok Battalion formed in early May 2014 during the 2014 insurgency in Donbass.

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Alexander Zakharchenko

Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (p, Олександр Володимирович Захарченко; born 1976, Ostrov (25 June 2014)) is a separatist leader, who is the current head of state and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed state and a rebel group Donetsk People's Republic, which declared independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Andrei Purgin

Andrei Yevgenyevich Purgin is a Ukrainian activist, cofounder of the Donetsk Republic organization along with Aleksandr Tsurkan and Oleg Frolov.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Збройні сили України (ЗСУ) Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, (ZSU)) is the military of Ukraine.

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Arsen Pavlov

Arsen (Arseny) Sergeyevich Pavlov (Арсе́н Серге́евич Па́влов; 2 February 1983 – 16 October 2016), known by his nom de guerre Motorola (Моторо́ла), was a Russian citizen who led the Sparta Battalion, an armed group fighting the Ukrainian army, in the ongoing War in Donbass.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Azov Battalion

The Special Operations Detachment "Azov", often known as Azov Battalion, Azov Regiment, or Azov Detachment, (Полк Азов) is a Ukrainian National Guard regiment, based in Mariupol in the Azov Sea coastal region.

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Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BM-21 Grad

The BM-21 "Grad" (БМ-21 "Град"), is a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher.

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Booby trap

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm, or surprise a person or animal, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim.

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Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)

The Chief of the General Staff (Начальник Генерального штабу) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (Кiборги: Герої не вмирають) is a 2017 Ukrainian drama film about the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the War in Donbass.

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Dmytro Tymchuk

Dmytro Borysovych Tymchuk (Дмитро́ Бори́сович Тимчу́к, born 27 June 1972) is a Member of parliament of Ukraine, a Ukrainian military expert and blogger, an officer of Ukrainian military reserve (підполковник), and one of the coordinators of the Information Resistance blog.

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Dmytro Yarosh

Dmytro Anatoliyovych Yarosh (Дмитро Анатолійович Ярош; born 30 September 1971) is a Ukrainian Member of Parliament, activist, politician, and the main commander of the Ukrainain Volunteer Army.

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Dnipro-1 Regiment

The "Dnipro-1" Regiment (Полк «Дніпро-1») is a Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

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Donbass

The Donbass (Донба́сс) or Donbas (Донба́с) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia.

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Donbass Arena

Donbass Arena or Donbas Arena (Донба́с Аре́на, Донба́сc Аре́на) is a stadium with a natural grass pitch in Donetsk, Ukraine (under occupation by the Donetsk People's Republic) that opened on 29 August 2009.

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Donetsk

Donetsk (Донецьк; Доне́цк; former names: Aleksandrovka, Hughesovka, Yuzovka, Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names)) is an industrial city in Ukraine on the Kalmius River.

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Donetsk International Airport

Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк") is a nonoperational airport located northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the War in Donbass.

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Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast (Доне́цька о́бласть, Donets'ka oblast', also referred to as Donechchyna, Донеччина Donechchyna, Доне́цкая о́бласть, Donetskaya oblast) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine.

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Donetsk People's Republic

The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR or DNR, dɐˈnʲɛtskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə, Донецька Народна Республіка) is a proto-state in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine recognized only by the partially recognized South Ossetia.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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First Battle of Donetsk Airport

The First Battle of Donetsk Airport was a conflict between separatist insurgents associated with the Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian government forces that took place at Donetsk International Airport on 26–27 May 2014, as part of the War in Donbass that began after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

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Kirovskyi District, Donetsk

Kirovskyi District (Кіровський район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after a mayor of the Russian city Saint Petersburg Sergei Kirov.

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Kyivskyi District, Donetsk

Kyivskyi District (Київський район) is urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after the capital city of Ukraine Kiev.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mariupol

Mariupol (Маріу́поль, also Mariiupil; Мариу́поль; Marioupoli) is a city of regional significance in south eastern Ukraine, situated on the north coast of the Sea of Azov at the mouth of the Kalmius river, in the Pryazovia region.

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Mikhail Tolstykh

Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (Михайло Сергійович Толстих, Михаи́л Серге́евич Толсты́х; July 19, 1980 – February 8, 2017), better known by his callsign Givi (Ги́ви), was a commander of the pro-Russian Somalia Battalion in the War in Donbass.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Ministerstvo vnutrishnikh sprav Ukrayiny, MVS) executes state policy for the protection of rights and liberties of citizens, investigates unlawful acts against the interest of society and state, fights crime, provides civil order, ensures civil security, traffic safety, and protects the security and protection of important individuals.

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Minsk Protocol

Representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) signed the Minsk Protocol, an agreement to halt the war in the Donbass region of Ukraine, on 5 September 2014.

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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (Рада національної безпеки і оборони України) or NSDC (РНБО / RNBO), is an advisory state body to the President of Ukraine.

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Naval Infantry (Russia)

The Russian Naval Infantry (Marines, Морская пехота, Morskaya Pekhota), is the amphibious force of the Russian Navy.

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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization.

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OTR-21 Tochka

OTR-21 Tochka (оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТР) «Точка» ("dot"); Tactical Operational Missile Complex "Tochka") is a Soviet tactical ballistic missile.

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Petrovsky District, Donetsk

Petrovsky District (Петровський район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after a Soviet political figure Grigoriy Petrovsky.

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Pisky, Yasynuvata Raion

Pisky (Піски; Пески) is a village in Yasynuvata Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 10 km NW from the center of Donetsk city and at about 2 km from the western border of Donetsk airfield.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a broadcasting organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed".

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Right Sector

Right Sector (Правий сектор, Pravyi Sektor) is a far-right Ukrainian nationalist political party and movement.

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Road of Life

The Road of Life (Доро́га жи́зни, doroga zhizni) was the ice road winter transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga, which provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad while the perimeter in the siege was maintained by the German Army Group North and the Finnish Defence Forces.

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Separatist forces of the war in Donbass

Separatist forces of the War in Donbass, or the United Armed Forces of Novorossiya (Объединённые Вооруженные Силы Новороссии; acronym NAF) is the umbrella name for the militias and armed volunteer groups affiliated with the unrecognized political union called Novorossiya (New Russia).

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Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015)

The Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015) was a battle for the control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne, located approximately east of Mariupol city limits, between Ukrainian forces, led by the Azov Battalion, and Russian backed separatists.

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Sparta Battalion

The Sparta Battalion (батальон «Спарта») is a militia of the Donetsk People's Republic which was led by the Russian born Arsen Pavlov ("Motorola").

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Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as the Spetsnaz GRU, is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Special Forces of Ukraine

Like all post-Soviet states, Ukraine inherited its special forces (Spetsnaz) units from the remnants of the Soviet armed forces, GRU and KGB units.

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Territorial defence battalions (Ukraine)

Territorial defence battalions (Батальйо́ни територіа́льної оборо́ни) were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence in 2014–2015.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Time in Ukraine

Time in Ukraine is defined as UTC+02:00 and in summer as UTC+03:00.

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Timeline of the war in Donbass (January–March 2015)

This is a timeline of the War in Donbass, from 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2015.

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Tunnel network

In transport, tunnels can be connected together to form a tunnel network.

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Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

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Ukrainian Air Assault Forces

The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, abbreviated DShV (from "Desanto-shturmovi viyska Ukrayiny", Ukrainian: Десантно-штурмові війська України, ДШВ; Air-Assault Forces of Ukraine), are a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Ground Forces

The Ukrainian Ground Forces (Сухопутні Війська ЗСУ Sukhoputni Viys’ka (ZSU)) are the land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Independent Information Agency

The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News (Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН; Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a Kiev-based Ukrainian news agency.

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Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, Ukrainian abbreviation ВРУ; literally Supreme Council of Ukraine), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.

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Viktor Muzhenko

Viktor Muzhenko (born 10 October 1961), LIGA is a Ukrainian general who is the current Chief of the General Staff and the commanding officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Voroshylovskyi District, Donetsk

Voroshylovskyi District (Ворошиловський район) is an urban district of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov.

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War in Donbass

The War in Donbass is an armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine.

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Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.

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17th Tank Brigade (Ukraine)

The 17th Tank Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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79th Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine)

The 79th Air Assault Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.

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93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

The 93rd Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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95th Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine)

The 95th Air Assault Brigade is a unit of Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, Ukraine’s rapid reaction force.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport

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