✦ History

Part of War in Donbas

Battle of Debaltseve

January 16 – February 20, 2015 · Debaltseve

Result DPR and LPR victory

Russian-backed separatists and Russian forces attacked Ukrainian troops at Debaltseve. The Ukrainians withdrew after the Minsk II ceasefire.

On the map Contemporaries

Ukraine

Donetsk People’s Republic

Other

Ukraine
Russia
Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic
Semen Semenchenko military commander Serhiy Shaptala military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi military commander
Alexander Zakharchenko military commander Aleksey Mozgovoy military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
2,500–5,000
Killed
267
Wounded
508–668
Captured
112–121
Strength
15,000–17,000
Civilian deaths
500

Units

Armed Forces of Ukraine 27th Pechersk Brigade 2nd Galician Brigade (Ukraine) 30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) 3rd Operational Brigade 57th Motorized Brigade 93rd Mechanized Brigade 95th Air Assault Brigade 40th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine) 45th Operational Regiment (Ukraine) Special Operations Center "West" (Ukraine) Donbas Battalion Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion Svitiaz Company (Ukraine)
Russian Armed Forces Russian separatist forces in Ukraine 6th Separate Guards Cossack Motor Rifle Brigade Prizrak Brigade Sparta Battalion 14th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 5th Guards Tank Brigade 5th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
51st Guards Combined Arms Army 47th Tank Division (Russia) 128th Mountain Assault Brigade 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade

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