✦ History

Battle of Donbas (2022)

April 18, 2022

Result Inconclusive

After failing to take Kyiv, Russia concentrated its forces on the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. It took Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in heavy artillery battles, but gained ground slowly at great cost.

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Battles and events 11

February 26 – July 3, 2022
Battle of Lysychansk Russian and LPR victory Lysychansk Sergei Surovikin, Alexander Lapin
April 18, 2022
Battle of Kreminna Kreminna
May 2022 – October 2, 2022
Battle of Lyman Lyman
May 5–13, 2022
Battle of the Siverskyi Donets Ukrainian victory Donets
May 6 – June 25, 2022
Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022) Russian victory Siverskodonetsk
July 3, 2022
Battle of Siversk Siversk
July 29, 2022
Olenivka prison massacre Volnovakha correctional colony
August 3, 2022 – January 16, 2023
Battle of Soledar Russian victory Soledar Valery Gerasimov, Oleksandr Syrskyi
August 9, 2022 – January 7, 2024
Battle of Bakhmut Russian victory – see Bakhmut Oleksandr Syrskyi
June 27, 2023
2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike Kramatorsk
August 9, 2024
2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket strike Kostiantynivka

Key commanders

Russia 3

Sergei Surovikin military commander Alexander Lapin military commander Valery Gerasimov military commander

Ukraine 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi military commander