Second Battle of Donetsk Airport

September 28, 2014 – January 21, 2015 · Donetsk International Airport

Result DPR-Russian victory

Russian-backed separatists fought Ukrainian troops for months over the ruined Donetsk Airport. The separatists took it in January 2015 after heavy losses on both sides.

On the map Contemporaries

Ukraine

Donetsk People's Republic

Other

Ukraine

Donetsk People's Republic

Russia

Viktor Muzhenko military commander

Yevhen Moisiuk military commander

Dmytro Yarosh military commander

Alexander Zakharchenko military commander

Vladimir Zhoga military commander

Arsen Pavlov military commander

Mikhail Tolstykh military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: 185 disputed
Captured: 24
Tanks lost: 27
Vehicles lost: 20

Killed: 43 disputed
Wounded: 62 disputed

Units

Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Air Assault Forces 79th Air Assault Brigade 80th Air Assault Brigade 81st Airmobile Brigade 90th Airmobile Battalion (Ukraine) 95th Air Assault Brigade Ukrainian Ground Forces 93rd Mechanized Brigade Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps Azov Brigade Dnipro-1 Regiment 1st Air Force Combined Rifles Brigade Ukrainian Air Force

Russian separatist forces in Ukraine 114th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Pyatnashka Brigade 60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion Sparta Battalion 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Russian Naval Infantry

51st Guards Combined Arms Army