✦ History

Part of War in Donbas

Siege of Sloviansk

April 12 – July 5, 2014 · Sloviansk

Result Ukrainian victory

Pro-Russian armed men led by Igor Girkin took Sloviansk, and Ukrainian forces besieged the city. The separatists withdrew in July 2014.

On the map Contemporaries

Ukraine

Donetsk People's Republic

Ukraine
Russia
Donetsk People's Republic
Oleksandr Turchynov belligerent leader Petro Poroshenko belligerent leader Arsen Avakov military commander Dmytro Yarosh military commander
Igor Girkin military commander Vladimir Zhoga military commander Arsen Pavlov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
15,000
Tanks
160
Guns
150
Strength
800–1,000
Captured
4
Tanks lost
1

Units

Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Air Assault Forces 25th Airborne Brigade 80th Air Assault Brigade 95th Air Assault Brigade Ukrainian Ground Forces 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps 27th Pechersk Brigade 2nd Galician Brigade (Ukraine) 31st Public Order Brigade Ukrainian Air Force Alpha Group (Ukraine)
Russian Armed Forces Russian separatist forces in Ukraine 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion Sparta Battalion

Also involved 2