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Battle of Mariupol (2014)
2014 battle in the war in Donbas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, the city of Mariupol, in Donetsk Oblast, saw skirmishes break out between Ukrainian government forces, local police, and separatist militants affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic. Government forces withdrew from Mariupol on 9 May 2014 after heavy fighting left the city's police headquarters gutted by fire. These forces maintained checkpoints outside the city. Intervention by Metinvest steelworkers on 15 May 2014 led to the removal of barricades from the city centre, and the resumption of patrols by local police. Separatists continued to operate a headquarters in another part of the city until their positions were overrun in a government offensive on 13 June 2014.
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Battle of Mariupol | |||||||
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Part of the war in Donbas | |||||||
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20 killed 49 wounded[7][8][9][10] 1 captured[11] 3 APCs destroyed[12][13] |
20–26 killed[8][14][15] 15–34 captured[4][16][17] 1 BRDM-2 destroyed[9][18] |