Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion
The battle in Shakhtarsk Raion began on 16 July 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine began an attempt to cut off insurgent supply lines from Russia. Fighting broke out around the towns of Marynivka, Dmytrivka, Stepanivka, Shakhtarsk, and also the strategic hill of Savur-Mohyla. It later spread to the cities of Snizhne and Torez. While the battle was in progress, a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down near Hrabove. Amidst a wide counter-offensive by the insurgents and their Russian backers across Donbass, government troops were forced out of Shakhtarsk Raion on 26 August.
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Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion
The battle in Shakhtarsk Raion began on 16 July 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine began an attempt to cut off insurgent supply lines from Russia. Fighting broke out around the towns of Marynivka, Dmytrivka, Stepanivka, Shakhtarsk, and also the strategic hill of Savur-Mohyla. It later spread to the cities of Snizhne and Torez. While the battle was in progress, a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down near Hrabove. Amidst a wide counter-offensive by the insurgents and their Russian backers across Donbass, government troops were forced out of Shakhtarsk Raion on 26 August.
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The battle in Shakhtarsk Raion ...... Shakhtarsk Raion on 26 August.
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Бои за Саур-Могилу (укр. Бої з ...... и обеспечивает выход и к морю.
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Donetsk People's Republic
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2014-08-26
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*DPR forces recaptureSavur-Mohyla
*Shoot-down ofMalaysia Airlines Flight 17
DPR victory
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Ukrainian troops at Savur-Mohyla, June 2014
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Armed Forces of Ukraine:
* Gro ...... ational Guard
* Azov Battalion
Donbass People's Militia:
*16p ...... lunteers
Russian Armed Forces
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The battle in Shakhtarsk Raion ...... Shakhtarsk Raion on 26 August.
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Бои за Саур-Могилу (укр. Бої з ...... и обеспечивает выход и к морю.
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Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion
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Бои за Саур-Могилу (2014)
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