Battle of Ilovaisk | |||||||
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Part of the war in Donbas | |||||||
![]() Withdrawal of Ukrainian forces on 29 August 2014 | |||||||
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Encircled forces: 1,200–1,400[21][22] Deblock forces: 400 | 4,000–4,100 (Ukraine claim)[23] | ||||||
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366 killed 429 wounded 128 captured 158 missing (acc. Ukrainian military)[24][25] 420 killed 13 captured 40 missing (acc. BBC News Ukrainian)[26] 1,000+ killed (acc. Verkhovna Rada & People's Front)[23] |
150 killed (regular forces; acc. Russian opposition)[27] 200 killed (separatists; acc. Al Jazeera)[28] 200+ killed[29] 20 captured[11] (acc. Ukrainian government) | ||||||
36–100 civilians killed[14][30] |
The Battle of Ilovaisk[c] started on 7 August 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Ukrainian paramilitaries began a series of attempts to capture the city of Ilovaisk from pro-Russian insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and detachments of the Russian Armed Forces.[6][31][32] Although Ukrainian forces were able to enter the city on 18 August,[33] they were encircled between 24 and 26 August by overwhelming Russian military forces that crossed the border, joining the battle.[34][35][36] After days of encirclement, Ukrainian forces rejected the DPR's proposal to open a humanitarian corridor on the condition that they abandon their armored vehicles and ammunition, and on the morning of 29 August 2014 began to leave Ilovaisk with their weapons.[37] The Russian side opened fire on the evacuating Ukrainian soldiers, many of whom died whilst trying to escape.[11][38]
The Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, claimed on 26 August 2016 that the cause of the battle's outcome was the involvement of Russian troops, along with Ukrainian commanders' incompetence in the planning of the retreat.[39]
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