Battle of Artemivsk

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Battle of Artemivsk
Part of the War in Donbas
Date 12 April – 6 July 2014 (2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) Location Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (now Bakhmut) Result Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Donetsk People's Republic
Commanders and leaders
Oleksandr Trepak
Units involved
Ukrainian Ground Forces 3rd Special Purpose Regiment National Guard of Ukraine	DPR Militia

The battle of Artemivsk was a 2014 battle fought in the city of Artemivsk (historically and since 2016 known as Bakhmut) during the war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine as part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. It involved armed confrontation between the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard of Ukraine against pro-Russian militias fighting for the Donetsk People’s Republic.