Battle of Vuhlehirsk

Battle of Vuhlehirsk
Part of War in Donbass
Date 29 January 2015 – 5 February 2015 Location Vuhlehirsk Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Status DPR Pyrrhic victory Ukrainian forces withdraw to Debaltseve
Belligerents
Ukraine	Donetsk People's Republic Russia (denied by Russia)
Units involved
Armed Forces of Ukraine Donbas Battalion Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion RPMON "Svityaz" 13th Territorial Defense Battalion "Chernihiv-1"	Novorossiya Armed Forces Sparta Battalion Russian Armed Forces (denied by Russia)
Casualties and losses
80+ killed 300+ wounded 10 captured 1 armoured vehicle damaged	400-500 killed 1,000+ wounded 7+ tanks destroyed 12+ armoured vehicles destroyed

Events

On January 29, 2015, according to the deputy commander of the corps of the DPR Ministry of Defense Eduard Basurin, during the protracted street battles against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the DPR armed forces half took Vuhlehirsk.. Assault groups were formed from the combined units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the MGB, the military intelligence of the DPR and reinforced by the Horlivka garrison. On the same day, the armed forces of Ukraine announced the arrival of reinforcements and the beginning of a counteroffensive on the city..

On January 30, the ATO headquarters announced an artillery battle between the parties to the conflict.

On January 31, Dmytro Tymchuk announced the gathering of militant reinforcements to Vuhlehirsk.

On February 5, the DPR forces announced the establishment of full control over Vuhlehrisk.

Reference

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