war in Donbass (wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass

• 1 Background
  • 1.1 Donetsk Oblast
  • 1.2 Luhansk Oblast
• 2 History
  • 2.1 April 2014: conflict begins
  • 2.2 Expansion of separatist territorial control
    • 2.2.1 Sloviansk
    • 2.2.2 Kramatorsk
    • 2.2.3 Horlivka
    • 2.2.4 Mariupol
    • 2.2.5 Other cities
  • 2.3 Government counter-offensive: the Anti-Terrorist Operation
  • 2.4 May 2014: post-referendum fighting
    • 2.4.1 Airport battle and fighting in Luhansk
  • 2.5 Escalation in May and June 2014
    • 2.5.1 Luhansk border post siege
    • 2.5.2 2 June Luhansk airstrike
    • 2.5.3 Continued fighting
    • 2.5.4 Russian tank incursion
    • 2.5.5 Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down
    • 2.5.6 Battle of Yampil
  • 2.6 July 2014: post-ceasefire government offensive
  • 2.7 Fighting worsens in eastern Donetsk Oblast
  • 2.8 Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
  • 2.9 Government push into Donetsk and Luhansk cities
  • 2.10 August 2014 invasion by Russian forces
  • 2.11 September 2014 ceasefire
  • 2.12 November 2014 separatist elections and aftermath
  • 2.13 Escalation in January 2015
  • 2.14 Minsk II ceasefire and denouement
  • 2.15 January 2017 eruption of heavy fighting and failed ceasefires
  • 2.16 October 2019 Steinmeier formula agreement and July 2020 ceasefire
  • 2.17 2021–2022 escalation of fighting and Russian military buildup
• 3 Combatants
  • 3.1 List of combatants
  • 3.2 Russian involvement
  • 3.3 Foreign military aid and sales to Ukraine
• 4 Casualties
  • 4.1 Ukrainian forces
  • 4.2 Separatist forces
• 5 Humanitarian concerns
• 6 Reactions
  • 6.1 International reactions
  • 6.2 Ukrainian public opinion
  • 6.3 Labelling of the conflict
• 7 See also
• 8 Notes
• 9 References
• 10 External links