Kramatorsk Airport
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Kramatorsk Airport Краматорський аеродром | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military airfield | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
Location | Donetsk Oblast Kramatorsk | ||||||||||
In use | Military[1] | ||||||||||
Occupants | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 646 ft / 197[1] m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E / 48.70556°N 37.62889°E | ||||||||||
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Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military airfield in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The airbase is 3.4 km SSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk.
The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbass in 2014.
On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.[2] Different sources stated the death toll up to 11.[3][4]
On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle.[5]
As a result of attacks that were carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "KRQ - Kramatorsk, 14, UA - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". Gcmap.com. UA-14. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Ukraine crisis: Troops 'liberate' Kramatorsk airfield - BBC News". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Shots Fired As Troops Land At Ukraine Airport". News.sky.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "` Between Four and Eleven People have been Killed in a Battle for the Airport in kramatorsk '". Ace News Services. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "У аэродрома в Краматорске в перестрелке уничтожено около 40 боевиков - Тымчук | Украинская правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Ukraine conflict: Battles rage ahead of Minsk talks". BBC News Online. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.