Timeline of the war in Donbass (October 2015–present)

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This is a timeline of the War in Donbass, from 1 October 2015. The timeline follows an ongoing conflict between Ukraine and anti-government pro-Russian separatists supported by Russian troops[1] in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.

October[edit]

1 October[edit]

According to military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded by improvised explosive devices in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. The casualties occurred in the outskirts of Donetsk city.[2][3][4] Ukrainian army reported three attacks against their positions during the last day of September.[2] Two of the attacks took place during the last four hours of 30 September, no violations of the ceasefire were recorded during the first six hours of 1 October.[5] The incidents took place in the area south of Artemivsk. Ukrainian positions at Zaitseve were the target of heavy machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades, while outposts at Luhanske received small arms fire.[6] Meanwhile, Eduard Basurin, deputy defence minister of the Donetsk People's Republic said that the Ukrainian army opened fire on separatist troops on eight occasions overnight. According to Basurin, Ukrainian forces fired small arms, automatic grenade launchers and 82 mm mortars on Spartak, in the western outskirts of Donetsk city.[7]

The leaders of the self-styled Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics signed the agreement on the withdrawal of tanks and other weapons from the frontline in eastern Ukraine on 30 September.[8][9] The current head of state and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed state and a rebel group Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Ukrainian military of shelling Donetsk during the night of 1 October and announced of the postponement of implementing the agreement.[8][10] Pro-Russian media claimed that the incidents took place in the district of Petrovsky. The same sources accused the Ukrainian military of firing small arms on residential areas of Trudivske, south of Donetsk city. One civilian was injured.[11] According to president Putin the final solution was still far off.[12]

2 October[edit]

According to military spokesman Andriy Lysenko one Ukrainian serviceman was wounded by improvised explosive device in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. The casualty occurred near Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast.[13] For the first time over several weeks the Ukrainian army reported no violations of the ceasefire during the first day of October, Thursday; no violations of the ceasefire were recorded during the first six hours of 2 October too.[14]

The so-called 'Normandy four' met for Ukraine ceasefire talks at Élysée Palace, Paris (France).[15][16][17][18]

3 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no casualties[19] and no violations of the ceasefire in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours; no violations of the ceasefire were recorded during the first six hours of 3 October either.[20]

Rebels announced that they have moved a column of tanks away from the front line in eastern Ukraine.[21][22] Ukrainian officials said the actual pullback to start in the afternoon.[22][23] Pro-Russian forces loyal to the Luhansk People's Republic began to remove light weapons from the demarcation line, while the troops of the Donetsk People's Republic will start the process on 18 October.[24] After the meetings in Paris, President Poroshenko said light weapons, including also tanks and mortars, must be removed from the frontline in the next 41 days.[25]

Separatist media denounced that Ukrainian forces resumed the shelling of certain areas of Donetsk city, among them the district of Kalinovka.[26]

4 October[edit]

According to the Ukrainian military the ceasefire has been holding for more than three consecutive days.[27] Two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded on 3 October by improvised explosive devices (booby traps) south of Marinka, Donetsk Oblast.[28][29][30]

Eduard Basurin, Donetsk People's Republic deputy minister of defence, claimed that pro-Russian forces shot down four Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours. The unmanned aircraft were downed over Yenakiieve, Yakovlika and Korsun, in the area between Donetsk city and Horlivka.[31] He also reported 18 violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian military, which involved the use of mortars and tanks.[32]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday, 4 October, that Russia' Vladimir Putin had promised to ask pro-Russian separatists to cancel elections planned in rebel-held territory in defiance of Kiev.[33]

5 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no casualties in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[34] According to the Ukrainian military on 4 October at around 10:45 am automatic grenade launcher was used to attack their positions 2 km from Hranitne, Donetsk Oblast.[35] A spokesman from the "Donbass" battalion reported two Ukrainian soldiers killed and other five wounded as a result of the explosion of landmines on 4 October near Avdiivka. Members of the battalion were on a mobile patrol along the demarcation line when one of the devices went off, killing one soldier and wounding two. A rescue team from the 37th territorial defence battalion hit another mine while coming to the aid of the wounded. Another serviceman was killed and three wounded in the second incident.[36][37]

The withdrawal of tanks from the demarcation line started on this day in Luhansk Oblast.[38] Late in the evening, pro-Russian forces claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian drone over the district of Voroshilov, Donetsk city. One civilian residence was damaged by falling debris.[39]

6 October[edit]

According to military spokesman Andriy Lysenko one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. The casualty occurred near Trokhizbenka, Luhansk Oblast, where government forces were engaged in a battle with a reconnaissance-diversionary militia unit that had crossed the Siverskyi Donets at morning.[40][41][42] The Ukrainian military reported no ceasefire violations during the last 24 hours.[43]

The rebels announced that they will push back disputed local elections into next year in line with Western demands.[44][45][46][47]

7 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no ceasefire violations[48] and no casualties in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[49]

According to the Ukrainian Defence Ministry non-combat losses of the Ukrainian army had reached 597 men since the start of the war in mid-April 2014.[50]

At noon, four Ukrainian servicemen were wounded when their positions at Troitske, Luhansk Oblast, were hit by two anti-tank guided missiles launched by pro-Russian forces. The attack was the first ceasefire violation since 30 September and was reported to members of the OSCE mission.[51][52][53] The missiles were launched from the rebel-held village of Kalinove, in the area of Popasna. An excavator and a KrAZ-255 truck of the Ukrainian army were hit.[54] Ukrainian drones from the Dnipro-1 regiment identified 16 tanks near the village of Sontseve and five D-30 howitzers at Bohdanivka, in the area east of Mariupol.[55]

8 October[edit]

Four Ukrainian servicemen were confirmed wounded in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[56][57]

Officials from Donetsk People's Republic said that two Ukrainian soldiers crossed the demarcation line at the village of Naberezhne, north on Mariupol, and defected to the rebels.[58]

9 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no ceasefire violations[59] during the last 24 hours. Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded after stepping on landmines, one of them at Yasinuvata, west of Avdiivka, in the northern outskirts of Donetsk city, and the other near Stanytsia Luhanska, in the northern front.[60] Two civilians were also injured by booby traps during the same period.[61] Rebel officials reported that the Ukrainian military fired on rebel positions on five occasions around Donetsk city, in the area north of Mariupol and near Horlivka. The separatists said that the Ukrainian side used small arms, rocket propelled grenades and mortars.[62]

Positions of the Ukrainian 93rd mechanized brigade "Shaman" at Pisky, west of Donetsk city, were attacked at evening with grenade launchers and automatic weapons by pro-Russian scouts.[63][64]

Separatist authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic rescheduled the local elections to February 2016, in accordance with the Minsk agreements.[65]

10 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no ceasefire violations[66] and no casualties[67] in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. Ukrainian spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the withdrawal of light artillery up to 100 mm from the demarcation line have begun and will last two days.[68] Pro-Russian officials reported that rebel positions at Donetsk airport were the target of small arms and automatic grenade launchers fired by Ukrainian troops at Butivka mining complex.[69]

At evening, pro-Russian troops fired small arms at Ukrainian troops in Berdyanske, 20 km east of Mariupol.[70] Separatist media accussed the Ukrainian military of shelling Donetsk city using main battle tanks. The Ukrainian army denied the information as a "blatant lie".[71] Separatist media actually reported 120 mm mortar attacks on the district of Kiev and 82 mm mortars on Vesele and Donetsk airport. The shelling came from Ukrainian positions at Pisky.[72] Rebel officials, based upon an OSCE statement, later claimed that the rounds were 60 mm, a caliber that Ukraine's industry did not produce. This means that the Ukrainian government was purchasing foreign weapons.[73]

Pro-Russia rebels said that Ukrainian army fire had killed one person and wounded another in their stronghold of Donetsk city.[74]

11 October[edit]

According to the spokesman of the Ukrainian army the ceasefire in the Donbass region was generally observed by the anti-governmental forces during the last 24 hours. At around 13:00 pm Ukrainian positions near Berdyanske, about twenty kilometres east of Mariupol, were fired at from small arms.[75] The Ukrainian military reported no casualties during the same period.[76] Pro-Russian officials reported that Ukrainian forces opened fire on 13 occasions on rebel positions during the past day. The Ukrainian army used 82 mm mortars, 120 mm mortars and armoured fighting vehicles.[77] The same sources said that one separatist soldier was killed and two others wounded at Vesele in the course of the 10 October shelling of the village, in the surroundings of Donetsk city.[78]

At Volnovakha, south of Donetsk city, a 12-year-old boy was severely injured by the explosion of an anti-personnel explosive device.[79]

12 October[edit]

The Ukrainian army reported two ceasefire violations by anti-governmental forces in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. The Ukrainian positions at Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol, were attacked at 22:55 pm and positions at Novotroitske, south of Donetsk city, were attacked at 00:35 am.[80] The Ukrainian military reported no casualties during the same period.[81]

13 October[edit]

The spokesman of the Ukrainian army reported no ceasefire violations by anti-governmental forces in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours and characterised the situation as calm.[82] According to military spokesman Andriy Lysenko Ukrainian positions between Berezove and Novotroitske, Donetsk Oblast, were fired at from small arms on 12 October.[83][84]

A report on MH17 Ukraine disaster was published by the Dutch Safety Board.[85][86]

14 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported in the morning that rocket propelled grenade and automatic grenade launchers were used to attack their positions south of Avdiivka on 13 October. One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another three wounded.[87][88][89]

Three Ukrainian soldiers raiding in a KrAZ-255 truck were wounded when an improvised explosive device blew up at Krasnaya Talivka, not far from Stanitsya Luhanska. Ukrainian authorities said that the bomb was planted by intruders who crossed into Ukraine from Russian territory.[90]

15 October[edit]

The spokesman of the Ukrainian army reported no ceasefire violations by anti-governmental forces in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[91] In Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded by explosions of booby traps. Near Krasna Talivka, Luhansk Oblast, a vehicle with Ukrainian border guards exploded on a fougasse, nine border guards were wounded.[92][93] Two female civilians were killed when another explosive device went off at Stanitsya Luhanska. Ukrainian authorities called the incident a "terrorist attack".[94]

OSCE spokesman Michael Botsyurkiv reported that rebel forces still keep heavy weapons near the demarcation line.[95]

16 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no casualties and no violations of the ceasefire in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. In Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, two female civilians were killed by explosions of grenades trigged as a booby trap.[96] Pro-Russian officials recorded three violations of the ceasefire committed by Ukrainian forces in the area south of Artemivsk and near Donetsk airport. The Ukrainians used small arms, automatic grenade launchers and mortars.[97]

The Ukrainian army completed the withdrawal of mortars from the demarcation line in Luhansk Oblast.[98]

17 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported in the morning that no shots were fired during the last six hours of 16 October and the first six hours of 17 October.[99] Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported at noon no casualties in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[100] Pro-Russian officials reported three Ukrainian violations of the truce at Pisky, Donetsk airport and the district of Kuybishev, west of Donetsk city. The sources said that Ukrainian forces used mortars, armoured fighting vehicles and "152 mm guns".[101]

At around 16:00 pm Ukrainian positions at Pisky, about 2 km from the western border of the Donetsk airfield, were fired at from small arms, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded.[102][103]

In Luhansk Oblast one Ukrainian serviceman and one female civilian were wounded by explosions of explosive devices.[104]

18 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported in the morning that their positions at Shyrokyne, Donetsk Oblast, were fired at from small arms at 20:00 pm on 17 October.[105] Military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk reported at noon that Ukrainian positions were attacked twice in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. Small arms were used against Ukrainian positions at Pisky and Shyrokyne. Two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded.[106] Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence of the Donetsk People's Republic reported that the Ukrainian military opened small arms fire on rebel positions on two occasions. The incidents took place at Pisky and in the district of Kuybishev, in the outskirts of Donetsk city.[107]

19 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported in the morning that the situation in the Donbass region has remained calm during the last 24 hours.[108] Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported at noon no casualties and no ceasefire violations during the same period.[109] Members of the "Dnipro-1" battalion claimed the capture of the commander of a rebel mortar battery near Krimsky, during a patrol near the demarcation line.[110] Rebel officials from the People's Republic of Donetsk reported a mortar attack on Donetsk airport.[111]

Some observers of the conflict had expressed their opinion according to which there was finally a real ceasefire.[112] The Ukrainian military said that some members of the pro-Russian 1st mechanized brigade were killed or wounded after stepping on landmines near Volnovakha.[113] In Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, a female civilian was injured by the explosion of an explosive device.[114]

20 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported in the morning that no violations of the ceasefire were recorded in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[115] Military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk reported at noon that one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another wounded in action during the last 24 hours in the Donbas region. The serviceman died near Volnovakha when an improvised explosive device went off.[116][117]

A volunteer from the Donbas Battalion was killed in a motorcycle accident near Mariupol.[118] OSCE confirmed the death of a rebel soldier near Pisky during an engagement between separatist and Ukrainian forces late in the evening. Another militiaman was wounded.[119] Sources from the Donetsk People's Republic claimed that the Ukrainians fired automatic weapons and mortar rounds on rebel positions for almost two hours.[120]

Ukrainian and separatist forces began withdrawing tanks and smaller weapons from the frontline.[121][122]

21 October[edit]

No ceasefire violations by the separatist forces were recorded by the Ukrainian military in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours.[123] One Ukrainian serviceman was wounded near Marinka in the course of demining.[124]

22 October[edit]

The Ukrainian military reported no ceasefire violations by the separatist forces in the Donbass region during the last 24 hours. One Ukrainian serviceman was wounded by explosion of an improvised explosive device near Zolote, Luhansk Oblast.[125] Military analyst Dmitry Tymchuk reported that a civilian was shot and killed by militias manning a checkpoint in Oleksandrivka, south of Donetsk city. The local resident was trying to cross into Ukrainian-held territory.[126]

Both sides in Donetsk Oblast confirmed the withdrawal of their tanks from the demarcation line.[127][128]

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