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Battle of Svitlodarsk
Part of War in Donbas
Ruins of a building in Svitlodarsk
Date
18–23 December 2016 (5 days)
Location
Svitlodarsk, Ukraine
Result
Ceasefire
Both sides claim to have repelled the other's attacks[1]
Belligerents
Ukraine
Luhansk People's Republic
Commanders and leaders
Kupol (nom de guerre)[2]
Oleg Anashchenko
Units involved
Ukrainian Ground Forces:
54th Separate Mechanized Brigade[3]
1st Battalion
LPR 2nd Army Corps[4]
Casualties and losses
Per Ukraine:[5]
9 killed
35 wounded
Per LPR:[1]
10 killed
20 wounded
Per LPR:[6][4]
4 killed
2 wounded
Per Ukraine:[7][8]
18 killed
38 wounded
1 captured
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Russo-Ukrainian War (outline)
Background
Novorossiya
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Russia–Ukraine relations
Budapest Memorandum
2003 Tuzla Island conflict
Orange Revolution
2007 Munich speech of Vladimir Putin
Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
Euromaidan
Revolution of Dignity
Crimea
Annexation
Timeline
Little green men
Krymnash
Crimean Parliament
Belbek Airport
Southern Naval Base
2014 Simferopol
2014 Russian protests
Major topics
2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism
Information war
cyberwarfare
ransomware
cyberattacks
Belarusian involvement
International sanctions
Media portrayal
Foreign aid (military
humanitarian)
War in Donbas
Timeline
Capture of Donetsk
Sloviansk
Kramatorsk
Artemivsk
Mariupol
Sievierodonetsk
Il-76 shootdown
Zelenopillia rocket attack
Karlivka
1st Donetsk Airport
Luhansk Border Base
Krasnyi Lyman
Sector D clashes
Great Raid of 2014
Shakhtarsk Raion
Horlivka
Yasynuvata
Ilovaisk
Novoazovsk
2nd Mariupol
2nd Donetsk Airport
Debaltseve
International recognition
Post-Minsk II conflict
2015
Shyrokyne (2015)
Marinka (2015)
2016
Svitlodarsk (2016)
2017
Avdiivka (2017)
2018
Kerch Strait incident (2018)
2019
2020
2021
2022
Attacks on civilians
Sloviansk
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Novosvitlivka
Volnovakha
Donetsk
Mariupol
Kramatorsk
Stanytsia Luhanska
Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present) (Timeline)
Prelude to invasion (Reactions)
Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Northern Ukraine campaign
Hostomel
Kyiv
Chernihiv
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Avdiivka
Mariupol
Kharkiv
Izium
Battle of Donbas
Sievierodonetsk
Lysychansk
Bakhmut
Kharkiv counteroffensive
Vuhledar
Southern Ukraine campaign
1st Kherson
Melitopol
Mykolaiv
Voznesensk
Kherson counteroffensive
2nd Kherson
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Effects and aftermath
Economic impact
Peace negotiations
Protests in occupied Ukraine
War crimes
Government and intergovernmental reactions
Non-government reactions
Protests
Russian protests
ICJ case
Arrest warrants
Related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Soloti training ground shooting
Brovary helicopter crash
Black Sea drone incident
Belgorod accidental bombing
Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes
Wagner Group rebellion
Wagner Group plane crash
The Battle of Svitlodarsk[9] took place during the war in Donbas near Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast in 2016. It was described as the "bloodiest battle in 5 months".[3]
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^ ab"'Bloodiest battle in 5 months': Ukrainian troops repel 3 militant attacks near Svitlodarsk". uatoday.tv. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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^Goncharova, Olena (12 January 2017). "At least 22 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russia's war in December–January". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^"Ukrainian forces open fire at Debaltsevo for first time since 2015". TASS. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^"Defense Ministry Intelligence: 18 Militants Killed, 38 Wounded Outside Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Region, December 19–25". ukranews.com. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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