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Siege of the Border Base
Part of the war in Donbas
Map of the Luhansk Oblast
Date
2–4 June 2014 (2 days)
Location
Outskirts of Luhansk
Result
Luhansk People's Republic victory[1]
Surrender and withdrawal of Ukrainian troops
LPR militiamen take control of two border guard bases and a National guard base in the region
Belligerents
Ukraine
Lugansk People's Republic
Russian volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Unknown
Valery Bolotov
Units involved
Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Ukrainian Air Force[2]
Internal Affairs Ministry:
National Guard
State Border Guard
Army of the South-East:
Cossack National Guard
Russian volunteers
Strength
70[3]
100–500[4]
Casualties and losses
10 wounded[5][6]
11 killed, 8 wounded[5][6]
8–13 civilians killed[7][8]
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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 siege of the Luhansk Border Base was a two-day-long standoff at a Ukrainian border base located on the outskirts of Luhansk city, from 2 to 4 June 2014.
^"Ukraine Separatists Seize Government Bases, Several Killed". The Huffington Post. Associated Press. June 4, 2014. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
^"Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents". CNN. June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^"Ukraine: deaths reported in Luhansk border attack". Euronews. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^Luke Harding (June 2, 2014). "Ukraine: pro-Russia rebels killed attempting to storm border guard base". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^ ab"Border Control HQ in Luhansk Stormed". UPI. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
^ abCite error: The named reference bases was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Air attack on pro-Russian separatists kills 8". CNN. June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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