War in Donbas
2014–2022 war between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region of Ukraine
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Summary
War in Donbas is an armed conflict[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of armed conflict entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,169 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ukraine[3]
- Instance of: civil war[4], combat operations[5]
- Location: Donbas[6], Donetsk Oblast[7], Luhansk Oblast[8]
- Subclass of: right of revolution[9]
- Part of: Russo-Ukrainian war[10], 2013–2014 Ukrainian political crisis[11]
- Commons category: War in Donbas[12]
- Start time: April 12, 2014[13]
- Coordinate location: 48, 38[14]
- Participant: Donetsk People's Republic[15], Luhansk People's Republic[16], Ukraine[17], Russia[18]
- Has cause: Протистояння Росії та Заходу[19], Euromaidan[20], 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:War in Donbas[22]
- Number of deaths: 13,300[23], 3375[24]
- Described by source: Wir sind die Guten[25], Ukraine - Chaos and Revolution - Weapons of US Dollar[26], Ukraine[27]
- Partially coincident with: Russo-Ukrainian war[28]
- Topic has template: Q47528188[29]
- Has immediate cause: Revolution of Dignity[30], 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine[31], 18–21 February 2014 clashes in Ukraine[32], Russian irredentism[33], 2014 Euromaidan regional state administration occupations[34]
- Different from: Russo-Cossack War of 1658-1659[35], Russo-Ukrainian war[36], Anti-Terrorist Operation in Ukraine[37], Battle of Donbas[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[39]
- Theorized by: Valeriya Novodvorskaya[40]
Why It Matters
War in Donbas has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]