Battle of Artemivsk
| Battle of Artemivsk | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Donbas during the Russo–Ukrainian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ukraine | Donetsk People’s Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Oleksandr Trepak | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| National Guard of Ukraine | DPR Militia | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 67 killed | 350 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Artemivsk was a 2014 battle fought in the city of Artemivsk (historically and since 2016 known as Bakhmut) during the war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine as part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. It involved armed confrontation between the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard of Ukraine against pro-Russian militias fighting for the Donetsk People’s Republic.