Zelenopillia rocket attack

Zelenopillia rocket attack
	Part of the war in Donbas
Date	11 July 2014
Location	Zelenopillia, Sverdlovsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Eastern Ukraine47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E
Result	Death of 37 Ukrainian soldiers and border guards
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Col. Ihor Momot †; (Head of State Border Service)	Unknown
Units involved
Ukrainian Ground Forces: 24th Mechanised Brigade; 72nd Mechanised Brigade; Airmobile Forces: 79th Airmobile Brigade 1st Battalion; ; State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Border Detachment;	Russian Ground Forces
Strength
1 armoured group	122-mm 9K51M "Tornado-G" batteries; 2 Orlan-10 drones
Casualties and losses
37 killed; 100+ injured; 2 battalions worth of vehicles and tanks lost	1 Orlan-10 drone shot down

The Zelenopillia rocket attack took place on 11 July 2014 during the war in Donbas. The rocket barrage, which was launched from inside Russian territory by Russian forces, killed 37 Ukrainian soldiers and border guards in a camp at Zelenopillia, Sverdlovsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast.