Donbas operation (1919)

Donbas operation of 1919
	Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
	; Reproduction of Vasil Vasilovich Zhuravlov's painting Zvilnennya Donbassu from 1919
Date	18 December 1919 – 6 January 1920
Location	Donbas, eastern Ukraine
Result	Red Army victory
Belligerents
South Russia; Almighty Don Host; Kuban People's Republic	Russian Soviet Republic; Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
Commanders and leaders
Sergei Ulagay; Andrei Shkuro	Semyon Budyonny; Grigori Sokolnikov; Anatoliy Gekker
Units involved
Armed Forces of South Russia Don Army; Caucasus Army; Volunteer Army;	Southern Front 8th Army; 13th Army; 1st Cavalry Army; Partisans in occupied white territories;
Strength
8,000 men,; 24 artillery guns; 170 machine guns; 5 armored trains	3,000 men
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed; 5,000 captured	Unknown

The Donbas operation of 1919 was a military campaign of the Russian Civil War, in which the Southern Front of the Red Army regained control of the Donbas region from the Armed Forces of South Russia.

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