First Battle of Donetsk Airport

First Battle of Donetsk Airport
	Part of the War in Donbas
	; Donetsk Airport before its destruction
Date	26–27 May 2014 (1 day)
Location	Donetsk International Airport; Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Donetsk People's Republic Russian volunteers;
Commanders and leaders
Maksym Shapoval	Unknown
Units involved
Armed Forces of Ukraine: Air Force; Airmobile Forces; Internal Affairs Ministry: National Guard;	Donbas People's Militia: Vostok Battalion; Russian Orthodox Army; Russian volunteers Chechen paramilitary unit; ; Kadyrovites
Strength
Unknown number of troops; Su-25; Mi-24;	200 fighters
Casualties and losses
None	33–50 killed; 43 wounded
	2 civilians killed

The First Battle of Donetsk Airport took place between fighters associated with the Donetsk People's Republic and Ukrainian government forces that took place at Donetsk International Airport on 26–27 May 2014, as part of the war in Donbas that began after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. A second battle broke out at the airport on 28 September 2014.

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