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Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport (IATA: DOK, ICAO: UKCC) is a former airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the war in Donbas. [2] [3] It was built in the 1940s, rebuilt in 1973, and then again from 2011 to 2012 for Euro 2012 .
- 238 m / 781 ft
- 346,700
The Second Battle of Donetsk Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during the War in Donbas. [22] An earlier battle in May 2014 had left Donetsk International Airport in Ukrainian control. Despite a ceasefire agreement, the Minsk Protocol, in ...
- 28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Russian victory, Ukrainian forces withdraw to Pisky
- Successful DPR capture of the Donetsk airport
Jan 22, 2015 · Donetsk airport: Ukraine's coveted prize. 22 January 2015. Reuters. Donetsk airport has been the focus of heavy fighting for months as pro-Russian separatists try to seize it from Ukrainian ...
Jan 15, 2015 · Updated 10:58 AM PDT, January 15, 2015. DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists announced Thursday they had captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal in eastern Ukraine and plan to claw back more territory, further dashing hopes for a lasting peace agreement. The airport, on the fringes of the rebel stronghold ...
Oct 1, 2014 · DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine advanced Wednesday on the government-held airport in Donetsk, pressing to seize the key transportation hub even as the two sides bargained over a troop pullout under a much-violated truce. Fighting for the airport has raged for months as the insurgents have tried to dislodge the government forces using it to shell rebel positions ...
Feb 26, 2015 · A June 27, 2012, aerial shot of the airport in Donetsk #. Irina Gorbaseva/AP. On May 26, 2014, a pro-Russian militant takes position on the roof of the Donetsk airport terminal. The airport was ...
May 30, 2023 · Until early 2015, the Donetsk Airport, or simply DAP, and the nearby village of Pisky, the place where the Donetsk rich and powerful used to find quick refuge from city noise and pollution, became the place of the most fierce and long fight of the 2014–2021 war. The Ukrainian soldiers holding it, who the media started to call “cyborgs ...
