March 2016 Dokuchaievsk armed skirmish

March 2016 Dokuchaievsk armed skirmish Part of the War in Donbass Date 4–5 March 2016 Location near Dokuchaievsk, Donetsk Oblast, Eastern Ukraine Belligerents Ukraine Donetsk People's Republic Units involved Armed Forces of Ukraine Special Forces 73rd Naval Center[1] Dokuchaievsk garrison (according to the DPR) Special Operations Squad (according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine) Casualties and losses 2 killed, several wounded[2][1] none (according to the DPR) 30 killed (according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine)[2]

An armed skirmish near Dokuchaievsk took place in March 2016, during the War in Donbass.

The Battle

On the night of March 4, a Ukrainian Special Forces squad patrolling along the "Mariupol Front" detected a Russian-separatists special operations group near the town of Dokuchaievsk. Both sides engaged each other in a firefight that left two Ukrainian Spetznaz troops dead and several wounded.^[3][4][1]

A Ukrainian presidential spokesman for the military operation in the East, Andriy Lysenko, said the pro-Russian squadron suffered up to 30 fatalities in the battle, that involved coordinated actions by Ukrainian armed forces servicemen from several different service arms.^[2]

DPR spokesman said several civilian casualties were caused by Ukrainian shelling in the neighboring village of Nikolayevka.^[5]

References

1. Censor.NET. "ADVANCED POINT. LAST BATTLE OF 73RD CENTER SOLDIERS YURII HORAISKYI AND OLEKSANDR KHMELIAROV ON MARCH 4, 2016.". EN.Censor.net. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
2. "Two Ukrainian military servicemen killed, 5 others injured in Donbas over past 24 hours". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
3. "At least 2,609 soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine". www.kyivpost.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
4. "Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in skirmishes with Russian-backed forces". uatoday.tv. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
5. http://dnr-online.ru/v-rezultate-artillerijskogo-ognya-po-nikolaevke-so-storony-vsu-razrusheno-pyat-zhilyx-domov-eduard-basurin/