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| Second Battle of Mariupol | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Donbass | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ukraine |
 Donetsk People's Republic Russia (presumed) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Donbass People's Militia.svg){kind=small} Russian Armed Forces | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 30+ tanks | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4 tanks and 1 truck destroyed | 1 tank and 1 truck destroyed and 1 truck captured | ||||||
| 8 civilians killed | |||||||
The second battle of Mariupol began on the east of Mariupol, south-east Ukraine, on 5 September 2014, just 8 hours before the ceasefire treaty was signed in Minsk later same day.
Events
The offensive against Mariupol began on 28 August 2014, when rebel forces captured the town of Novoazovsk and marched towards Mariupol. The Ukrainian soldiers that left Novoazovsk retreated to Mariupol to defend the city from an attack. Many citizens left Mariupol due to fear of an attack.
On 4 September, Ukrainian forces engaged a separatist reconnaissance unit, that came from the village of Bezimenne, between the villages of Shirokino and Berdyanske. One rebel tank and a truck were destroyed, while another separatist truck was left abandoned.
On 5 September, fighting primarily raged in the village of Shirokino, while clashes once again took place at Bezimene. The clashes over the previous two days had left seven civilians dead.
On 6 September, seven Ukrainian Army tanks (T-64 type) of faced in battle 30 Russian Army advancing tanks (T-80 type). The Ukrainians repelled the attack but lost four tanks and retreated with the three remaining tanks to the Army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mariupol. The commander of the Ukrainian tank brigade was in a state of post-shock but the three surviving tanks were reloaded with ammunition so they could return to the battlefield.
On 7 September, pro-Russian artillery fire destroyed a Ukrainian military truck at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the town. A civilian was also killed in the shelling.
References
- ^ Heavy fighting rocks eastern Ukraine port just hours into ceasefire between government and rebels
- ^ Heavy fighting outside Mariupol despite launch of Ukrainian peace talks
- ^ Сім українських танків дали героїчний бій 30-ти російським Т-80 під Маріуполем, - ЗМІ (Seven Ukrainian tank gave heroic battle against 30 Russsian T-80 tanks near Mariupol). Press of Ukraine (Uapress.info), 6 September 2014
- Militia starts reconnaissance in force near Mariupol - media
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