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Section sizes Section size for War in Donbas (53 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 29,560 29,560 Background 6,861 11,134 Protests 4,273 4,273 Proxy war 2,974 143,550 Militants seize towns 3,014 18,551 Sloviansk 5,281 5,281 Kramatorsk 1,561 1,561 Horlivka 3,636 3,636 Other settlements 5,059 5,059 Government counter-offensive: "the Anti-Terrorist Operation" 28,347 28,347 May 2014: post-referendum fighting 13,125 17,009 Airport battle and fighting in Luhansk 3,884 3,884 Escalation in May and June 2014 1,502 23,230 Luhansk border post siege 1,453 1,453 2 June Luhansk airstrike 2,876 2,876 Continued fighting 4,233 4,233 Russian tank incursion 7,154 7,154 Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down 1,190 1,190 Battle of Yampil 4,822 4,822 July 2014: post-ceasefire government offensive 12,158 12,158 Fighting worsens in eastern Donetsk Oblast 4,768 4,768 Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 4,308 4,308 Government push into Donetsk and Luhansk cities 32,205 32,205 Open war between Russia and Ukraine 131 128,559 August 2014 invasion by Russian forces 26,812 26,812 September 2014 ceasefire 13,274 13,274 November 2014 separatist elections and aftermath 10,978 10,978 Escalation in January 2015 18,428 18,428 Minsk II ceasefire and denouement 13,387 13,387 January 2017 eruption of heavy fighting and failed ceasefires 21,958 21,958 October 2019 Steinmeier formula agreement and July 2020 ceasefire 7,592 7,592 2021–2022 escalation 14,191 14,191 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine 1,808 1,808 Combatants 18 26,458 List of combatants 157 157 Russian involvement 24,353 24,353 Military aid to Ukraine 1,930 1,930 Casualties 728 11,841 Civilians 1,929 1,929 Ukrainian forces 1,553 1,553 Separatist forces 7,631 7,631 Humanitarian concerns 8,446 14,624 Displaced population 6,178 6,178 Reactions 16 19,430 Ukrainian public opinion 4,916 4,916 Russia 1,605 1,605 International reactions 413 413 Labelling of the conflict 12,480 12,480 See also 263 263 Notes 26 26 References 30 30 Further reading 661 661 External links 1,992 1,992 Total 388,128 388,128

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“the”

Please decide whether it is “Donbass” or “the Donbass” and either always omit or always use the article. 24.143.11.227 (talk) 11:37, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

English usage is not consistent in this matter. See ngrams, though these are from before the war. I think the general trend is to omit the article, though. RGloucester — ☎ 16:01, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Looks like the most common usage has been “the Donbas.” , , , . Another comparison: , , , . —Michael Z. 2019-05-31 13:50 z

Belligerents versus suppliers in infobox

No reference showing UK is a belligerent. There's no way that supplying weapons to a belligerent in a conflict makes a country a belligerent. "Support" is a different category altogether. Am WP:BOLD removing flags from infobox including with citations showing weapons supplies. If you want to add "support" to the infobox, then it needs a separate section, not a sub-heading under "Belligerents"; but note that section would not be in keeping with Misplaced Pages norms. -Chumchum7 (talk) 06:14, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

In Misplaced Pages conflict infoboxes we regularly include "support" countries as a sub-heading under "Belligerents". Just a few ongoing examples are the Syrian and Libyan civil wars. Countries only providing weapons support and not being directly involved have also been listed in the infoboxes of many past conflicts. EkoGraf (talk) 01:38, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

But U.S. Secretary confirmed weapon supplies exactly for this conflict. It is support of Ukraine in conflict. Source: https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-with-michal-higdon-of-wcsc-tv/ "U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: We gave them real weapons, where they could fight against the Russians" --Foption (talk) 07:13, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

The Russian and American roles are not equivalent, and any attempt to portray them as such is a violation of WP:NPOV and non-representative of RS. RGloucester — ☎ 12:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

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