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201415 Russian military intervention in Ukraine Part of the Ukrainian crisis and the War in Donbass Pink in the Donbass area represents areas currently held by the DPR/LPR insurgents (cities in red). Crimea, which is under Russian control, is also shown in pink. Yellow represents areas under the control of Ukrainian government (cities in blue). (Image date is 11 September 2014.) Date 26 February[2][3] 2014 ongoing (1year, 1week and 2days) Location Status Territorial changes Belligerents

Russia In Crimea: Republic of Crimea In Donbass: Federal State of Novorossiya

Russian Armed Forces:[27][28]

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Armed Forces of Ukraine:

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Security Service

In late February 2014, Russia began to send troops and military equipment into Ukraine following the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Euromaidan movement.[60][61][62][63] Starting with the 2014 Crimean crisis, soldiers of ambiguous affiliation began to take control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Russia then annexed.[64][65] Putin initially denied Russian troops interfered but then admitted in April that Russian troops had been active in Crimea and said this had laid the ground for the Crimean status referendum.[9][65][66][67]

After the annexation of Crimea, demonstrations by pro-Russian groups in the Donbass area of Ukraine escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the Ukrainian government. In August, Russian military vehicles crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast, massing over 40,000 army units near the Ukrainian border.[68][69][70][71] Russia denied it sent military personnel and equipment leading Western and Ukrainian military officials to term Russia's involvement a 'stealth invasion'.[72][73][74] The incursion by the Russian military was seen as responsible for the defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September.[75][76]

In November 2014 the Ukrainian military reported intensive movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.[77] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.[78] An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.[79] According to an independent assessment provided to The Daily Beast, there were as many as 7,000 Russian troops inside Ukraine in early November 2014, with between 40,000 and 50,000 at the countrys eastern border.[80] OSCE monitors further observed vehicles apparently used to transport soldiers' dead bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border on Ukraine on 11 November 2014.[81]

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