In giallo le zone del Donbass sotto il controllo del governo ucraino e in azzurro le città.
In rosa le zone del Donbass sotto il controllo della Confederazione della Nuova Russia, composta dalla Repubblica Popolare di Donetsk e dalla Repubblica Popolare di Lugansk.
In arancione le zone dove sono in atto i combattimenti.
Belligerents | |
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Russia[note 1] | Ukraine |
Commanders and leaders | |
Alexander Zakharchenko
Pavel Gubarev Alexander Borodai Vladimir Kononov Igor Kakidzyanov (POW) Igor Girkin Igor Plotnitskiy Valery Bolotov † Vladimir Putin[note 1] | Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Groysman Oleksandr Turchynov Arsen Avakov Stepan Poltorak Viktor Muzhenko Andriy Parubiy[8] Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Mykhailo Kutsyn (WIA) |
Units involved | |
Chechnya (Kadyrovtsy)[31] | |
Strength | |
40,000–45,000 fighters[35] (3,000–4,000 Russian volunteers)[36] 9,000–12,000 regular Russian soldiers (Ukraine & US estimate)[37][38] | 64,000–69,000 (active 2015-16)[39] |
Casualties and losses | |
4,102 killed[*] (estimate)[40] | 3,351 killed,[41][42] 153 missing[43] and 10,926 wounded[44][45] |
1,414,798 Ukrainians internally displaced; 925,500 fled abroad[49] | |
* Figure includes 2,081 Russians (per Cargo 200 NGO),[50][51]of which at least 400–500 are Russian servicemen (per United States Department of State, March 2015)[52] |