Sources: The New York Times
Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels near Luhansk International Airport. The area is encircled by the pro-Russian forces for over 3 weeks. 2014-09-1
Pro-Russian separatist commander Alexander Khodakovsky of the Vostok Battalion confirms that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system - believed to have shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 - originating from Russia, and it could have been sent back to Russia subsequently to remove proof of its presence. 2014-07-23
Pro-Russian group Vostok Battalion seize control of the headquarters of the Donetsk Peoples Republic in a coup d'état, plunging the rebels into chaos. 2014-05-29
The Ukrainian Air Force conducts airstrikes on Donetsk International Airport while paratroopers drop in to fight pro-Russian separatists. 2014-05-26
Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine declares martial law and asks Russia to send peacekeeping troops to protect civilians. [https:--www.kyivpost.com-content-ukraine-ukrainian-servicement-killed-in-firefight-as-luhansk-peoples-republic-declares-martial-law-live-updates-348854.html "(Kyiv Post)"]2014-05-22
The governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Serhiy Taruta says his region, with the exception of Sloviansk, is prepared for the May 25 presidential election, calling the separatist referendum nothing more than a "sociological questionnaire". 2014-05-13
Pro-Russian militants recapture the city hall of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol hours after the Ukrainian government forces took control of the building from the militants. 2014-05-7
Pro-Russian militants seize the regional prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. 2014-05-1
Russia and Ukraine together with the United States and the European Union sit down for emergency talks in Geneva. All four agree that "illegal military formations in Ukraine" must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them. There would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement. 2014-04-17
Jews in Donetsk are ordered to register with the government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic via leaflets dropped by an unknown party. The Jewish community in Donetsk dismissed it as a "provocation". 2014-04-17