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Ukrainian forces reclaim control of the city of Siversk from pro-Russian insurgents, and move on to consolidate their position by repairing damaged infrastructure and funneling aid into recently recaptured territory.
2014-07-10

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey says that special forces have retaken the city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk from armed insurgents.
2014-07-7

Ukrainian forces recapture the pro-Russian armed separatists' main strongholds of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk after the separatists defending it escaped an encirclement.
2014-07-5

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko states that the Ukraine government's forces will resume offensive operations against pro-Russian rebels.
2014-07-1

Pro-Russian separatists agree to release four of eight Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observers held hostage since April.
2014-06-27

Nine Ukrainian servicemen are killed when a Ukrainian Ground Forces Mil Mi-8 is downed by separatist forces near Sloviansk, one day after a temporary ceasefire was declared.
2014-06-24

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally asks Russia's upper house of parliament to revoke the right that it earlier granted for Russian forces to intervene militarily in Ukraine in defense of Russian-speakers there.
2014-06-24

Pro-Russian insurgents agree to a ceasefire proposed by the Government of Ukraine.
2014-06-23

A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
2014-06-14

A large skirmish occurs in eastern Ukraine when pro-Russian separatists launch a massive attack on a border control centre near the city of Luhansk; five militants are killed and another eight are wounded, and seven Ukrainian border guards are wounded in the clash.
2014-06-2