In which oblasts of Ukraine did the Sparta Battalion fight the Ukrainian army?
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Arsen Pavlov Arsen (Arseny) Sergeyevich Pavlov (Russian: Арсе́н Серге́евич Па́влов ; 2 February 1983 – 16 October 2016), known by his "nom de guerre" Motorola (Моторо́ла), was a Russian citizen who led the Sparta Battalion, an armed group fighting the Ukrainian army, in the ongoing War in Donbass.
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War in Donbass The War in Donbass is an armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine. From the beginning of March 2014, protests by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, together commonly called the "Donbass", in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement. These demonstrations, which followed the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and which were part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine, escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR respectively), and the Ukrainian government. In the Donetsk People's Republic, from May 2014 to a change of the top leadership in August 2014, some of the top leaders were Russian citizens. During the middle of 2014, Russian paramilitaries were reported to make up between 15% and 80% of the combatants.
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Kramatorsk Kramatorsk ( ] ; Russian: Краматорск , "Kramatorsk " ] ) is a city of oblast significance located at the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Since October 11, 2014 Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the War in Donbass.
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Battle of Debaltseve From mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbass region of Ukraine, the separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) tried to recapture the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast, which had been under Ukrainian control since a counter-offensive by government forces in July 2014. The city lay in a "wedge" of Ukrainian-held territory bordered by the DPR on one side, and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) on the other, and is a vital road and railway junction. Separatists began a concerted effort to force Ukrainian troops out of the city on 16–17 January, sparking the Battle of Debaltseve. Heavy fighting went on until 18 February 2015, when Ukrainian forces were forced to withdraw.
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Battle of Kiev (1918) Battle of Kiev (1918) (Ukrainian: Штурм Києва (1918) ) was a Bolshevik military operation of Petrograd and Moscow Red Guards formations directed to sack the capital of Ukraine. The operation led by Red Guards commander Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov as part of the Soviet expeditionary force against Kaledin and the Central Council of Ukraine. The storming of Kiev took place during the ongoing peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk) on February 5–8, 1918 (January 23–26, old style). The operation resulted in occupation of the city by Bolsheviks troops and evacuation of the Ukrainian government to Zhytomyr.
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Donetsk Oblast Council The Donetsk Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Донецька обласна рада ) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Donetsk Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukrainian–Soviet War The Ukrainian–Soviet War (Ukrainian: Українсько-радянська війна ) is the term commonly used in post-Soviet Ukraine for the events taking place between of 1917–21, nowadays regarded essentially as a war between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Bolsheviks. The war ensued soon after the October Revolution when Lenin dispatched the Antonov's expeditionary group to Ukraine and Southern Russia. Soviet historical tradition viewed it as an occupation of Ukraine by military forces of Western and Central Europe, including the Polish Republic's military – the Bolshevik victory constituting Ukraine's liberation from these forces. Conversely, modern Ukrainian historians consider it a failed War of Independence by the Ukrainian People's Republic against the Russian Soviet Republic, ending with Ukraine falling under a Russian-Soviet occupation. Both historical interpretations tend to underplay the part of the anarcho-communist Nestor Makhno, who does not quite fit into either interpretation.
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Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian: Херсо́н , ] ) is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Kherson Oblast (province), and is designated as a city of oblast significance. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. Population:  (2015 est.)
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Novovolynsk Novovolynsk (Ukrainian: Нововолинськ ) is a town of oblast significance in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. Novovolynsk, together with the urban-type settlement of Blahodatne (until 2016 Zhovtneve), is incorporated as Novovolynsk Municipality, an administrative unit of a status equal to that off a district. Population:  (2015 est.)
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Khmelnytskyi Oblast Council The Khmelnytskyi Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Хмельницька обласна рада ) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Navy The Ukrainian Naval Forces (Ukrainian: Військово-Морські Сили України, ВМСУ, "Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly Ukrayiny", "VMSU" ) is the navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Dominopol massacre Dominopol (Ukrainian: Доминополь ) no longer exists. On July 11, 1943, at the height of the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia, the village was attacked by a death squad of Ukrainian Insurgent Army aided by the Ukrainian peasants, and all ethnic Poles regardless of age and gender were tortured and murdered. Before World War II, Dominopol was a village in the Eastern regions of the Second Polish Republic, located in the Gmina Werba, Powiat Włodzimierz of the Wołyń Voivodeship. The area was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939 and during Operation Barbarossa annexed by Nazi Germany into "Reichskommissariat Ukraine" in 1941. The Dominopol location is now in the area of Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion of the Volyn Oblast in sovereign Ukraine.
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Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Хмельни́цький , "Chmel'nyc'kyj " , ] ; Polish: "Chmielnicki" ) (until 1954, Proskuriv, Ukrainian: Проску́рів ] ; Polish: "Płoskirów" ) is a city in western part of Ukraine, the administrative center for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and the Khmelnytskyi Raion (district). Khmelnytskyi is located in the historic region of Podolia on the banks of the Buh River. The city received its current local government designation in 1941.
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Krasnodon Krasnodon (Ukrainian, Russian: Краснодон) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Krasnodon Raion (district), though it does not belong to the raion. Population:  (2013 est.) .
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Shepetivka Shepetivka (Ukrainian: Шепеті́вка ; Russian: Шепето́вка, "Shepetovka" ) is a town located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. The city's population is 43,379 (2013). Shepetivka is a town of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivskyi Raion (district).
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Azov Battalion The Azov Regiment (Ukrainian: Полк Азов ) is a National Guard of Ukraine regiment. The unit is based in Mariupol in the Azov Sea coastal region. It saw its first combat experience recapturing Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists forces in June 2014. Initially a volunteer militia, formed as the Azov Battalion on 5 May 2014 during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, since 12 November 2014 Azov has been incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine. All members of the unit are under contract of and serve as part of the National Guard of Ukraine.
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The Holocaust in Ukraine The Holocaust in Ukraine took place during the occupation of Ukraine by Nazi Germany. Between 1941 and 1945, approximately 3,000,000 Ukrainian and other non-Jewish victims were killed as part of Nazi extermination policies, along with approximately 1,600,000 Jews. An additional 3,000,000 inhabitants of Ukraine died as soldiers of the Soviet army or indirectly as a consequence of World War II.
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Cherkasy Oblast Council The Cherkasy Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Черкаська обласна рада ) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Cherkasy Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine.
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Voikovskyi Voikovskyi is a small urban-type settlement (town) in Amvrosiivka Raion of Donetsk region. Voikovs'kyi has been the site of numerous cross-border skirmishes between Ukraine and Russia. Since 2014 the town is occupied by a pro-Russian administration. In 2016 the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) renamed Voykovskyi into Kopani.
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Internal Troops of Ukraine The Internal Troops of Ukraine (Ukrainian: "Внутрішні війська України , Vnutrishni Viys'ka Ukrayiny" - Interior forces of Ukraine; abbreviated "ВВ", VV) was a uniformed gendarmerie in Ukraine which merged with the National Guard of Ukraine on March 13, 2014. They were subordinate to the Chief Directorate of Ministry of Internal Affairs (the country's civilian police authority), and cooperate with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. The "VV" were used to assist militsiya in policing, deal with riots and internal armed conflicts, and safeguard important facilities such as nuclear power plants. In wartime, the Internal Troops were under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian armed forces for local defense and rear area security.
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Uman Uman (Ukrainian: Умань , ] ; Polish: "Humań" ) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around , and serves as the self-governing administrative center of the Uman Raion (district).
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Hlobyne Hlobyne (Ukrainian: Глобине , Russian: Глобино ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hlobyne Raion. Population:  (2015 est.)