Kammala wannan jumlar: Watan Yuli da farkon watan Agusta sun kasance bala'i ga 'yan bindigar tare da manazarta da yawa suna cewa suna gab da shan kashi kafin wani mummunan hari, wanda Gwamnatin Ukraine ta ce sojojin Rasha ne suka goyi bayansa,
sun kewaye dubban sojojin Ukraine kuma sun tilasta su koma baya. Ba da daɗewa ba 'yan bindigar suka sake kama wurare masu mahimmanci kamar Savur-Mohyla da Filin jirgin saman Luhansk. Sojojin Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Donetsk (DPR) da Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Luhansk (LPR) sun haɗu a ranar 16 ga Satumba 2014 don samar da "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya". An kafa shi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Laftanar Janar Ivan Korsun a matsayin babban kwamandan.