Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Garin ya kasance wurin fadace-fadace a lokacin da Rasha ta shiga tsakani a Ukraine a shekarar 2014-2015. A watan Afrilun 2014 dakarun 'yan tawaye na Rasha sun mamaye garin Sloviansk mai nisan mil 30 kudu da Izium. Wani aiki da sojojin Ukraine suka yi don cire wadannan sojojin sun yi rauni kuma an kafa wuraren bincike a kusa da Izium don dakatar da yiwuwar kutse cikin birnin. A ranar 15 ga Yuni, sojojin Rasha sun kai hari a wani wurin bincike na Ukraine a wajen birnin. A ranar 19 ga Yuni 2014 sojojin Ukraine sun kayar da wani babban rukuni na 'yan tawaye na Rasha a Yampil, kimanin mil 40 kudu maso yammacin Izium, suna nuna arewacin arewacin sojojin Rasha za su ci gaba. A wani bangare na
Siege na Sloviansk da Battle of Kramatorsk duka biranen sun sake kamawa da sojojin Ukraine. Saboda kusancinsa da layin gaba, garin, tare da Filin jirgin saman Kramatorsk wanda sojojin Ukraine suka sami damar sarrafawa ta hanyar yaƙe-yaƙe, ya zama yanki na shirya sojojin Ukraine kafin a dawo da Sloviansk da Kramatorsk.