Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Akụkụ dị ukwuu nke ókèala dị n'Oké Osimiri Azov n'ebe ugwu ruo Sviatohirsk na Sloviansk dị nso n'ókè nke Kharkiv Oblast nọ n'okpuru nchịkwa nke Gọọmentị nke Ukraine na 2001 na mpaghara dị n'okpuru nchịkwa nke ndị nnupụisi na-ebelata isi obodo Donetsk. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2014, ndị na-akwado ndị Russia na-emegide agha, ndị Donetsk People's Republic, site n'enyemaka nke ndị agha Russia na ngwa agha, weghachitere ụfọdụ mpaghara furu efu. Na February 2015 Agha nke Debaltseve DPR site n'enyemaka nke LPR na Russia (nke Ukraine kwuru) nwetara ókèala gburugburu na gụnyere obodo Debaltseve. Ka ọ dịgodị, ndị agha Azov na ndị nche mba Ukraine
weghaara mbụ DNR achịkwa ókèala nso Mariupol maka Ukrainian Government. Ọgụ ndị a bụ mgbanwe ikpeazụ dị mkpa nke ókèala na agha na Donbas.