Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Guta iri raiva nzvimbo yekurwisana kwakasiyana-siyana panguva yekupindira kwemauto eRussia muUkraine muna 2014-2015. Muna April 2014 mauto okuRussia akapandukira hurumende akapinda muguta reSloviansk riri makiromita 50 kumaodzanyemba kweIzium. Kuvhiya kwakaitwa nemauto eUkraine kuti abvise mauto aya kwakakundikana uye nzvimbo dzekuongorora dzakapoteredza Izium dzakaumbwa kumisa kupindira kunobvira muguta. Pana June 15 nzvimbo yokuongorora yeUkraine iri kunze kweguta yakarwiswa nemauto eRussia. Musi wa19 Chikumi 2014 mauto eUkraine akakunda boka guru revapanduki veRussia paYampil, anenge mamaira makumi matanhatu kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweIzium, zvichiratidza kuchamhembe kwakanyanya mauto eRussia aizofambira mberi. Sechikamu che
Kukombwa kweSloviansk uye Hondo yeKramatorsk maguta ese ari maviri akatorwazve nemauto eUkraine. Nokuda kwayo pedyo pamberi mutsetse guta, pamwe Kramatorsk Airfield iyo muchiuto wokuUkraine akakwanisa kudzora kuburikidza hondo, vakashumira somunhu staging nharaunda nokuda mauto wokuUkraine asati Sloviansk uye Kramatorsk vari recaptured.