Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yegakava ra2014 rakatsigirwa neRussia muUkraine guta iri rakapambwa kutanga kwaApril 2014 nevanoparadzanisa vanotsigira Russia. On 22 July 2014 Ukrainian Ukrinform yakashuma kuti separatists "massively akasiya Lysychansk" ne "motokari dzakatorwa kubva kuvanhu uye mumapaki"; Russian ITAR-TASS yakashuma zuva rimwe chetero kuti separatists vakanga "vakasarudza kusiya guta kuitira kuponesa vanhu uye kumisa kurwisana". Ikoku kwakanga kuri zvikurukuru nemhaka yokurasikirwa kwavo mu
Kukombwa kweSloviansk uye kubviswa kweKramatorsk kwakaita kuti guta racho risagadzirisike. Zuva rakatevera kurwa kwakasimba kwakaenderera mberi kwakatenderedza guta apo veUkraine National Guard neuto reUkraine vakaburitsa chirevo chaiti "chirongwa chemauto chekusunungura Lysychansk, dunhu reLuhansk, kubva kumapoka emagandanga munguva pfupi iri kutevera". Musi wa24 Chikunguru 2014 mauto eUkraine akataura kuti mauto avo apinda muLysychansk uye Colonel wayo Andriy Lysenko akati "Tichatora guta, uye mugwagwa uchavhurwa kuenda kuHorlivka, wozoenda kuDonetsk". Musi wa25 Chikunguru 2014, mauto eUkraine akachengetedza guta kubva kuvapanduki vaitsigira Russia.