<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Russian military intervention in Ukraine (since 2014) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Ukrainian crisis and pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Areas held by the insurgents and Russia Areas under the control of Ukraine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 20 February 2014--present (4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Ukraine: <Ul> <Li> Crimean Peninsula </Li> <Li> Donetsk Oblast </Li> <Li> Luhansk Oblast </Li> </Ul> <P> Russia: </P> <Ul> <Li> Rostov Oblast </Li> </Ul> Black Sea (Sea of Azov) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing: </P> <Ul> <Li> Unmarked Russian troops take over Crimea, seize military units, fortify near Chonhar, Kherson Oblast (abandoned by 9 December 2014) </Li> <Li> Russian military buildup on Russian - Ukrainian border </Li> <Li> NATO condemns Russian involvement, plans Rapid Trident military exercises in Ukraine, reinforces members west of Ukraine . </Li> <Li> US, Ukraine accuse Russia of orchestrating unrest in eastern and southern Ukraine </Li> <Li> Russian invasion in the War in Donbass </Li> <Li> Economic sanctions applied to Russia as a result of the invasion contribute to the Russian financial crisis that began in 2014 </Li> <Li> Breach of the Budapest Memorandum and placing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons under question </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Li> Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation </Li> <Li> Pro-Russian insurgents control strip along border from Novoazovsk to Luhansk </Li> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Russia </P> In Crimea: Republic of Crimea Sevastopol In Donbass: Donetsk PR Luhansk PR </Td> <Td> <P> Ukraine </P> Supported by: NATO (arms, military exercises, and general aid) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vladimir Putin Sergey Shoygu Valery Gerasimov Igor Korobov Aleksandr Vitko Denis Berezovsky Alexander Lentsov In Crimea: Sergey Aksyonov In Donbass: Alexander Zakharchenko † (2014--18) Dmitry Trapeznikov (since 2018) Valery Bolotov (May - Aug 2014) Igor Plotnitsky (2014--17) Leonid Pasechnik (since 2017) </Td> <Td> Oleksandr Turchynov (Feb - Jun 2014) Petro Poroshenko (since 2014) Stepan Poltorak Mykhailo Kutsyn Serhiy Hayduk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ground Forces: </P> <Ul> <Li> 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> <Li> 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Nizhny Novgorod) </Li> <Li> 200th Motor Rifle Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Airborne Troops: </P> <Ul> <Li> 76th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 98th Airborne Division </Li> <Li> 31st Airborne Brigade </Li> </Ul> <P> Navy: </P> <Ul> <Li> Baltic Fleet </Li> <Li> Northern Fleet </Li> <Li> Black Sea Fleet <Ul> <Li> Marines </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> GRU: </P> <Ul> <Li> 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade </Li> <Li> 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ground Forces: </P> <Ul> <Li> Territorial defence battalions </Li> </Ul> <P> Airmobile Forces Air Force Navy National Guard: </P> <Ul> <Li> Right Sector </Li> <Li> Azov Battalion </Li> <Li> Donbas Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Special tasks patrol police: </P> <Ul> <Li> Dnipro Battalion </Li> <Li> Kharkiv Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> State Border Guard: </P> <Ul> <Li> Noman Çelebicihan Battalion </Li> </Ul> <P> Security Service: </P> <Ul> <Li> Alpha Group </Li> </Ul> Special Operations Forces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimean Force: 25,000--30,000 Black Sea Fleet: 11,000 (including Marines) 30 + Warships (incl . submarine) 4 Squadrons of fighter aircraft (18 planes each) Reinforcements: 16,000--42,000 In Donbass: 7,500 + Russian infantry </Td> <Td> Armed Forces: + 232,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000--2500 killed </Td> <Td> 2,423 killed, 6,820 wounded, 378 missing, 2,768 captured 15,000 defected to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Over 8,000 killed overall (including 304 foreign civilians) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Russian military intervention in Ukraine (since 2014) </Th> </Tr>

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