Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military airfield in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The airbase is 3.4 km SSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk.
Kramatorsk Airport Краматорський аеродром | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military airfield | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
| Location | Donetsk Oblast Kramatorsk | ||||||||||
| In use | Military[1] | ||||||||||
| Occupants | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 646 ft / 197[1] m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E / 48.70556°N 37.62889°E | ||||||||||
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  Kramatorsk Airport Location in Ukraine | |||||||||||
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The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbass in 2014.
On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.[2] Different sources stated the death toll up to 11.[3][4]
On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle.[5]
As a result of shelling, that was carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.[6]
The airfield was among the first military bases bombarded in the early hours of 24 February 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
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- ^ a b c "KRQ - Kramatorsk, 14, UA - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". Gcmap.com. UA-14. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Ukraine crisis: Troops 'liberate' Kramatorsk airfield - BBC News". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Shots Fired As Troops Land At Ukraine Airport". News.sky.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "` Between Four and Eleven People have been Killed in a Battle for the Airport in kramatorsk '". Ace News Services. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "У аэродрома в Краматорске в перестрелке уничтожено около 40 боевиков - Тымчук | Украинская правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Ukraine conflict: Battles rage ahead of Minsk talks". BBC News Online. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Война в Украине. Что происходит" (in Russian). Ак Жайжык. Retrieved 26 February 2022.