Kramatorsk Airport
Airport in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | ||||||||||
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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]