 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutanga pakati paApril 2014, vaparadzi vanobvumirana neRussia vakatora maguta akati wandei muDonetsk Oblast; kusanganisira Avdiivka. Muna Chikunguru 2014 kurwisana pakati pezviparadzanisi neuto reUkraine munguva iyo mauto eUkraine akachengetedza guta kubva kune vanopesana neRussia vakakuvadza chirimwa cheCoke uye chakarohwa nemamota 165 panguva yekunetsana. Chirimwa ichi chakamira kushanda musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu 2014 nekuda kwechisimba chiri kuwedzera. Musi wa5 Kukadzi 2015, vashandi vefekitori vakaburitsa tsamba yakavhurika kuMutungamiri weUkraine Petro Poroshenko, vachipomera 25th Airborne Brigade uye vanozvipira Aidar Battalion yekuvhura moto kubva kunzvimbo dzekugara, vachikumbira kuti vabviswe mutaundi. Tsamba yacho inotaurawo kuti guta racho rakanga risina mvura, kupisa uye magetsi kwemwedzi mitanhatu yapfuura uye rinonyevera nezvenjodzi yezvakatipoteredza ingatevera kubva pakurwiswazve kwesimba racho. Pashure pokudzorerwa neuto reUkraine, kugadzirwa kwakatangazve, kunyange zvazvo pachikamu chimwe muzvitatu chezvingabvira. Zvikamu zvikuru zvomugadziriro yacho zvinokuvadzwa uye kutarisirwa kunoitika muchitokisi cheSoviet chakavakwa pasi penzvimbo yacho kuti vadzivise kupfurwa. Muna January 2017, vapanduki vokuRussia vakapfura guta reAvdiivkanebhomba rakapfurwa neBM-21 Grad, zvichikonzera kukuvadzwa kwakakomba kumagenereta emuchina uye kukanganisa kugadzirwa kwegasi, uyewo kusiya guta risina kupisa kwemazuva anoverengeka. Kupfura uku kwakauraya mushandi wefekitari wechi10 kufa kubvira pakatanga Hondo muDonbass. 